Topic: 70 Dearborn Undercarriage Color Related Questions-Multi Merged Threads

[bgp429]

Wondering if any other car built around the same time has a silver metallic slop color on the floor?  Don't think the car has been ever been painted in this area. Car is white. Picture is one of the floor access holes for the seats with the rubber plug removed.   Dearborn Boss 302 built on 6-1-70.

[J_Speegle]

By 70 at Dearborn we have found a much much wider range or possible colors found on floor boards/undercarriages from the firewall rearward. This may be a result of a wider and somewhat wilder range of exterior colors introduced that year. Most notable IMHO were the cars with a medium greenish floor color especially on cars with exterior colors such as orange or red

Looking at pictures and notes. I haven't seen a light gray or light silver on a 70 Dearborn example until your pictures though have seen and documented a few during 69 production

[70b302cat]

Jeff,

I think he is looking for information on late 0F production not 9F

[J_Speegle]

Jeff,

I think he is looking for information on late 0F production not 9F

thanks - guess I need to reword it differently. 

Went back and adjusted

[specialed]

Has anybody seen or got photos of a 70  original  dearborn undercarriage with red oxide?

[J_Speegle]

Has anybody seen or got photos of a 70  original  dearborn undercarriage with red oxide?

Ed there was a post over on the Boss site at one point (didn't save the thread) that reported that the floor was red oxide. Car identified as KK 1383. Cant confirm nor were any pictures posted.

[specialed]

yes correct but thats an early 69 as i was asking about 70 dearborn

[J_Speegle]

yes correct but thats an early 69 as i was asking about 70 dearborn

Sorry that was posted as a 70 I thought.

Think this was asked and discussed before but always good to see if someone new has something to offer

[speedgeek]

My 6/24/70 Dearborn car's under side floors are kind of a green color.

[twl1104]

My 1970 Cobra Torino the under belly color was almost a PINK color !My 1970 Mach 1 is a medium grey. The Torino was a Sept 69 build, but the Mustang was a May 1970 build?

[J_Speegle]

My 6/24/70 Dearborn car's under side floors are kind of a green color.

Green is an often seen result of the "slop" paint outcome in 70 at Dearborn. How would you describe the green?  Lighter or a darker olive green?  Thanks added it to the list/spreadsheet

My 1970 Cobra Torino the under belly color was almost a PINK color !My 1970 Mach 1 is a medium grey. The Torino was a Sept 69 build, but the Mustang was a May 1970 build?

Since the Torino was built at another plant its color will often be different the Mustang and finding a grey is fairly common

Pinks are often a tint found of the red oxide base on in other plants for Mustangs and different time periods

[speedgeek]

Here's an underside pic of my car.  I'd say it's medium to dark in color.  In the drips our can see some yellow.

[bgp429]

My 70 Dearborn has a sort of silver green color on the floor. Only owned the car for about 15 years but doubt anyone ever painted the area. It is under one of the floor plugs near the front.

 http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=19893.0

[J_Speegle]

My 70 Dearborn has a sort of silver green color on the floor. Only owned the car for about 15 years but doubt anyone ever painted the area. It is under one of the floor plugs near the front.

 http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=19893.0

Yes as discussed in a number of threads the "slop" paint mixer was a much wider range in 70 due likely to all the brighter colors and number of cars ordered with those colors that year.  Made for some interesting and sometimes not so pleasing combinations such as green tinted floors on an orange exterior car. 69's built at Dearborn were generally in a much arrow range 

[Crgjohnson]

This my original undercarriage slop gray from a Oct 7th 69 BOSS 302 Dearborn built.

Craig