Reference: C15 s/n 2842129988 history and restoration

[rampant rivet]

I am in the UK, the desert paint forms the first layer then a sort of dog turd brown, then green and after that a couple of layers of civilian post war gloss paint when the vehicle was used as a breakdown truck.
Shame you have no Data plates for your beast but it could be that both trucks were manufactured at a similar time.

Jeremy.

Ps Would like to add some pics of work in progress but cannot figure out how to add them.