Re: [Chrysler300] underside of 55-56 hoods

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All:
All Chrysler 300 lettercars, no matter what year, were produced at the  
Jefferson Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit.  Since both my car and Rich's  are 
quite early, I suppose it is possible the practice of underhood  
silencer/deadener application was discontinued in later  models.   (That is assuming 
our cars' hood deadner material  was applied at the factory---which we can't 
prove, of course)  Rich's  description of his hood underside does sound like 
mine, though.  Maybe more  input from other C300 owners will help answer our 
questions.
300ly, Gil C.
 
 
In a message dated 2/27/2010 3:09:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

This is  interesting.  I have had somewhere around 13 55 Chryslers here in  
Nebraska.  None have had other than the primered underside of the  hood.  
No 
indication of any undercoating either.  All cars had  factory undercoating 
which I thought was standard.  In my opinion the  only way the underside of 
the hood would be undercoated is if the  dealership applied it.

Were the 300's made at two plants and they did  things differently?  That 
is 
only thing that makes sense from  here.

My 49 and 50 Chryslers all have the underside of the hood and  trunk lid 
primer color which had been standard technique for some time I  believe and 
I 
understood that 55 was the last year before they all became  body color.  
My 
48 Desoto Suburban has the underside of the hood  undercoated and I'm sure 
it 
was a dealership affair--and wish it had never  happened.

Remember at a 300 meet in Denver some years ago Josh Mishler  questioned 
the 
underside color since it is so ugly next to the Tango red  exterior but 
Gary 
Goers confirmed that it was  correct.

sooo??


----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <lettercars@xxxxxxx>
To: <Jslayton@xxxxxxxxxx>;  <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 1:35  PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] underside of 55-56 hoods


>  Johnnie and All:
> Finally was able to get over to look at my C300 (VIN  3N55 1322) and very
> carefully examine the underside of its hood.   As I thought I remembered, 
> it
> is covered with a evenly  applied coat of asphaltic "undercoat" type
> material.  It is not  as thick as the car's regular undercoat beneath its 
> floor.
>  This car has never been "restored" or even fixed up.  I  honestly  don't 
> think
> anyone but the factory would have applied  this  material.  I am wondering
> if the underhood spray-on  "silencer"  material was only applied when the 
> car
> came  with full undercoating.   Such  was the case with the 300K with  its
> mechanically retained hood  silencer.
> Well, thought I  would throw this out for what it is worth.
> 300ly, Gil  Cunningham
> Still c-c-cool, Tallahassee, FL
>
>
> In  a message dated 12/23/2009 3:59:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>  Jslayton@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> This is  my personal  experience-------my 55 Windsor which I bought in
> original   condition---the title was still in original owners name----was 
>  body
> color----what was left of the paint-----my 55 Coupe----a one  family 
owned 
> car
> when I got it-----body color-----6 55 parts  cars, 5 body color----1 55
> Imp.coupe  primered------my 55 300  which was owned by the same guy for 44
> years, had a completely  original engine comp. when I got it----body
> color----however I have  seen several over the years that were 
> primered-----Mike Burke
>  has a C300 with a primered underside of hood----as for  56,s-----my 56  
New
> Yorker sedan---body color---my 56 St. Regis----body   color----my 56 St. 
> Regis
> parts car----body color-----my 56  Windsor-----body  color---56
> wagon-----body color----however, I  have also seen 56's over the  years 
> with primered
>  hoods----so I think most all 55-56 Chryslers had painted  hoods but on  
> some
> cars the underside never got painted----I have never  seen  any 55-56 
> orginal
> with a black underside that  looked like it was done at the
> factory-------Johnnie  Slayton.l;p'/
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