Re: [MV] BURGUNDY SPRAY PAINT FOR THE DASHPAD

From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sun Oct 17 2004 - 11:18:09 PDT


I need info from Kenny or someone else who knows to tell me what gears the
CUCV differentials have, or are they sometimes different?

Thanks,

Sonny

----- Original Message -----
From: chance wolf <chance_wolf@shaw.ca>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] BURGUNDY SPRAY PAINT FOR THE DASHPAD

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Howell, DO" <michael@tsixroads.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 10:08 PM
> Subject: [MV] BURGUNDY SPRAY PAINT FOR THE DASHPAD
>
>
> > While going through old email tonight I came across the following
> > recommendations:
> >
> > > 2. BURGUNDY SPRAY PAINT FOR THE DASHPAD. When a new dash is ordered
> from
> > > Chevrolet (about $183 body shop price), it comes gray in color. To
>
> Yes. That whole email is full of some really interesting/useful CUCV
> information/tips, though I can't say I personally panicked much over
having
> the correct tail-light screws <very big grin>. Lots of research went into
> that lot.
>
> > I am up to 5 CUCV's in various states of disrepair now. Three came
> > without dash pads, one appears to be an unpainted replacement and the
> > last seems to be a badly weathered and cracked black one. My M1010 does
> > have burgundy door panels but it came without a dash pad. The new M1009
> > with the black dash pad came without any doors. I was wondering what
> > others had found.
>
> Seems that when they went to replace the dashboards from GM, the only
colour
> available was a sort of lightish grey. In the CUCVs I've seen come out of
> Can Point and in various GL and GSA sales, it seems you'll either have
lousy
> dashboards, dashboards that aren't there at all, or the replacement grey
> dashboards. Looks like there's at least one more option out there too, as
> one of the M1009s at work is ex-USAF and has this black, hard-type vinyl
> form-fit cover for its dashboard which actually fits properly and looks
> halfway decent too. I've not seen that type of solution advertised
anywhere
> in Greater Automotiveland, so I'm wondering if it was something that was
in
> the military system at some point during the CUCV's service life.
>
>
>
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