L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

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

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

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@***.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.***.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

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@***.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.***.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

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@***.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.***.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.