[dld]

Yes both cars were red. The pic of mine is the dash that i sanded to show the layers of paint . The 65 ca. has the red primer pretty far in to be just over spray. When I striped the bottom of mine there was a blk. base coat but was sprayed with some intent with the red oxide. the top color coat was just on the edges. But as a lot of these cars were under coated it may go unnoticed ? don

[Jerry H.]

Originally Posted by dld

Yes both cars were red. The pic of mine is the dash that i sanded to show the layers of paint . The 65 ca. has the red primer pretty far in to be just over spray. When I striped the bottom of mine there was a blk. base coat but was sprayed with some intent with the red oxide. the top color coat was just on the edges. But as a lot of these cars were under coated it may go unnoticed ? don

Here is my understanding of how these cars were painted and this has been my experience on several body off restorations that were done back in the 80's on fairly unmolested cars: The bodies were painted car color. As they were painted in the door jambs, rear fender lips, rear area behind gas tank, etc. various amounts of overspray would get onto the floorpans (both inside the car and underneath the car), in the rear wheel wells, in the area behind the gas tank, etc. I noted various amounts because it would vary due to how the or who painted the car. AFTER the car was painted, the underneath was sprayed with a black primer that was approximately 30% or less gloss. This was a 'protectant' coat to prevent rust. This was not an exact science and was sprayed from the rear of the car all the way up to and including the firewall. This accounts for the difference in gloss of the firewall and the heater box (it was not installed at this point) and the inner fenders, radiator cradle, etc. Then undercoating or sound deadner or whatever you want to call it would be sprayed in the rear wheel wells AND in the transmission hump indention.

My previous posts have been somewhat misleading when I stated car color 'overspray', as it really isn't overspray. It's just the factory paint that was left uncovered by the black primer protectant coat. I've personally never uncovered any red oxide primer on any early GTO.