[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

I've seen a pic of AWAS drivers removing the army paint off staff car grills

Rather bad paint job or the sand blast effect !

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/r.../PRG+691/12/15

Mike, I’ve attached some of the pictures found in your links for future reference (often the archives are rearranged over time)

I like that weathered desert look - “rat look” before the term was invented ;-)