Happy Olive Drab Saturday!!! For them that are clueless, olive drab is army talk for the lusterless green paint used on everything military, especially in WW2. It was very important that the green paint not be reflective which could inadvertently give away ones' position by sparkling in the sunlight. If you ever see a nice shiny green army jeep, you should immediately recognize it as an impostor. Probably some narcissistic wannabe that is about to get targeted by the next Jap bombing run. So you are advised to maintain a safe distance.
Today I mixed up a quart of the green stuff and painted the frame of the 1945 Ford GPW that is currently in restoration status. I am in a slight state of disbelief as to how well it turned out. I suppose that it may be possible that I am finally getting the hang of automotive painting. (after really doing some pretty awful jobs). And I was only using a cheapo $10 harbor Freight paint gun. Amazing
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Anyway I invented this special Olive Drab holiday because in order to use up the remaining paint I did almost everything I could find in lusterless green. The garage now looks like a National Guard Amory. Maybe we can now qualify for some sort of Govt contracts or at least a subsidy.
Here are a few pics of the newly painted frame including the 1948 CJ2a and 1955 Cj5 looking on in admiration.
3 comments:
I want to see the pictures with the booties...the jeeps look pretty cool, Aubrey and Ella want a ride when they come out to visit. Do you think we could put 2 carseats in the back?
I must say that I am impressed. Although my guess is that the concept of not wanting to have shiny paint on the jeep is just an excuse to cover up all of the sanding marks you made over the drips...Any sign of the axles yet???
Car seats in a jeep huh? I'll have to check the regulations on that one.
Maybe we could just hook their strollers on to the back bumper. They would need to be OD colored strollers OK?
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