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Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:28 am
by soopernaut
Yesterday I took a wire wheel and removed all the dirt and grime from the bottom of my cab. Under all this dirt was some nice Orangish-Brown primer. This truck didn't rust from the underside as it looks brand new. The rust in the cab mounts and a few pinholes in the floor came from the top. So did the factory apply this primer or did a previous owner do it?
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 10:25 pm
by JPAdventurer
I think they did
most of my trucks have something. My 71 w200 is pretty strange tho, its Tor Red (red/orange) but the underside of the bed and cab it was sprayed sublime
green!! The truck has the original
paint, never been resprayed. Im thinking the truck was built on a monday or something
They probably started spraying it and looked at the build sheet and said oops its suppose to be Tor Red.
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:05 am
by soopernaut
I was beginning to think:
A. Nobody has been under their truck.
B. The bottom of everybodys' trucks are too dirty to see.
C. Nobody found primer so they couldn't say for sure.
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:43 am
by JPAdventurer
soopernaut wrote:I was beginning to think:
A. Nobody has been under their truck.
B. The bottom of everybodys' trucks are too dirty to see.
C. Nobody found primer so they couldn't say for sure.
Ya I'll agree with the dirty part
Because of grease and road grime you can only see
green on mine in a few areas.
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:07 pm
by Hobcobble
I have a light beige '71 D100
that has sublime green on the
underside of the cab.
John
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:46 pm
by Cageman
almost all of my trucks have green on them underneath. Im not so sure on the 62's, but all the newer ones I have do. I was just under my 69 that I pulled the cab off to snadblast the frame, and it along with the box is mint green on the bottum side.
I think the 65 I have is a rusty brown color, and it is airforce blue on top.
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:59 am
by dahooligan
I would doubt any were sprayed but much as todays autos are eletrostatic dipped into a vat of primer, then on down the assembly line for
paint.Ever see some cars today,open the hood and see primered firewall and inner fenders as the hoods aren't opened when painted.I think this is one reason todays cars/trucks rust out so bad as they get a primer coating underneath and thats it...not good in our salt covered roads here in the Northern winters.
.......pat
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 12:02 pm
by soopernaut
This is interesting that many are finding different colors on the bottoms of their trucks. Especially all the Sublime
green which wasn't a common Sweptline color. Under my Orangish-Brown is bare metal. I think it is primer but I guess it could be
paint. Maybe they painted the bottoms with extra
paint and forgot to
paint my truck.
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:12 pm
by juddoats
i wire brushed mine as well and it was yellow primer color on the metal of mine
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:41 pm
by jeffz
When I was cleaning mine for sandblasting, there was one area that was covered with grease, and under it was perfectly preserved kinda green paint. Certainly not the orig. color, but I didn't think it was primer or undercoat. Puzzling. Now I gotta go look for a pic of it, not sure I have one.
Re: Did the factory put primer on the bottom of the cab?
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:30 am
by 71Lumberwagon
My 71 has a
green color coming through on the bottom of the bed too
, but i do believe this truck has been repainted at some point because the
paint job absolutely sucks, also noticed a little coming through on the door