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11-25-2018, 09:43 PM | #1 |
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Painting car underside
Does anybody know when painting a 1936 cabriolet did ford paint the underside of the body the same as the exterior. The underfloor, the inner fenders etc.
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11-25-2018, 10:35 PM | #2 |
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Near as I can recall, only if it was black.
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11-25-2018, 11:24 PM | #3 |
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All one color.
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11-26-2018, 08:20 PM | #4 |
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David G is correct, the entire body was painted at once and subsequently, "all one color".
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11-27-2018, 08:18 PM | #5 |
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I recall a couple of conversations in the early eighties when restoring a 37 cabrio......the thinking was that some of the larger, and removable inner body pieces, like inner fender panels, radiator tank shields, were dipped, rather than sprayed, black. Fenders and body were sprayed top and bottom body color.
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11-27-2018, 09:11 PM | #6 |
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11-30-2018, 02:08 PM | #7 |
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I'm wondering if later year models (41) the under bodies were painted a different color than the exterior. When I replaced the gas tank on my car the under side of the floor pan was a primer red. The rest of the floor pan had surface rust, but you could tell it was once a red color, was this done during the original building of the car or what? Al
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12-01-2018, 05:19 PM | #8 |
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They were painted with the gas tanks in place, and it was a quick process. They just sprayed it to cover what you could see.
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12-01-2018, 06:42 PM | #9 |
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They painted the body while it was sitting on the chassis? Hmmm... that's news to me.
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12-01-2018, 06:46 PM | #10 |
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I was thinking more in terms of my truck. The tank is in the cab. They partially assembled the vehicles before the sprayed the main color.
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12-01-2018, 07:10 PM | #11 |
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Oh now I understand the confusion ... this thread started off inquiring about a '36 cabriolet.
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12-02-2018, 03:57 PM | #12 |
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The underside of my original paint 36 5W looks like mostly red oxide. The body is black but the underside is unmistakable red? Here’s a photo from when I brought it home and the original underside.
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12-08-2018, 10:38 AM | #13 |
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I have a 34 5-w that is has been in storage since the 50's. I am in the S.F. bay area
so I assume 34 was built in richmond ca . 34 is very early (glass date 11/33 ) 34 has the best floor I have ever seen (original green paint ) still almost perfect . ON THE TOP no paint on underside just service rust. maybe California car no need to paint bottom of floor. ( frame is black and still in good condition ) Body has never been off. OR very early 34 car but if so what about 33 cars ????? I can post pictures if any one wants. |
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Folks that have these "near perfect" cars should keep in mind that there was not a lot of paint applied to the underside and, considering it (the underside) had been exposed to external elements, the lack of any paint is more the norm than not. While the possibility exists that some cars did not receive paint on the underside, they were supposed to. There are a few, albeit very few, examples of 39 & 40 Fords with a different color underside than the body color. The most likely cause? The guy doing the painting emptying his paint gun on the bottom of the "next" car on the assembly line.
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12-08-2018, 03:43 PM | #17 |
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Unmistakable? Iron oxide red, yes, some red paint, no, at least according to the photo.
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