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Originally Posted by SS427
Interesting photo. It would appear that the line worker may be applying a blackout paint to the rear suspension and fuel tank. I had always believed this was done at the dealer (I know it was there too) but wonder if that was a normal procedure on the assembly line as well, not only on Camaros but the other Chevrolets as well.
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Yes.
Oldsmobile (Lansing Michigan) shown below, but this was typical for Chevrolet passenger car and trucks, as well as Buick/Olds/Pontiac.
For full frame vehicles is was done immediately before body drop. The "chassis black", a super watery cheap almost not worthy to be called paint, was drizzled haphazardly in the general direction of the frame, coating the convenient surfaces of front A arms, rear suspension components, and portions of the dif and axle tubes.
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Last edited by Keith Seymore; 01-05-2021 at 02:27 PM.
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