Joined: Jan 30, 2011 Posts: 94 Location: Germany near Frankfurt/Main
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:33 am Post subject: Original color of shock absorbers on M38?
Another day another question
Somebody here how knows the correct answer? Got some brandnew shock absorbers for my M38 but the are black. Now I would like to know the correct color, were they not green at delivering-day to the Army?
Otherwise this black color is primer only....
Ryan does not mention color in his book. He does mention that frames received black from the frame shop were assembled with axles and springs and then painted OD as an assembly. This should be evidence enough that the shocks were also probably OD at this point in assembly.
In this factory shipping lot the right front shock appears to match the hue/tint of the rest of the jeep. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 458 Location: Rhode Island
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 7:28 am Post subject: Shock color
I have two sets of M38 take-off shocks.
Today, one set is unrestored. I have sanded down to bare metal around the Monroe part number showing 800991 & 992. Date code 4C1, 12B1.
There is no evidence that the shocks were any color other than OD.
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