Robert,
The original (1941) paint scheme was the word ERCOUPE painted on the
cowls in red, followed by a red stripe that went all the way down the
fuselage to the tail. This was continued into early 1946, when the
demand for planes got so great that the factory didn't want to put paint
on each plane, so they substituted the emblem on the cowls with no
stripe. The plane was bare aluminum until about 1948, when the demand
was slim, and the factory supplied painted planes to make them more
attractive.
Syd
robertbartunek wrote:
Was the original Ercoupe "paint job" just the Ercoupe emblem on both
sides of the cowling? Seems like I've seen some old pictures from the
40's that show some red stripes underneath the emblem and maybe some
red stripes on the wingtips. My coupe is silver and I want to keep it
as original as I can.
Robert Bartunek
