Repainting my bottom

[Menko <menkoj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Now that I hvae your attention, I'm painting my underside.  The bottom
of my car, you know that place where "Rust Lived for 45 years" which I
attempted to grind the majority of it off.  I spent last night coating
the remains of the rust and clean metal with some rust converter
paint, and now I am ready to rattle-can the bottom.  The question is,
what color did these usually come in?  I see parts of the frame are
body colored (most likely over-spray?), some parts are a gunmetal
grey, and the rest was simply rust red, so I have no idea.  I am
painting the tank all the way forward to the T-bar cross member.  I
was thinking painting the frame rails semi-gloss black, and the rest
some kind of grey.  Does this jive with what most cars sort of looked
like?  I don't care if its factory original, just want it to look
decent.

Thanks for your advice--any picture links would also be appreciated.

MJ

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