Re: [Chrysler300] 300C Hood underside

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Kieth and All:
Wayne Graefen's 300C Restorer's Guide says no hood pad for the 300C, and the picture in my March 1957 Motor Trend 300C road test appears to show only paint on the hood underside.
300ly, Gil C.


-----Original Message-----
From: keboonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, Dec 4, 2009 4:49 pm
Subject: [Chrysler300] 300C Hood underside


The recent discussion of hood undersides on the C300 & 300B reminds me to ask 
ll you folks about achieving a good result for my 300C.  The whole car was 
ainted on the frame in 1981 by a previous owner, and I am just beginning the 
rocess of tackling a dressup job under the hood. BTW that old exterior paint 
ob still looks pretty darn good.  But what exists now underhood is some factory 
aint in halfway respectable condition, some mismatches such as chrome valve 
overs and AFB carbs, and some overspray from the repaint job - along with, of 
ourse, the "just kinda shoot some color on everything in the way of the gun 
ithout worrying too much about it" approach taken at the factory.
I want to have this car for fun, and I don't have a desire to do a trailer queen 
ob that should never see the pavement again.  But on the other hand I want to 
ave it look sharp and pretty much correct under the hood at the same time.
Right now the bottom side of the hood has a pad installed, which I believe is a 
never" item on a 300C.  And the steel that I can see without removing the pad 
ooks like it's probably a somewhat thin paint coat applied at the factory.
My current plan is to remove the front clip so that we can do a pretty good job 
f accessing everything.  We can flip the fenders upside down to fix up the 
heel wells, etc. and we'll do a real nice job of painting the inner fenders, as 
ell as the radiator support and front pan.  And then we'll do as nice a job as 
e can on the cowl, the frame forward of the cowl, the engine without removing 
t, and all the accessories.
But back to the bottom of the hood ----
hould I remove the pad and then paint the entire thing nicely in Gauguin Red?  
r would someone call it a sin to make it look nicer than the factory job?
Thanks for your help.
Keith Boonstra in Holland MI resting from shoveling the snow.

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