Need help: M151a2 CAF Europe 74-22375

[Gaspare]

Originally Posted by armybuck041

For the back half, also a lifelong Germany A2. Slightly less mileage with approx 60000 on the clock. For what its worth, its not completely unusal to have mis-matched halves. There are plenty of others floating around here in Canada. If the Gas Tank and seats still fit and line up then its safe to say that the original geometry has been retained.

Hallo Mark,
Many more thanks for all these informations but how to read all those numbers?

Iam still stressing Perini for the Ziebart tag, he said that he still has some "somewhere in the storage" and to call him again the next week (3rd time he said me so)
and as i said as soon i will receive it i will send it to you together with the other tag.
In the while i wait for it, would you @mail me a shipping address?

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by Gaspare

Hallo Mark,
Many more thanks for all these informations but how to read all those numbers?

Iam still stressing Perini for the Ziebart tag, he said that he still has some "somewhere in the storage" and to call him again the next week (3rd time he said me so)
and as i said as soon i will receive it i will send it to you together with the other tag.
In the while i wait for it, would you @mail me a shipping address?

If I recall correctly, on the first page of the "CFR Request Thread", most of the above codes are explained.

I'll PM you my shipping info. I hope you will give me a Paypal Address to compensate you for this.

Thanks

Scotty

[Gaspare]

Hallo Scotty,
I received the Ziebart tag today and i will send it together with the other one to you on monday, unfortunately it miss the down right corner but Perini said me that it is the only one he has been able to find.

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by Gaspare

Hallo Scotty,
I received the Ziebart tag today and i will send it together with the other one to you on monday, unfortunately it miss the down right corner but Perini said me that it is the only one he has been able to find.

That's fantastic! No worries about the corner.
Thanks for this.

[Gaspare]

I mailed them this morning and i have almost completed the paint job on my M151.
One question: did the CAF ever used the rigid enclosure on these cars?

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by Gaspare

I mailed them this morning and i have almost completed the paint job on my M151.
One question: did the CAF ever used the rigid enclosure on these cars?

To the best of my knowledge, the Hardtop and Arctic Heater Kit was not used by the Canadian Forces.

From what i've read on the US Forums, the Hardtop makes the M151A2 much more top heavy (rollover potential) and painfully loud.

Post up some pics of your paint work.

[Gaspare]

Originally Posted by armybuck041

To the best of my knowledge, the Hardtop and Arctic Heater Kit was not used by the Canadian Forces.

From what i've read on the US Forums, the Hardtop makes the M151A2 much more top heavy (rollover potential) and painfully loud.

Post up some pics of your paint work.

Hallo Scotty,
thank you for the reply,
for the true some years ago i already installed the alluminium enclosure (in a detachable way) and i have to say that is not that heavy, the whole stuff with the doors is not much heavier than the ROPS set.
I make personally the change in spring and autumn, true anyway the care to be used in the steep turns (also with the ROPS), a price to pay for the winter comfort even the loudness is not that bad.
Here are some pics, i found one more stencil painted 74-22375 behind the civil registration label.
I also made some color matching test with a Federal Standard Color FS595A.
I hope that this will be helpful for reference in re-creating the colors.
Please look at the numbers and not at the colors in the pics, the light changed them pretty much.
It seems that my M151 was painted as base color with the 34258, it shows up in the clutch and brake pedals, on the bumpers where the 74-22375 was painted, on the seat belts attachments and almost everywhere i had to sand deep, also the wooden box which was placed as bench seat in the back of the car shows the same color (i will post the box pic as son as possible).
it looks really like the British Challenger tank faded green color.