Topic: G'Day from Down Under

[DM_1964]

G'Day from Down Under,

Another late night working on the best car ever produced (with rusty nuts)...

Good night!

[CharlesTurner]

Where's all the empty tinnys?   

[kowalski]

If it's anything like my place they'll be out the door on the lawn 'till tomorrow morning.....

[DM_1964]

we cleared them out for the photo, we couldn't have the car looking like a coaster 

[CharlesTurner]

If it's anything like my place they'll be out the door on the lawn 'till tomorrow morning.....

Don't like the neighbors thinking they can out-do you, huh?   

[DM_1964]

Blasting the underside, original as can be...

[ruppstang]

Interesting that there is little or no primer in the wheel wells.
Marty

[DM_1964]

Interesting that there is little or no primer in the wheel wells.
Marty

We assume it came off when we scraped off the undercoating...

[J_Speegle]

Caspian_64 - What plant and time period (year and month ) is the car?

Late 65 or early 66 San Jose?

[DM_1964]

Hi Jeff, she's a late 65 San Jose, anything unusual around that time?

Thx, Dom

[J_Speegle]

Hi Jeff, she's a late 65 San Jose, anything unusual around that time?

Thx, Dom

Depends on what part of the car we're looking at   and not so "unusual" just how production patterns turn up. I was seeing if my guess as to plant and time period was correct just based on the floor color - hoping that the picture on my monitor was fairly true to what you would see in person.

Guess my guess was pretty good this time

[DM_1964]

I was seeing if my guess as to plant and time period was correct just based on the floor color - hoping that the picture on my monitor was fairly true to what you would see in person.

Guess my guess was pretty good this time

You raise an interesting point Jeff, my mate Troy (rusty nuts) who owns the car said yesterday that it didn't look as red as others he's seen...
Does the oxide fade over time or were there different strengths of red used by different plants, I never thought anything of it...

[jwc66k]

Primer - at the end of a working week, or when the different paint drums were close to empty, that drum was poured into the primer drum. That's the difference in primer colors. Ford was, and still is, a stodgy automobile manfacturing company, very conserative (at least in the cost department).
Jim

[DM_1964]

Another late night down under, red 66 convertible off to the body shop, in with the 64 convertible for body prep (with rusty nuts)...

[J_Speegle]

You raise an interesting point Jeff, my mate Troy (rusty nuts) who owns the car said yesterday that it didn't look as red as others he's seen...
Does the oxide fade over time or were there different strengths of red used by different plants, I never thought anything of it...

Sorry missed this one the other day. Yes the "primer" can fade due to the elements, chemicals (oil, grease...)  and other stuff thrown up from the road ways. If you clean a section of the floor pan of the top coat of oxidation and other stuff the under lying finish is normally slightly different, smoother and glossier in my experience

Suppliers were different from plant to plant often and there was not a real need to match the "right color" unlike the exterior colors so yes the colors vary but they (time periods certain tones were used) can be identified and normally fall into patterns - most that have been identified at San Jose.