Malaya colour

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

The Dark Tarmac , it appears to be sprayed on because the edges are not well defined . It may be a optical illusion caused by the poor resolution of the film but if it was brush painted there would or should be a sharp well defined edge where the two colours merge.

I agree Mike, definitely spray painted. Edges were supposed to be brush painted, as seen on other examples. This was later stipulated in Jan '42 directive: "All edges are to be kept sharp, it may be necessary to paint the boundary between two colours to obtain sharp definition."

It's possible the whole car was resprayed at the time, eg: AWM 008503. MALAYA, 1941-07. AN ARMY LORRY GETS A COAT OF CAMOUFLAGE.

008503 MALAYA, 1941-07. AN ARMY LORRY GETS A COAT OF CAMOUFLAGE..JPG

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Is the car a Chevy ? 1941 model.

Definitely Chev but looks like 1940 model to me. I'm no Chev expert though!