Wwii usa vehicle markings

[Little Jo]

Lang

Very much appreciated, thank you for clearing this up for me, this certainly helps me as I move along with the project, which I hope to have ready for Corowa this year.

From what you have advised there seems to be a lot of poetic licence taken by various units. I am not going concourse, I just like to do it right. The second photo of the sign writer looks like they could be in the desert.

I am going desert coloured with my Jeep and I have attached a photo of the current stage of my Jeep restoration taken today. Thanks again for the very informative reply.

Cheers

Little Jo

[ozm29c]

Tony,
Looking good What is the Chassis number for your MB?
Cheers
John W.

[Lang]

Tony,

You have a desert colour jeep in Australia, that belonged to the Australian army, it has Australian equipment on it - what has this got to do with the Americans?

I have mentioned this before but I can't understand Australians painting their vehicles in American colours when the American forces never owned that particular vehicle. What's wrong with preserving our history and not somebody elses?

If you want I can give you the correct markings for a jeep operated by Australians in the desert. You can choose whatever unit you want and I will give you their markings also.

regards

Lang

[Little Jo]

Hi Lang and John

Thanks for getting back to me.

Lang. I would love to know what the ausie desert markings are. I have no idea what they were. The reason I asked for the star markings was because that was on the Jeep before I started the restoration and I thought I had to put it back. As I am going Desert I would prefer Ausie.

John. The chassis number is 163331.

Cheers

Tony

Little Jo

[Lang]

Tony,

Some pictures of Australian desert jeeps. There are a couple of early pre-standardisation jeeps that people would kill for now.

Asyou can see, the Australians did not go for lots of markings (although dirty white numbers etc may not show on photos). There is only one that you can see the Australian bonnet numbers under the windscreen. If you want to use this style I will give you the correct series.

Lang

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Tony - I told you when you first became involved with military vehicles, you would be overwhelmed with the advice and comments from all quarters. No matter what you ask someone will come up with an answer. This is why I have constantly subscribed since early 2003. I have learnt so much and there is much more to learn.

Bob

[Little Jo]

Lang

Great photos, Yes please Lang I would love the Ausie details, surely the way to go and the Jeep should go that way.

Bob

I have only been on MLU since July 2010 and the information and advice readily supplied by MLU members world wide makes you feel you belong to a terrific bunch of people. As you know this is my first project and would not have gone so smoothly without the help from all you guys.

Cheers

Tony
Little Jo