RAAF blue colour code

[warren brown]

Or was that tray-back 'original' to that truck? Not factory, but made for some specific military role - any ideas?

[cliff]

Originally Posted by warren brown

Or was that tray-back 'original' to that truck? Not factory, but made for some specific military role - any ideas?

looks like an all steel original rear body. Probably had drop sides and the photo shows them off.

[warren brown]

Thanks Cliff - I'm still learning...

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by cliff

looks like an all steel original rear body. Probably had drop sides and the photo shows them off.

Warren and Cliff,

I was staying with Warwick at that time so had a good look around it and I distinctly recollect him telling me it had wooden sides, which had obviously deteriorated and that all the metal work from the sides was laying on the body. The photo is not as sharp in colour as it could be, think that was 1997, so not far off when you said 15 years ago, Warren.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Warren and Cliff,
I distinctly recollect him telling me it had wooden sides, which had obviously deteriorated and that all the metal work from the sides was laying on the body.

Thanks for that Richard. I never thought of it having wooden sides but I knew the bed and wheel wells were original.

[Dianaa]

Thanks mates!

Will pass the message back (although I don't know if they'll be interested in the wooden dropsides!)

Diana

[Keith Webb]

Here's an ex RAAF wooden dropside GS body.

[Dianaa]

The above dropside trayback appears to have been service green over-painted blue. In the original AuLRO post the author suggested the vehicle in question had never been painted service green.

If the vehicle in question went through a post-war re-build would they have stripped the paint back to bare metal/wood before painting blue?

I know that after the war my uncle bought up CKD kits to use for his general carrier business (my father actually got a 15a off his cousin for his building company). Would these have been pre-painted service green or just finished in primer? And if so did the RAAF build war surplus trucks into fleet colours before entering service?