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Posted by Clint Dixon on Thursday, July 17, 2003 at 7:20PM :

In Reply to: Paint posted by John Foster on Thursday, July 17, 2003 at 12:30PM :

This subject has been debated for as long as I have had Power-Wagons. I have noticed that different parts of the country seem to have trucks of the same color. There are not very many red trucks to be found near me, but I know other parts of the country where they were the norm. Here in this part of Illinois, most Power-Wagons, from the late '40s and early '50s, that I have found were originally the Dodge Truck Dark Green. This color was available on most if not all Dodge trucks starting, I believe, in 1942 and continued to 1953. It is a very "green" green and has a distinct bronze hue in the correct light. I currently have 2 trucks still wearing their original Dodge Truck Dark Green Paint. I had two others that were originally this color, but had been painted over at one time. I have some old color chips from this era and my trucks are a dead ringer for the Dodge Truck Dark Green as shown on the chips. Even though the old literature lists Seawolf Submarine Green as the standard color for early Power-Wagons, I have only ever seen one truck actually painted this color originally. But, I mainly see trucks from the midwest. Seawolf Submarine green, to my eyes, is more of a dark gray than a green. I would call it a very dark gray with a lot of green in it. I do not have an original color chip of this color, only a scanned image. But, I am confident that the one truck that I have looked at that is reported to have originally been this color was indeed so. Seawolf Submarine Green was available from 1946-1951 if I remember correctly wihtout my books in from of me. This all raises the question that if Seawolf Green was listed as the standard Power-Wagon color, then why are there so few of them to be found? Maybe they were more prevalent in other parts of the country? Also, to me, neither of these two greens look anything like any of the "olive drabs" that I have seen.

In any case, most of the dark greens that followed Dodge Truck Dark Green and Seawolf Submarine Green had a distinct bluish hue to them.

If you find an Power-Wagon still wearing its original green, chances are that it will probably be oxidized and dull. When this happens to the different shades of green, they start to appear more like one another. Even the insides of the cabs of trucks whose outsides have been painted over can be found to be very dull with age. I collect the panels that cover the windshield wiper access holes. I have found these to be a very good representation of the trucks original color. They are found located up high out of the way and have usually seen very little sun light over the years. With a little polishing compound, they clean up nice.

I have a windshield wiper cover from the Seawolf Submarine truck that I found along with one from my Dodge Truck Dark Green trucks. If you remind me with an email, I can take a digital photo of them and send to you. I can not guarantee that the digital image will be an exact representation of the color though.

Clint



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