Re: Body off and frame pictures

Posted by BH On 2008/7/1 7:43:29

Nice pix!

I'd seen a few Packards of this era where the entire underside of the floor pan was refinished in a primer color, but I believe that was an attempt to follow what appeared to be factory - based on findings, simialr to yours, on unrestored cars.

I suspect that, because the undercoat material would be applied in that area, the factory skipped a genuine color coat (unlike modern cars) but still used primer to give a it a little tooth for the undercoat and as an additional barrier.

IIRC, Eastwood Co. offers a rust encapsulating paint that is primer-colored, and I think I'll use that, topped off with rubberized undercoat. (It's not like I'm ever gonna eat of the undersideof the car.) I'd probably use POR-15 on the frame, topped off with their semigloss black ChassisCoat product.