Red and white nuts

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by chris vickery
I know I've seen a few restored cmps with red and white nuts but it was my understanding that the factory only painted the rim nuts red and all others were factory paint colour (green, brown etc)
Any other ideas out there?

Hi Chris
The manuals only mention red nuts..
Field shops probably did the other colours for mechanics and maintenance people that possibly could not read or write..remember the time and the need for able bodied men...their formal education wwere sometimes not that great..colour codes solved lots of problems,especially internationally..