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I'll add in something I found in surveying some owners of some 71 hemi cuda coupes, superbirds, daytona's and some folks that have sold their convertible mopars for huge money. They all, for the most part said paint the car full body color underneath. They said most of the buyers care about the original drivetrain, and how much of the car is original. They care about documentation. They dont care as much about accurately the sound deadner reapplication was done in the quarters, or how sloppy the seam sealer was reapplied in the trunk. They said dont waste your time trying to replicate the factory dipping primer on the underbody, etc. Plus, one could go back later and shoot the drive shaft tunnel gray if they had to have the look (a new owners option). Long short, I now believe the big dollar mopars dont have to be OEM correct painted underneath, so its ok to do what you like in that area. Chevy's may not follow this option when it comes to having an impact on value. Everything else under my car will be OEM finish and stock parts. The last guy that told me to do the above, got stupid money for a 6 pack 4 spd superbird. Stupid money. He convinced me to leave my rear quarters to not have the sound deadner reapplied. You can always add it later (his superbird was without the deadner).

To prove my point a bit on this, a sassy grass green 1970 340 automatic cuda convertible sold for $150K at a recent Mecum auction. It had clear applied over its yellow strobe stripes, far from OEM correct.