Color of cab awnings on ACL GP-7's

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I would like to know what color were the canvas awnings on ACL's purple/silver GP-7's. Purple, black, tan or what? I'm adding detail to my GP-7's (several makes including the new, very nice Atlas models. Thanks for any help! -Jim

-- Jim Smith (jsmi060@ibm.net), May 11, 1998

Answers

My recollection is that they were very dark, either a natural canvas color (dark green) or perhaps painted black, but tended to weather to a somewhat lighter, dark gray shade. .

-- Larry Goolsby (LGoolsby@apwa.org), May 12, 1998.

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