Aussie Matilda interior color

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Neil Ashley
I have also assisted in the restoration of two Humber MkIV Armoured Cars which although they had crudely over-painted white interiors, the base colour was silver.

Any comments?

Neil,

Interesting one......I did some work on a Humber Scout Car. It has never been stripped down and restored, rather more like preserved. It had white paint inside, done in fairly recent years, under that was a more creamy white, obviously done while in service. On stripping it inside to carry out repairs, some items were removed from the hull and it had a silver base coat, .......no white under that. Now it may have undergone a base overhaul in post war years, but I would like to think silver is the correct colour for when it was new.

Richard