The hipo web site has a really good photo layout of a restored k code undercarriage...google away

 

Undercarriage pics...

 

WOW! Imagine having an undercarriage as nice as that! Beautiful!

 

I'm curious as to how the trunk drop downs and rear wheel wells should be as well. If anyone could add those pics I would appreciate it. I am doing my 65 in red oxide as well and not sure how far to go with the sound deadener on the wheel wells. In Pete's photo it appears the drop downs are red oxide and the sound deadener is exclusive to just the outer wheel well.

 

here is mine

 

Trunk drop offs on mine were red oxide from factory. Sound deadener in the wheelwells sprayed with body color.

 

Pete how did they roll the car over? Bill

 

Well lots of ways . . look at this

or:

and go down to post #19 here;

Car rotisserie

They're just using a steel, factory built version of one of these in the pic I posted that you asked about.

 

Sub'd

 

Nice

 

Thank you, imcobra. I had to double check my Osborn manual to confirm no seam sealer was used at the seams of the frame rails and drop downs/ect and sure enough I don't see where it would have been instructed to do so. I might seam seal those with paintable seam sealer and reprime over it for a little more protection when I get that far.

 

Riley, why worry about how Ford did it? You can do much better, their cars rusted and rusted badly.

 

Thank you Pete. I'm glad somebody said it.
Not sub'd

Bob

 

So true. My car isn't concourse anyways I think I might just put one coat of epoxy down, then seam seal, and then coat over everything with some more red oxide to pretty it up. There is just too much dust, dirt, road debris, ect to get trapped and work their way into the seams. Add moisture to that and we know the end result.

 

Just doing a '68 coupe. Red oxide the complete underside, interior, front apron outers, and all of the rear wheel wells.

Front aprons get seam sealer, and sound deadener with a quick spray for and aft of the shock towers but not in the mounting well where the UCA goes.

Black will go over the engine bay and aprons, sprayed down into the tunnel, a feathered edge wherever the gun can get to from leaning into the engine bay while spraying the firewall. Whatever overspray goes onto the mounts for LCA, strut rods, underside etc. will be whatever it is.

Rear wheel wells will get a total coating of deadener, then body overspray wherever it goes.

Overspray under the car wherever it goes as the sills/rockers are painted. Then pinch weld blackouts.

Think the result will look good and be "similar" to original.

 

I have never seen glossy primer before.

 

Some of the zinc rich oxide primers have a sheen. If spraying an epoxy, you can get a sheen as well with some urethane reducers.

 

Ok, here's my question. Where the 65's done like this? Or were some cars done differently? I've been scraping all the rust proofing off the underside of my car and I'm finding a semi gloss black. There seems to be nothing under it so I'm thinking it's original.

 

My '65 is original, and the whole underside was black, or very nearly black.

 

Original "red oxide" varied over the first few years, and had a slight gloss. Not all cars got it.

Some used "slops grey" (a wide range of colors as spare paint was tossed in the mix) some used black and some red oxide... forget which years/plants each was used in... sure someone with a better memory can chime in...

 

Thanks. I think I'll keep mine black.