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Hurlow also recommended a white front door with a white In 1954 the letters were reduced to 4 inches in height. In 1953 this method was adopted for traffic cars throughout the Force. In 1951 several 'E' Division Highway Patrol cars wereĮquipped with white doors and 6 inch RCMP letters. Signs using 3 and half inch by 5 inch letters but was found unsuitable. In 1948, experiments were conducted using demountable type In 1947 letters were required on the rear of each vehicle. Later the letters were changed to 1-inch and then to 1 and a half inch and

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are dropped in favour of a single RCMP crestġ965: Inspector Hurlow writes that 'between 1944 and present, early instructions indicated 2-inch RCMP letters on eachĭoor and the vehicle code number on the trunk. Other than traffic cars, which were to be black with white doors, no specific colour was required.ġ954: The letters R.C.M.P. The directive advises that RCMP crests will not beĪvailable for some time. Height and to be placed in a curvature rather than straight across. The letters were to be no more than four inches in LaRiviere directs to the C.O.s of Divisions B, D, E, F, H, J, K that all Highway Patrol cars should have theirįront doors painted white with the letters R.C.M.P. Two-tone car design would last with the force until the early 1990s.ġ953: A/Cmmr. on both front door panels andġ951: RCMP takes over British Columbia Police Force and with it comes a fleet of police cars that all have white doors. 'ġ944: Commissioner Wood ordered that Force vehicles be marked with the letters R.C.M.P. I was also provided with the following vehicle chronology too:ġ917: 'RNWMP' plate on front grill centred between headlightsġ936 to 1944: All government vehicles to be plainly marked in conspicuous letters, not less than two inches high on bothįront doors as follows 'CANADA, Dept. PPG also lists two other RCMP blue paint codes: 1437. I contacted RCMP Heritage and learned the RCMP blue is called 'Centennial Blue', PPG lists this as colour code: 19983.