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I'm getting ready to blast and paint the cab of my '51. I'm not sure if and what I should use under the cab. I thought about spray in bedliner or some sort of a scuff-proof paint. Any ideas or does protecting the bottom of the cab matter?

I am also thinking of welding the sheet metal parts inside the cab (for tranny access and master cylinder access) in place as I will be moving the master cylinder to the firewall and cannot see why I would need to access the tranny from inside the cab. Am I overlooking something in doing this?

Thanks!

Big: Just getting ready to do what you are ready to do. I have the cab off on a roll around and going to tip it back on its back. My thought was to spray the bottom of the cab black and then use under coating.

For the hole's I'm sealing the brake door because I'm moving the filler to front. Caan't do floor shift area because I'm going to install floor shifter. But now is the time to do it! If you use bedliner underneath let me know how that turns out. Never thought about that as an option. popcorn The Truth is Out There (Keep us posted)

I installed a firewall mounted booster/master cylinder so I welded in patches for the old master cylinder hole. Did the same for the trans access panel, gas tank holes, clutch/brake pedal holes, etc. Plenty of room underneath to access the automatic trans oil cooler lines. The underside of my cab was plastered with some kind of nasty undercoating which did a good job protecting the metal where it stuck. I removed all the old undercoating, then brushed Rustoleum primer and topcoat. Looks good and should protect for a long time.

I scraped off all the old, hard, undercoating from the bottom of my cab and painted it with Eastwood's Chassis Black paint turned out very well and seems to be very durable. Will see how long it lasts.

I painted the underside of my cab and the frame rails with Eastwood Chassis Black.. It is wearing like iron after three years and 8000 or so miles..

Zero Rust. Hard as nails applies like paint.

So, would all of these ideas also apply to the underside of fenders, runningboards, or anything that will face the road?

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A friend of mine took his cab and fenders to the local truck accessory store and had them put the bedliner on the bottom sides.Alot of streetrodders are doing this to prevent starring of the paint,it seems to work .

I've thought about the liner under the fenders too but they'll be done later so I figured I'd see how the cab went. Lots of good ideas here- now I'm more confused! I think it will come down to the cost since this project is on a budget.

I like that idea of keeping the paint from starring, very good idea. Thanks for the input!