The great ACCO - and how they began

[Tony Smith]

Dinty has looked into the Deep Bronze Olive and found the PPG codes for one of his 88" C+R SWBs. As most of the Aust Vehicles that were Deep Bronze Olive were of British origin (Centurion, Ferret, Champ, Humber, and Land Rover), I would say that the factory coat would be the British shade. Local vehicles (Studebaker, ACCO, Jeep and trailers) that had the colour applied here during the period may have had a local formulation of the paint and appear slightly different as they fade. Many of the Studebakers that have seen plenty of Bush Fire Brigade service have faded to a Bluey-Grey version of green.