Re-enactor status

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

First, it is your vehicle and uniform so you can do what you want.
I have considered whether I want to have uniform once I actually have a resored truck instead of a collection of partially restored pieces. I have decided that given my age and lack of resemblance to a fit young warrior the most appropriate clothing (whether uniform or costume) would be coveralls of cut and material resembling what a civilian driver/mechanic of the period working for the army might have worn. I think this might end up with the most realistic representation of something that might have been seen in the period the truck was used.
My 2 cents worth, only valid for me.

Hear ..Hear..Grant..!!
I still have my original uniforms..or pieces and parts of them and would no more wear them again out in public..although I could as I weigh 25 pounds less than I did when I got out in '77...
I am proud of my service record..my uniforms and decoration..my do dads and shiny patches earned along the way..but those days are gone..
But the coveralls you propose would suit me to a tee in a CMP gather up senario..most practical piece of gear invented..Nice loose..lots of ball room ..comfortable and have the ability to absorb vast amounts of water ..grease..oil..hydraulic fluid...beer ..whiskey..coffee..puke...on the ocassion even piss..if one passes out while in "Uniform"after a long bout of "training"..
Yes//I like the coverall option..
(Hope your dad is getting along better..Heard he was ill..)