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Offline J_Speegle

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69 Dearborn interior painted surfaces
« on: May 09, 2020, 07:33:18 PM »
The following was a response to a general question  (not production period specific) asked for and responded to on another site. Thought I would repost my response here for the benefit of others that might need just a general idea. Again 1969 Dearborn

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Interior panels under all the bolt, clip and screw on parts is a mix of finishes originally. And each car got a little different application based on the effort, age, height of the worker, the angle of the spray guns and other things.

Base would have been a red oxide in the visible surfaces, bare metal elsewhere. You can find some light gray primers introduced from the exterior application but not the extent, usually, we find body color. Body color was introduced into the cabin directly and indirectly from the painting of the adjacent exterior panels as well as the door and window openings as they were painted. Bottom side of the roof is often a combination of bare steel and thinly applied coat of red oxide

Many of the lower or horizontal surfaces collected more exterior color on many cars due to application angle and gravity.  You also have the metal dash panel black out but this seems to depend on when the car was built. On some cars you can find black out on the lower inner A pillar area and have seen only a couple of examples at this plant where the defogger hole was blacked out on the rear panel facing the interior area

If your going to the extent of worrying about the hidden surfaces and the paint application might as well mention - Don't forget the two dolly shadows on the front floor pans :)


Just some random examples




Non-Shelby standard interior example












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Offline truetriplex

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Re: 69 Dearborn interior painted surfaces
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2020, 08:44:11 AM »
Jeff, this definitely helped me, and I know that it will help many future restorers. 

Offline MorganLeBlanc

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Re: 69 Dearborn interior painted surfaces
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2020, 09:46:31 PM »
Here is the back of my one owner 69 Mustang Mach 1.
Morgan LeBlanc
1969 Mustang Mach 1 S-Code Black Jade
Shelby 427 Cobra CSX4766
Fresno CA

Offline MorganLeBlanc

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Re: 69 Dearborn interior painted surfaces
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2020, 09:48:30 PM »
Rear compartment color.  The Mach 1 was originally Black Jade.
Morgan LeBlanc
1969 Mustang Mach 1 S-Code Black Jade
Shelby 427 Cobra CSX4766
Fresno CA