how rare is safari gold

[71safarigoldz]

Sorry people just figured out how to post a new thread hope its right

have a 71 safari gold #920 hls 07094 7/70 just wondering how rare the color

is ( Iwas told it was rare) how many were produced????? and was 71 the only year for this color....is there a nissan site that might help?????

you will find this post on another thread because I screwed up posting

thx in advance

71safarigoldz

[sblake01]

It's not rare as I said in the other thread where you originally posed the question.

http://zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/index.html

[71safarigoldz]

Dear Steve thanks for the reply, the guy i bought it from told me it was a rare color!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he was full of alot of B.S. to begin with so it figures he lied...but I still like the color

PS. that was what he posted when selling the z ( Rarecolor)

bob...71safarigoldz

[Carl Beck]

Hi Bob:

Maybe the seller didn't lie. Could be he was simply using a different context in making his remarks, as opposed to the context in which you took it.

Rare - well compared to the number of Red Mustangs sold in 1970... A Safari Gold 240-Z was a rare color.

Rare - true, go to a Z Car Show and Safari Gold Z's aren't really all that common today... all to many have been repainted Red or Silver...

In the context of the color mix of 240-Z's received by the Dealers in 1970 - Safari Gold was among, if not the, most common color.

The thing is - when people see a "mustard" colored 240-Z with it's 30 year old, badly faded paint they go ... uck... In turn they don't repaint the car that mustard color...

On the other hand when they see a fully restored Safari Gold car at a car show - with it's bright and shinny Safari Gold color - they usually like it a lot. Looks "Period Correct"...

When people make very general statements... like "its a rare color"... you always have to ask them for further elaboration on that statement.

Just a thought....

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Arne]

I think Carl hit the nail on the head on the re-paint issue. I think lots of the Safari gold cars got painted other colors over the years. A shame, actually, as the gold color is really distinctive these days. I had the pleasure of seeing two gold 240Zs last weekend on our local cruise - see pictures at October PDX gathering.

[Walter Moore]

My 71 240Z was originally "gold". I found the "faded mustard" color under all the other paint.

From what I can tell it was painted over twice. First white, then black.

I sanded the paint off the outside, but inside, under the plastic panels and carpet it remains that ucky mustard color.

My current plans are to paint the car lime green. (Both my wife and I like it.)

So much for originality.

[71safarigoldz]

hey thanks alot carl for the tip True I havent seen any around where I live

innortheast PA. Infact I have never seen this color and have been a z head since the first one I bought in1982 it was a orange 72.....It was one of the reasons I bought the car because I thought It was a fitting color for the early 70,s It has origonal paint a I,m in the process of a complete restoration

with the car. I could see why it does not appeal to some but as soon as its done I will post pictures...as to the ones that don,t like lets see when its done this spring

[EScanlon]

Don't let the "non-likers" dis-illusion you.

It does grow on you, and before long, you'll not be worried what the "non-likers" think of it.

Here's a few photos for you to look at:

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=8949&cat=500&ppuser=1490

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=8919&cat=500&ppuser=1490

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=8920&cat=500&ppuser=1490

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[Victor Laury]

I've never owned one, but I've seen the "Faded Mustard" and have also seen Safari Gold in it's full glory. What a wonderfull complex color it really is. buffed out and waxed, it's deep enough to fall into.