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Title: 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood underneath
Post by: MIKIMBIN1 on March 10, 2025, 12:38:08 PM
Hi hi to all.
is any one can help me to get the Factory underneath color for the Floor pan in the 1959 Cadillac. and was factory undercoated or not.
if I can get the Paint code will be great. or a picture.
Thanks to yall in advance
Have a great week
Title: Re: 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood underneath
Post by: Cadillac Jack 82 on March 10, 2025, 01:30:11 PM
Unsure I understand your question.  If I use my unrestored 59 as an example its a matte black or semi gloss black spray.  If it wasn't undercoated by understanding is that it would be in red oxide primer.
Title: Re: 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood underneath
Post by: Clewisiii on March 10, 2025, 02:16:13 PM
This is the color that I had mixed up in a single stage. The original was red oxide primer. But you would not want to use any of the modern stuff calling itself that.

I epoxy painted my underbody and took a cut off sample of the redoxide to be color matched in a single stage urethane.

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Title: Re: 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood underneath
Post by: Clewisiii on March 10, 2025, 02:17:37 PM
In the factory when they painted the body you would see a foot to foot and a half of body color overspray around the perimeter over the red oxide.