OD Green has been done to death - I'm going to see if it's possible to restore the existing black paint on the frame, then respray everything else to match.
I'm gonna make a Boeing bike, complete with a information plate between the top two bars. Based on my recent research, it's going to be stenciled 'Plant 2, Shop 308' which is where they built B-17 fuselage sections. I'll plant a couple of Boeing 'totem' stickers on there too.
Living in Seattle, home to the most awesome Museum of Flight, I might be able to find pictures of the bikes they used around the plant. Photos of the assembly line are plentiful, but I'll need to dig deep to find photos of bicycles.
I used to buy Worksman bikes from Boeing Surplus back in the 80's - some of them were pretty well tattoo'd by the various shops they served. They had a base coat of Dole banana stickers, accented by hand painted warnings of dire consequences to those who would borrow the bike from the shop. Some had names painted on them, some had brass inventory tags. I had one that looked like the entire bike had been dipped in Hunter Green paint - my guess is it belonged to a paint shop at some point.
So that's the plan - something a little different, and a new mission for the Black MG.
Lando