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[derk derin]

Rob,
Was it you that told me all of the CUCV 5/4 tons came with the American camoflouge pattern with the brown in the paint scheme and once the vehicle was due for a new paint job,they used the Canadian 5/4 ton pattern with the two different greens and the black IRR paint?So if you find brown in the paint pattern,this would be part of the original paint pattern when the truck was delivered as Canada never had a brown in any of their paint patterns?
Derk.

[rob love]

Yes, that was the case at one time. The brown was part of the US (or NATO, depending how high you wanted to go) cam pattern. The CUCVs were primarily militia trucks, and as such the paint jobs were usually done with a 4" brush, using the same two or three colors that were in the unit paint locker. Sometimes they might follow the official cam pattern, and sometimes they would make it up themselves. In the early to mid 90s, it was decreed that B (softskin) vehicles would be painted flat green only, and were no longer cammed up. With the new CARC paints, the olive drab was dropped and the brown added. I am not sure what the designated cam patterns are now, but the majority of the vehicles (LAVs included) are simply the single color green. Even here in the sandbox, the majority of vehicles are still single color green with some in the tan. The dust quickly cam up any vehicle to the appropriate color. Just like in Gagetown, where every vehicle turns that pinkish color after a few days in the trng area.

[Ed Storey]

Here is an image of the M1010 CUCV Ambulance when it was first delivered to Petawawa in the late 1980s, as you will see, it is in the NATO three-colour camouflage.



Here is a CUCV cab that has been mated to a Canadian Chevrolet Van complete with the two different camouflage styles. I bet no-one would believe this at a MV show.

[rob love]

Interesting, it is indeed the earlier 5/4 gas van body. The CUCV van bodies were almost identical, but had square edges at the top. When we were getting rid of the 2 fleets in the mid 90s, we were advised that none of the early bodies were to be sold (they went to CORCAN for rebuild and installation onto the LSVWs, ) but the later CUCV bodies were to be sold.

I have one of the CUCV bodies waiting for me when I get back home, which I will be installing onto an early gas 5/4 ton, so I will in effect be doing the opposite of the truck pictured. I will, however, be matching the paint scheme to the Cdn pattern.