New to the Shilo Museum:WW1 Cadillac Ambulance

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Originally Posted by derk derin

It's amazing what a new set of tires does to improve the look of a vehicle!
The paint on the side stowage lockers looks yellow? Is that the color they are?
Great looking project but dissapointed it's not an ambulance!!!
Regards,Derk

The truck was painted yellow overtop of the Khaki. The Khaki was overtop of the original Cadillac Black on those portions which were factory. On the woodwork it would appear to have been primed in grey, so it ended up being khaki over grey on the wood. The wheels and hubs were painted red overtop of the Khaki overtop of the Cadillac black.

My thoughts are to gorilla glue the wood back together, reinforce and repair any gouges with expoxy, sand it all smooth, paint the wood with POR-15 grey, then paint the wood outside surfaces with semigloss olive while the POR-15 is still tacky. Of course, my plans will depend on what the conservators say. I could be out to lunch...I am but a lowly mechanic so I'll see what the experts say.

Front fenders will be removed if I can and lightly blasted, painted with POR-15 black, then overpainted with the semigloss OD. The hood will be chemically stripped (it is aluminum), then possibly zinc chromate (substitute) followed by the khaki.

I have ordered all the "common sense " fasteners for the tarp from the DOT manufacturer. All those fittings were ordered in government black as per the originals. Only problem with the new stuff is they put the word "DOT" on top of the little turnbuttons. The oval head slot drive screws to hold the fasteners were ordered through Blacksmith supply.