Pin up art on a deuce.

[SquirrelsOnFIRE]

Has anyone ever seen an active duty deuce from the 60's or 70's with pin up art on them. I have been told that during Vietnam a couple of guys seen trucks done up with pin up art or girls. I am getting ready to restore the m35a2 i bought and wanted some different ideas.

 

[Westech]

I have one on my deuce.. I will take some pics later today.

 

[SquirrelsOnFIRE]

Awesome. Thanks. But do you know if they actually did or allowed this during war time. I thought that after ww2 pin ups went by the way side.

 

[Westech]

well many things are done that are not allowed... just over looked.

 

[s1036s]

I think you are talkin about what I have been thinking of... Is the pin up girl incorporated into the camo pattern. I was thinking of doing a couple trucker ladys and maybe a grenade outline that is hidden in the camo colors. Is this what you are referring too??

 

[progun]

I was thinkin about putting the name of my truck on the side of the hood. I was actually going to ask this very same question.

 

[wreckerman893]

The guys that manned the guntrucks got a lot of lattitude in decorating their trucks.

Soldiers had to be subtle about applying names or art to their trucks.

Most trucks were inspected weekly in garrison when PMCS was performed.....uniformity was the name of the game.....Motor Sergents or Officers did not want trucks to be decorated.

 

[DAS]

OK......Ill confess.....I had alfred e newman on my 10 ton tractor with the saying '' What me Worry ''.... Had to cover it when BN. came around and had to paint over it a few times to.......Was worth it.....DAS

 

[yamabro]

Maybe off subject... But I really wanted to put the Transformers symbol on the hood and name the M35a2 "Ironhide"

 

[progun]

I did mine today...

 

[motomacguyver]

Judas Priest: Breakin' the law, Breakin' the law. Should play Here.

Personally, I think a little Pin up Art is Classy.

 

[DieselBob]

Seeing as Mr. Murphy is a constant nemesis I thought this might be appropriate.

 

[boomer]

To answer your question, yes. Also, I was planning to do the same. But after seeing your icon photo- I might put that on one of my trucks.

 

[11Echo]

No, not a deuce but, I thought the nose art on this bike was very well done!

 

[maddawg308]

I got a bunch of really cool examples of nose art that was done more recently than WWII, but unfortunately most is not for a family audience (some parts are, ahem, not censored). It's a shame, I have lots of ones with girls that are dressed in WWII German garb, not US only.

 

[jamesfrom180]

I will have a version of this on either the jeep or some military based hotrod. Since I like the OD green and black side she fits in nicely.

 

[mdmorgan]

No, not a deuce but, I thought the nose art on this bike was very well done!

I would think so, since its a sticker. Alot of guys have them on their toolboxes here at work.

 

[duffman1993]

Here's Photo Fanny. (The B-25) Is it just me or is there summing wrong with the rt and the placement of the upper .50 cal??? you tell me

 

[jamesfrom180]

nothing wrong at all. I consider stickers cheating just to go on record.

 

[CajunM35A2]

"Lil' Red" on my truck

I put my wife's nickname from her teenage years on my truck: Lil' Red
I NEVER get any complaints from her about the truck.....
Before I put a name on it, I spoke with a friend who was on these trucks in VietNam. I asked him about personal markings on trucks. He told me that no one really bothered them about it. He said - "What were they going to do to us? Threaten to send us to VietNam? Heck, we were already there!"



I had all of the stencils, including the Lil' Red stencil made by Rick Larsen: http://www.militarystencils.com/