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Painting underneath 1970 challenger

Lambeth Dave

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Hi folks the bottom of the floors on a challenger was it body colour or black ?? I have a 68 Satellite the underneath is black sound attenuation .. thanks guys..
 

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Neither actually, car was dipped in grey primer up to about the door handles. All the paint the underside received was overspray from painting the sides, rockers, etc. Some did receive optional undercoating, probably the black stuff you are seeing under your Satellite. Some restorers go to great lengths to "recreate" the primer drips and body colored overspray. To each his own. jess
 

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Neither actually, car was dipped in grey primer up to about the door handles. All the paint the underside received was overspray from painting the sides, rockers, etc. Some did receive optional undercoating, probably the black stuff you are seeing under your Satellite. Some restorers go to great lengths to "recreate" the primer drips and body colored overspray. To each his own. jess
Correct me if my cloudy mind is thinking wrong. there are some cars that got a small area black out treatment on the rocker panel area.I have to look for it to say for sure.
 

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jt's got it - grey primer with color overspray
Not sure about rocker - but there is sound deadener / undercoat in the wheel wells
Google "Come Back Cuda" - they show some detail on this in their refinish articles
 

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I did mine with grey epoxy primer & oversprayed the purple to look like factory but obviously the epoxy primer will hold up better .
 

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Found it in the cob webs of my mind.I'm sure there are other ones.
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I don't know if this is what you seeing?
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There you had it there is some good info holy smokes .. thank you
 

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Hey thanks for the response guys.. l don’t get on here much .. with work and half a dozen hot rods and 4 kids l try to spend time on the cars .. that info is gonna help .. l will have to update on my other post seeing as l am here .. 😊
 

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Here are some pics of what the E-Bodies looked like for the floor pans.

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The left photo is a 1970 Gran Coupe and the right is an AAR. Pinchwelds are blacked out. Look at the engineering drawings carefully. Certain darker colors did not receive this blackout. F-series refers to 1970 models and G-series refers to 1971 models just like other body and paint codes.

BP BARRACUDA GRAN COUPE ROCKER PANEL FINNED.PNG
1970 AAR Rocker Pinchweld Blackout.jpg
 
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The burnt orange AAR i am doing the rocker pinch weld and the bottom of the rocker was black. Black overspray was blown over onto the floor pan also .
 

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I painted my whole underside and wheel wells gloss chassis black. It is a nice contrast to all the B5 blue suspension parts. Nothing on my car is stock original anyway.

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so sad crysler couldn’t see it to paint the underside and inside of these cars ! primer is not the answer , we all know that ! but so cheap they cut corners .. i’m amazed…..my current build will get all the goodies!
 

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THAT my friend, has got to be the understatement of the year!
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Probably the baddest non-stock E bodies I've ever seen though.:thumbsup:
Awe, thank you.
I do have the numbers matching woodgrain steering wheel now removable adapted to fit my tubular steering column along with the numbers matching seat belt buckle reused for my window net...
Last picture was before the headliner and interior was put back in.

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LA plant E bodies were a low gloss black dip, NOT grey
Yes, mine is an LA car, and was a low gloss black in spots where I could see it before I painted every in gloss black.
 
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