46 CJ2A #69750

I took that to mean way oversized with smooth corrugations instead of sharp edged rifling ...  Good on your buddy and the bore scope, it makes perfect sense in the firearms world where accuracy is king.  I think it would carry over to the Willys parts world if I had to have a guarantee that a winch would pull the rated capacity without imploding ... I guess I use the unknown as a bargaining chip and accept the risk somewhat.

Then there is always the honest ignorance factor... I have to allow for my winch seller using it and it pulled whatever up on his trailer... It's quite another thing to claim nickels and shoot manhole covers 

My take on my 2A is that it was normandy, red, yellow and then the current blue which is pretty close.  It can be difficult to distinguish the original blue from the current when looking in the usual spots, but I've scratched through the layers to bare metal and found them in that order.  I honestly think the last  refurb was a frame off with an attempt to recall the original blue... this pic is reportedly 69750 after the yellow, before the current blue... the wheels freshly painted their current white

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ETA:  my only real clues that this in fact IS my jeep are the locking hubs (for which I have the original box) the left rear tire is a dead ringer for the spare that was on it when I got it sitting on NDTs...and the white wheels.  even zoomed in I haven't (yet) found another detail to key in on..."yet" 

If my monitor is having the same effect on your pic, that's a ton more orange than I'm seeing in my red 

I've always thought sunset red was a muted pumpkin orange, and autumn yellow was a burnt yellow approaching dirty orange, the same as burnt orange is to orange...lol, if that makes ANY sense to anyone but me 

Thanks for the refresh, T... I do recall making my post in that thread.  Like I said, never say never.  

In your case, however, the Picket/Harvard combo is a documented color combo.  The fact that you found it backed up into late '46 isn't a sticking point for me so much, it's my apparent mongrel Normandy/Harvard that gives me a little gas.  I already know the harvard red wheels were probably a thing in '46 as I've found them "documented"(?) (again, never say never) for '46s in Princeton black.

If I had any other support that these two wheels weren't scavenged off a '46 in black (or picket, lol) 20 years after mine rolled off the line I might even consider returning them to harvard red... but I posted the question and got largely crickets.  Mine obviously are stamped 10/46, but for all I know they were meant for your jeep 

Basically, I don't want to force an oddball without more proof than I have-

Mike

In my original post I was offering up the possibility of another combo because I couldn't remember if you had already determined original color. But, like all things related to our jeeps it's our independent vision for what we want that should be the ultimate motivation.

I like the Normandy/Sunset combo very much. I can't wait to see the wheels done up and on the 2A.

Tim

Oh, I know, and it's appreciated...a piece of me wants someone to say there were 25 normandy with harvard red wheel jeeps special ordered by a florist in DeMoine for deliveries, lol

ETA:  see, in my head I'm reading Tim's is really close to mine, and it has harvard red wheels...and I subconsciously go off on a tangent and think "my acm's are off by two, the most plausible reason is that Willys painted 10/15/20/whatever acm bodies at a time, one color...and while putting tailgates with tubs to hit the line sometimes they got swapped"...then I think, well, they didn't paint 4 or 5 wheels at a time, then switch colors for the next jeep...then I'm thinking princeton black and picket jeeps were coming off the line the same time as mine, why couldn't mine have been the first of a run of normandy right after a run of ten picket?  Is there a picket gray willys running around with sunset red wheels?... and how would I prove it?...im having several conversations with myself at the same time...the willys voices in my head