Project Phoenix - 1971 XR-7 Convertible

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Thanks Sounds like the often found gray batch color. Red oxide was also used during some of the production period Some times the batch color is similar to the exterior and owners assume its all body color while other times the two are very different. Red body with a green floor for example. Not sure how body color could have fully coated the floor given the process and where the painters stood and walked while painting the exteriors at Dearborn but good luck with your project.

I’ve got an old Ford ad from 1969 showing how they dipped the lower half of the body in electrically charged red oxide primer. There is a Lincoln Mark III getting dipped in the photo. Is this how red oxide got applied on Mustang/Cougars too, or was the dip only done on Lincolns and full sized models?