I’m still a ways away from even starting the tear down, but I think I’ve come up with the color that I’ll use for Ike when it comes to doing the body work.
Drumroll please….
Potomac Grey!
With it not only being a color I was considering, but also the original color of the Jeep, I think it was all but destined to be grey again. Below is a picture of an accurately restored color scheme I found on the CJ-3A page of Mark Struhsacker’s 1949 CJ-3A. Ike’s wheels were definitely red in the past, but I don’t think I’ll do that to Ike again.
Mark’s Jeep looks fantastic, but the red wheels just don’t do it for me. Could very well change, but black wheels suit me better right now.
Speaking of black paint, I’ve been doing a lot of sanding, priming, and painting of all the parts I took off last weekend. The shift boot retaining rings, master cylinder inspection cover, and accelerator foot rest are all completed. Due to some unfortunate dog hair blowing into the wet paint on the transmission cover I had to sand it down and start over. It’s 2 coats in and will get at least a third one. I’ll also be putting in an order to Walck’s for the new shift boots and shift knobs to complete the job. The sticks themselves will have to wait until I do the real restoration since they are a little more difficult to remove just to paint them.
Hopefully next weekend I’ll have some completed parts and pictures to post. 🙂
Nice! I think the red rims look good. Gives the Jeep a splash of color.
The red wheels don’t look too bad when they are dirty, but the are VERY bright for a working vehicle. Really not sure what color-blind genius Willys-Overland had in charge of paint colors, but there are some real odd ones out there.