No Dave, you need no correction. Why would the Chevrolet factory
bother finish painting the underside of any body parts on a
work truck. These were not custom made trucks, there were
some options but painting the under body was not one of them.
If the underside of your hood, fenders, etc. is painted the
same as the body then the truck has had work done to it some
time after it left the factory.
The body panels were black semi gloss e-coated primer. Some
were painted right over the e-coat and some had a red oxide
primer coat. I've never seen any documentation as to which
factory, shift or paint line primed the trucks. The cars were
primed glazed and sanded which there are photos of this being
done. I've not seen photos of any trucks running through the
paint lines. You'll find over spray only under the fenders,
hood, running board where they painted the edges on an
original factory paint job.
Under the cab there was some undercoating applied, it was
applied after the cab was mounted, it was not the entire
bottom. If the bottom of the cab was painted, I've never seen
an example where any paint remained. There would have been a
swipe of undercoat under the fenders where mud, stones, grit
and grime could be thrown up by the tires.
I've see original examples where the box sides had been
painted with the standard green prior to assembly of the rear
fenders. Optional colors seem to have been applied after the
box was assembled with the fenders in place.
Like to hear from Brad Allen on this also. He probably has a
better feel for the original factory paint schedule than
anyone on the forum since he has parted out many many AD's
and is a stickler for the documentation.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 03/13/2015 1:36 PM.
