Canadain Airborne Regiment Iltis, need opinions and help

[Matthew Reid]

Thanks Young I would appreciate that.
This Unit was air dropped I do not doubt that It had the Air drop skid plate attached at one time and the body structure is fractured in several places around and near the body mount locations and some of the main body structure cross members are fractured as well leading me to believe it was put under pretty severe stresses at one time. But the body is not buckled by the front windshield so I doubt it was from being jumped. The Body structure damage is consistent with a hard landing from an air drop.


This Unit was given a very thorough White paint job even the floors (seats must have been removed) and roll bar were done in white the only part of the interior that was not painted white is the dash and the hand brake.
The White Paint was done very early on in it's life. It was applied directly on top of the factory paint and the factory paint was not scuffed up at all in preparation for the white paint. The paint now is coming off in fair big sheets in several places down to the white and the original factory paint, the original factory paint is as good as the day it left the factory. Having the interior painted white makes me think me it might have been a winter camo paint job.

Any one have any more input on why the interior would have been painted white?

Matthew