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Originally Posted by CSX4766
All mustangs were painted underneath. 65-68 - left over paint mixed together and ended up with a redish color people mistake for primer.
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That's not totally accurate. I've seen plenty of Dearborn and Metuchen cars with black underside. I've also seen about every mix color you can imagine (blues, pinks, etc.) sprayed on the bottom of early car's , so to say that
all 65-68 cars should be a reddish color is incorrect.
When the unibody came down the line, it ran over a series of jets that sprayed the bottom of the entire unibody. The coats were pretty heavy, that's why you will see drips on the bottom of the seat pans of original cars. When the body was painted, you got overspray onto the bottom of the car as painters leaned over to get the rockers and bottom of the quarters. That's why original overspray can vary from just a hint of color to almost full coverage under the car.
The sound deadener people refer to is the thick stuff you will find inside the wheelwells, on the inside of the rear quarters in the trunk, etc. 3M's body schutz is similar in consistency and look. The areas of application vary from plant to plant and year to year.
Search older posts here for Jeff Speegle's threads about original sound deadener applications. There is a ton of information that he has posted in the past.
