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L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III 03-23-2005 01:21 PM

Re: would painting the wrangler camouflage be street legal?
 
And you still have a back?
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FrankW wrote:
>
> The new "Impact Orange" colour Jeep has is cool!
> I have a green Argo 6X6 and while hunting I'm always afraid
> someone will shoot it, for lack of seeing it.
> I tie orange flags/tape all over it during hunting season.
> Heck Even I sometimes have a hard time seeing it at 20 yards away


L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III 03-23-2005 01:21 PM

Re: would painting the wrangler camouflage be street legal?
 
And you still have a back?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

FrankW wrote:
>
> The new "Impact Orange" colour Jeep has is cool!
> I have a green Argo 6X6 and while hunting I'm always afraid
> someone will shoot it, for lack of seeing it.
> I tie orange flags/tape all over it during hunting season.
> Heck Even I sometimes have a hard time seeing it at 20 yards away


Lee Ayrton 03-29-2005 12:55 PM

Re: would painting the wrangler camouflage be street legal?
 

Wouldn't cloud cover hamper visiblity from the ISS, even with the most
gawd-awful color of paint? Perhaps a portable ELT is the answer:

2. ACK Technologies ELT
<URL:http://www.avionicswest.com/ack.html>



On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Jeff Strickland wrote:

> Setting your truck on fire so it can be seen from a distance seems a little
> counter-productive to me. ;-)
>
> If we can replace the smoke and ash with florescent paint that can be seen
> from the ISS ...
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:8kE%d.73049$Tt.67610@fed1read05...
>> Good point Jeff. I used to fly the occasional SAR mission (always just
>> practice, never actually got called to fly a real SAR mission) and I
>> discovered that it's hard enough to find a normally painted vehicle that
>> is sitting in open terrain, let alone one that was painted with a
>> camouflage pattern. If me and my Jeep were stranded out in the middle
>> of the boondocks, I would suddenly feel pretty vulnerable if my TJ had
>> been painted with a camouflage pattern.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>> One woulud have to wonder why you would paint a vehicle in a color

> scheme
>>> that would make it difficult to find. When I go wheeling, I always have

> to
>>> think about how the helicopters will get to find me. Having a como color
>>> scheme would only make finding you that much more difficult, and if they

> are
>>> looking for you there must be a good reason. I would think that a nice
>>> florescent orange would be the color to have.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "wallster" <weldingwalt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1111259045.118117.35310@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
>>>
>>>> I'm selling a street bike that i transformed into an off road bike on
>>>> ebay and i thought of painting my wrangler with camouflage colors, it
>>>> would look awesome. Does anyone know if that would be a legal color or
>>>> pattern to use on a street registered jeep?
>>>> I've seen aftermarket soft tops that have the pattern.
>>>> Here's the bike for a reference:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT
>>>
>>>> I'm not trying to promote the auction, i just thought of the idea when
>>>> i was checking out the status of the auction. The jeep in question
>>>> looks like this now:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.wallys-speed-shop.com/93yj_1.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I also wouldn't have to do any body work to it that way.
>>>>
>>>> walt
>>>> '93 YJ
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>> --
>> Jerry Bransford
>> PP-ASEL N6TAY
>> See the Geezer Jeep at
>> http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

>
>
>


--
"I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
whips....r"
R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.


Lee Ayrton 03-29-2005 12:55 PM

Re: would painting the wrangler camouflage be street legal?
 

Wouldn't cloud cover hamper visiblity from the ISS, even with the most
gawd-awful color of paint? Perhaps a portable ELT is the answer:

2. ACK Technologies ELT
<URL:http://www.avionicswest.com/ack.html>



On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Jeff Strickland wrote:

> Setting your truck on fire so it can be seen from a distance seems a little
> counter-productive to me. ;-)
>
> If we can replace the smoke and ash with florescent paint that can be seen
> from the ISS ...
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:8kE%d.73049$Tt.67610@fed1read05...
>> Good point Jeff. I used to fly the occasional SAR mission (always just
>> practice, never actually got called to fly a real SAR mission) and I
>> discovered that it's hard enough to find a normally painted vehicle that
>> is sitting in open terrain, let alone one that was painted with a
>> camouflage pattern. If me and my Jeep were stranded out in the middle
>> of the boondocks, I would suddenly feel pretty vulnerable if my TJ had
>> been painted with a camouflage pattern.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>> One woulud have to wonder why you would paint a vehicle in a color

> scheme
>>> that would make it difficult to find. When I go wheeling, I always have

> to
>>> think about how the helicopters will get to find me. Having a como color
>>> scheme would only make finding you that much more difficult, and if they

> are
>>> looking for you there must be a good reason. I would think that a nice
>>> florescent orange would be the color to have.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "wallster" <weldingwalt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1111259045.118117.35310@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
>>>
>>>> I'm selling a street bike that i transformed into an off road bike on
>>>> ebay and i thought of painting my wrangler with camouflage colors, it
>>>> would look awesome. Does anyone know if that would be a legal color or
>>>> pattern to use on a street registered jeep?
>>>> I've seen aftermarket soft tops that have the pattern.
>>>> Here's the bike for a reference:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT
>>>
>>>> I'm not trying to promote the auction, i just thought of the idea when
>>>> i was checking out the status of the auction. The jeep in question
>>>> looks like this now:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.wallys-speed-shop.com/93yj_1.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I also wouldn't have to do any body work to it that way.
>>>>
>>>> walt
>>>> '93 YJ
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>> --
>> Jerry Bransford
>> PP-ASEL N6TAY
>> See the Geezer Jeep at
>> http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

>
>
>


--
"I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
whips....r"
R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.


Lee Ayrton 03-29-2005 12:55 PM

Re: would painting the wrangler camouflage be street legal?
 

Wouldn't cloud cover hamper visiblity from the ISS, even with the most
gawd-awful color of paint? Perhaps a portable ELT is the answer:

2. ACK Technologies ELT
<URL:http://www.avionicswest.com/ack.html>



On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Jeff Strickland wrote:

> Setting your truck on fire so it can be seen from a distance seems a little
> counter-productive to me. ;-)
>
> If we can replace the smoke and ash with florescent paint that can be seen
> from the ISS ...
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:8kE%d.73049$Tt.67610@fed1read05...
>> Good point Jeff. I used to fly the occasional SAR mission (always just
>> practice, never actually got called to fly a real SAR mission) and I
>> discovered that it's hard enough to find a normally painted vehicle that
>> is sitting in open terrain, let alone one that was painted with a
>> camouflage pattern. If me and my Jeep were stranded out in the middle
>> of the boondocks, I would suddenly feel pretty vulnerable if my TJ had
>> been painted with a camouflage pattern.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>> One woulud have to wonder why you would paint a vehicle in a color

> scheme
>>> that would make it difficult to find. When I go wheeling, I always have

> to
>>> think about how the helicopters will get to find me. Having a como color
>>> scheme would only make finding you that much more difficult, and if they

> are
>>> looking for you there must be a good reason. I would think that a nice
>>> florescent orange would be the color to have.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "wallster" <weldingwalt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1111259045.118117.35310@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
>>>
>>>> I'm selling a street bike that i transformed into an off road bike on
>>>> ebay and i thought of painting my wrangler with camouflage colors, it
>>>> would look awesome. Does anyone know if that would be a legal color or
>>>> pattern to use on a street registered jeep?
>>>> I've seen aftermarket soft tops that have the pattern.
>>>> Here's the bike for a reference:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMESE%3AIT
>>>
>>>> I'm not trying to promote the auction, i just thought of the idea when
>>>> i was checking out the status of the auction. The jeep in question
>>>> looks like this now:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.wallys-speed-shop.com/93yj_1.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I also wouldn't have to do any body work to it that way.
>>>>
>>>> walt
>>>> '93 YJ
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>> --
>> Jerry Bransford
>> PP-ASEL N6TAY
>> See the Geezer Jeep at
>> http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

>
>
>


--
"I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with
whips....r"
R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.



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