Paint Code

[SiGNAL Z]

Well..take a good look at my car... do you know the paint code? If you do... please feel free to tell me. I cant read japanese... so i really dont know what my paint code is. I think this color is the same for all "blue" Zs. Please help

[mperdue]

take a look at my page - it may help: http://www.utdallas.edu/~perdue/paintcodes.html

[SiGNAL Z]

WOAH!!!!!! AM I 903 or 115!!!! THEY BOTH LOOK LIKE MINE!

[ryoojin83]

take a picture of the japanese, i can read hiragana, katakana, and a little kanji, maybe i can help...

[SiGNAL Z]

SWEET!!! I WILL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING!

[MikeW]

Originally posted by SiGNAL Z

WOAH!!!!!! AM I 903 or 115!!!! THEY BOTH LOOK LIKE MINE!

#903 was an early color for '70 and '71. #115 came out for '72. I'm getting this information from here

http://zhome.com/History/colors.html

[SiGNAL Z]

well...mine is a 77.... 260z body style..... and from japan... very complicated...

[ryoojin83]

Hrm, Im Confused, '77 with 260z body style? I'm still a Z Noob but, I thought the only difference in the bodys was the bumbers between the 260z and 280z, (i.e. early and late 260, and didn't the 77 and 78 get a slightly modded bumber?) aside from that what would you be referring to?

I know you said its complicated, (sorry) but im intrigued now!

not to waste your time, but could you explain it? was it just more options available in japan?

[HS30-H]

SiGNAL Z,

What's the VIN prefix on your car? Is it "GS30" or "GS31"?

If it was built in 1977 it should be an S31, and the 2/2 version had the "G" prefix on the VIN code.

You might find that your paint code is 307.

Alan T.

[CCC77]

mperdue,

I have looked at you chart and I am wondering if maybe some of the info from www.zhome is wrong. I gave my autobody guy the Datsun paint code 216 and he came up with white. As well this web page lists 215 as white but from 84 to 97. http://www.sherwin-automotive.com/f.../car_detail.cfm

My car also looks like it was painter metalic red at one point, but I dont think that was factory. Interesting topic.

Regards CCC77

[mperdue]

Hey CCC,

Yeah I think we went over some of this in a recent thread. I should really gather the "evidence" up and see if I can make any sense of it. Im' not sure of the best way to research this kind of stuff besides going through the info on the web. I sure as hell can't afford anymore Z books and we all know how much info in many of those are crap anyway. Thanks for the tip

michael