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I just read an article in "Old Cars" magazine written by a show judge and he said that one of the first things he looks at is the underside of the cab to see if it is painted black, which was not original. I'm going original as much as possible. It appears that the underside of my cab may not have been painted at all in the middle (there is recently applied undercoating on the sides).

I would appreciate any advice.

Thanks

Not surprising that they weren't painted. They didn't have robots doing the work back then and no paint dips.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about correctness when it comes to doing what it takes to make the vehicle last. Take the point deduction.

Found this thread while doing some research. I wonder if that judge was referring to body color paint on the underside.

I checked my untouched parts truck and, under some undercoating, there is some black paint or probably primer. I'm speculating the "correct" process was all cabs started as all black primer. Then the top side was sprayed with color and some overspray probably drifted in along the edges. I've read that the hoods were done the same way - underside black with some body color spray along the edges. My two factory-original trucks support that as well.

I just re-read the original post and see that the judge referred to black paint. The only explanation I have is maybe the different plants had different procedures. But to say NO cabs had black paint/primer is not true.

Shawn, I think you're spot on in your supposition. I know that my hood was black primer with some orange overspray, and I found no evidence of body color on the bottom of the cab. I put it back the same way, although I fully coated the underside of the cab with undercoating, while the cab appeared to have only partial coverage originally.