i've just updated my paint code page with scanned chips from the PPG catalogs. what do you guys think? here's the new one http://www.datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes

and the old one http://www.datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes

obviously i haven't finished the 260-280Z parts yet, but it should end up looking like the 240z part someday. also if anyone has info on either domestic or colors imported to other areas besides the US i would love to have it and incorporate it into the page. for example I know the g-nose models had unique colors etc. also does anyone think I should add all available data to the page such as dates when the colors started and stopped? this data is on zhome.com but it could be added here

thanks

michael

That should be very helpful. I found some color chips here too.

Kudos Michael!!

Chris

Oooh....918 orange. I like the pictures, Kudos on a job well done.

Looks really nice, I like it! I think that the additional info would be good also, it's always nice to only have to look in one place for the info instead of several places.

Wish I had that when I chose the paint for my car. Nice

thanks for the comments. it's starting to fill out now. i thnk the page with the chips really looks a lot better because you can still see some sort of color even if there isn't a car pic yet.

Hi mperdue,

Hats off to you for taking the trouble to do this, and I'm heartened to read that you are interested in the colours for the non-US market cars also.

You mentioned the colours of the Fairlady 240ZG ( HS30-H ) model, and this came in a choice of three colours. Only one of these colours was initially unique to the ZG:

*116 Grand Prix Maroon ( Unique to ZG from Oct.'71 to late 1972 )

*904 Grand Prix White

*110 Grand Prix Red

From October 1972, the 116 Grand Prix Maroon became an optional colour on all the Japanese market models, and was no longer unique to the ZG.

116 is in fact a pretty classic chocolate brown colour, and not maroon at all. Apparently, it was originally called "Marron" ( French for Chestnut ) and was the victim of a classic Japanese typo..........

Alan T.

I'm hoping that this scan from the Nissan "R-DRIVE" parts lists for the RHD export market cars will be of use to you:

And here's the explanation of the applications of those colours:

Hi Alan,

Thanks for the additional info!! I hope I'm not going to get in over my head as I attempt to expand this list. I started with the US codes because it was fairly easy to steal them from zhome , but from all of the reading I've done on this site I know that things really get complicated as you start looking at the full production history.

One question about the touch-up paint scan you posted. Should those apply to all RHD export markets (which I assume means GB and Oz/NZ) - and not necessarily apply to the domestic market (Japan)? Also I just took a second look at the application note - so I suppose the ones listed as "From 9/71" apply to the end of the 240Z production ('73 model), right?

Thanks again for the info and scans!! Looks like I've got a little more work to do.

michael

ps - I copied the new page over the old one so they should look the same now. from now I'll only update the original page http://www.datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes (and I'll probably remove the other one sometime)

Hi Michael,

Yes - the scans were from the "R-DRIVE" Nissan parts book that covered the period up to March 1973 by using additional update pages.

That particular book says that it covers all "HS30" models - with special notes on UK and Australian market applications. It also notes some applications and options as "Europe" and "Ex. Europe" ( meaning excluding Europe ) - but I would have thought this would indicate the European version of the HLS30, so I'm not entirely sure about those models.........

However, it does NOT cover the Japanese market models at all.

Cheers,

Alan T.