looking for the owner of this car

[dat240z71]

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11494&sort=1&size=medium&cat=559&page=1

I'm trying to find the owner of this car, I like the color and would like to know what its call and what brand it is, as I'm looking to get my 240z painted in feb.

[gnosez]

California plates I think, so try www.zcca.org then go to the club indicator. Look at the members' ride sections of the CA clubs. If no luck there try and see if anyone posted a pic of this car at any of the CA shows (hybrid, zcca, msa, etc.) here, zhome, zdriver, zcar, etc. good luck. Striking color!

[Ron Carter]

I would look to ZONC in northern california since this is from the blackhawk show.

[JLPurcell]

It looks like a 1970 Z. 1970 through 1971 there was only one orange, paint code 918 orange (I believe it is called sunset orange). In 1972 the 918 was available but they introduced the 110 red which was also known as persimmon red. It was a darker orange color. But I believe the car in the picture is the 918 orange (sunset orange).JLP :cheeky:

[dat240z71]

the orignal z color was called mexican orange, my car is the original orange looking to change.

[cj71z]

I was driving home from work in June and passed these guys in Benicia heading to the show I guess. He was following the blue 240z being towed. The car is beautiful, I'm going to paint mine the same color when I get to it. It's like a life altering event seeing Z's like these on the road, I'll never forget them.

[dat240z71]

cj71z

Do you know the name of that color and what brand of paint it is?

[Bambikiller240]

Almost any "brand" of paint can be tinted to the correct color, once you know what it is. It looks like a factory color, although from the look of the car at the Blackhawk show, I'd say it was a repaint.

[zhead240]

i've heard of the 918 orange being refered to as competition orange on this site.(first time i've heard mexican orange)

[Bambikiller240]

I don't recall seeing any "official" names for paint colors, I think that colors were assigned numbers and these names may be less than "official"

mperdue has a web page with examples of the various colors for first gen Z cars. It is located at: http://datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes/

[getrdone]

I've seen 918 called mexican orange before. Most car makers have a name for a color rather than just a paint code.

[Bambikiller240]

Was this on an OFFICAL NISSAN DOCUMENT (brochure or ?)? If so, which one? I'm curious. I had my 2nd 240Z repainted #918 and could not find an official name for it, other than #918 Orange.

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