[Jordan Baker]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Interesting about the primer, Jordan.

When I stripped down the seats in my 1944 WIRE-5, I found the grey primer on the very same bits. It was only after that I started seeing it on other components of the truck.

I never did figure out if it was due to parts coming in from outside suppliers that could only get hold of grey primers, or if all the parts were GM made and they were allocating grey primer to smaller items for some reason.

David

I suspect the DND pattern seats were made by 3rd party manufacturers to fulfill requirements by GM and Ford and other DND projects. Perhaps they were sprayed with grey primer as individual pieces then assembled and given a final overspray in the colour called for in the contract.