Dedicated Day 2 Thread

[scuncio]

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Sammy...
Some things were done ,"Back in the day" that I never thought were cool, painting anything white on the undercarriage might be one of them

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The fenderwells and front frame stub on my COPO Chevelle were painted white by the original owner. Might have looked cool with the tube-around-the-framerail Super Comp headers.

[mockingbird812]

White undercarriage is a good thing (it preserves a non undercoated car )

[Salvatore]

Jenkins painted all his gas tanks white to reflect the heat.

[SmallHurst]

Some racers did it to see if they had a fluid leakage.

[x Baldwin Motion]

Fuel leakage, heat reflection... whatever... they did it 'cause everyone else did. White gas tank and rear end. In 1978 I shocked everyone with gloss black paint on my 12 bolt, drum to drum. Left the gas tank unpainted. That was the end of the white undercarriage in this area. Dog? what say you?

[PxTx]

You can see the white wheel wells on my pop's car here, which I think was abut 1970.

[Schonyenko2]

Never did the white thing, but I had the drums painted Lemans blue to match the color on my 57 Chevy. It looked pretty cool with the M/T chrome slots.

[427TJ]

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You can see the white wheel wells on my pop's car here, which I think was abut 1970.



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Back when a good '57 hardtop could be had for a cool grand, maybe a little less. Note the Corvette sidepipes on the Chevelle at right.