Hi, I am almost finished degreasing my 70 'Cuda and documenting the factory paint/primer/overspray on the undercarriage. I expected to find the typical "Gray" primer on the undercarriage but found "Black" instead. It is an LA built car. I know it is factory and has never been repainted - the car has never been apart until now. This is verified by all of the previous owners - right back to the first one. I am going to put the car back the way I found it - black - but wondered if anybody else has ever seen this color on the undercarriage before? I know it shouldn't bother me, but, I can already hear the know-it-alls at shows telling me Chrysler never painted their undercarriages black. So, please tell me this is common and that maybe the gray is a little more common than the black. What have all of you found over the years on the undercarriages? Thanks for your input. Rob

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I think RestRick has some info on his site about some cars having black bottoms.

LA cars were black instead of gray .

Thanks guys. I'll check out Rick's site. Rob

When I did my challenger ( Dec 69 LA plant as well ) I found the same black color.

I know it's not correct but I went back with body color.

Nothing is more correct than what your car originally had, regardless of what detail is being discussed, photograph and document what you find and duplicate it to the best of your ability and you should do just fine.

Hi guys, I went to Rick's website and he did state all LA cars had the black primer color in one of his articles. Of course, I emailed him before I found that on his site - patience. I need to learn patience Now I will have no problem going the factory black color since it is correct. Rob

My 70 swinger came from canada and the primer color on it was really dark grey/almost black. Did not look anything like the battleship grey color that everybody else seems to have. I mixed up some ppg dp black and light grey epoxy primer until it was fairly close and then had the paint store mix up a quart of flattened dark grey paint to match.

Fairly common knowlege that 70 model California cars had black primer instead of the gray.