camo paint options?

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:44 pm

Hello , And were there any army sanctioned camo paint schemes for the M37? If so, where can I find the patterns?

Lifer · Post by **Lifer** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:33 pm

I'm sure there must have been something official, since the M37 was used well into the '70s by the regulars and through the '80s by the reserve and guard components. Nobody really got onto the "camo kick" until after the Viet Nam debacle drew to a close. Up until '75, anyway, various commands approved "in theater" camo paint schemes, but there was no particular pattern. If a vehicle left the combat area, it had to be repainted the original solid color. I believe that the Marines wer the first to go camo on a service-wide scale, followed shortly thereafter by the Army. The AF was the last to do so, and in 1981 our motor pool was still a mix of camo and solid-color M-series vehicles.

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:47 pm

Hello Lifer, And by chance I found a book Johnny B Good sold me a while ago: TB 43 0209 vintage of October 1976. It has camo patterns fo M151's Weasels, M715's, Deuce's, Tanks, Cranes , Traylors but no M37 !But as all the references made in this 279 page book are of a common camo concept,( say that fast ) I get the idea. And now to decide if I really want to do this? My deruce was a home made pattern, but I'm not sure. can anyone direct me to some M37 camo photos ?

tmbrwolf · Post by **tmbrwolf** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:52 pm

Never was an offical pattern for the M37, at least in the army. All were painted semigloss OD (at least all after Korea).
if you want to camo it I would use the pattern for the M35 since the body style is similar.

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:07 pm

Thank You Ken. Memory is telling me I only saw green paint in the Fort Bragg Motor PoolThat goes for the 151's too Been a while ...

CGarbee · Post by **CGarbee** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:00 am

I have a page on my website with scans from TB 43-0209/Color, Markings, and Camouflage Painting of Military Vehicles, Construction Equipment and Materials Handleing Equipment/October 1976. Illustrations given for M715 and M38A1 were adapted for use on M37's still in inventory (M35 pattern is designed for a much larger vehicle and were not used, the M715 is closer in size to M37 making the scaling of the pattern much easier...).

The page with the info is located on my website at:
http://www.garbee.net/~cabell/mwo.htm

Enjoy.

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:08 am

Thank You very much Garbee. I also took note of the lubrication chart. Where can I get a blow up of this chart? And how is it you have a websight? Are you in a MV business, or is it just for fun?

CGarbee · Post by **CGarbee** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:16 am

I've got a website since I have access to a very secure server with a lot of bandwidth (provided by my brother) and I wanted to give back to the community that helped me when I got started with these things (back before we had the internet...).

Bassically, every page on the site is in response to questions folks have had about my trucks in particular, MV's in general, or that folks have sent to me to share...

I have a small sideline selling 2.5 and 5 ton trucks and occaisionally M37 bits and pieces (as I part out stuff that I don't need or try to rescue trucks that I find in the area). My "real" jobs are as a civil engineer and as a massage therapist, so this is all just a big hobby...

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:42 am

Garbee, this is all very generous of you. Thank You

Carter · Post by **Carter** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:33 pm

SS site had this for the M880 series which may be adapted to the M37

http://steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name ... mo+pattern

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:07 pm

Thanks Carter, and everybody. I hope to be ready for p;aint before our clubs first trail ride in April.i

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:01 am

Hello Garbee, And I took the liberty of opening your websight to the Paint section. I shall now attempt to paint my M37. Thank you for making this info available to us all.

knattrass · Post by **knattrass** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:04 am

Peter - camo on the LIE? No way can you take the M on the HOV lane, you'd have miles off Jersey shore crawlers behind you trying to get off the island!

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:17 am

As a matter of fact, knattreass, my typical vehicle work day consists of several scheduled repairs or maintenance tasks, followed by a 30 minute drive each way on that L.I.E. at full speed ! I especially loved doing this with the deuce; thier's nothing like a 14000 pound machine jumping in the air over a highway bump. Mis directs the steering when it comes back down too. Scares ther hell out of everybody too close..Ha Ha[/url]

peter e mark · Post by **peter e mark** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:28 am

And Knattrass, I have succeded in posting a picture of that most frieghteneing machine , that notorious highway travellor, yes , the DUALLY DEUCE , ,AAAHHHHH