Grill colour

[1 Bravo 6]

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Stupid as the question may sound, can anyone tell me the ORIGINAL colour of a 260Zed's grill???????????????

Thanks in anticipation.

Rick.

[2ManyZs]

According to Wick Humble's book the early grills were the same color as the rear taillight panel, the textured matt grey while the later grills came with a matt grey-black. What year did they change? Not sure to tell the truth. Most Z grills were painted matt black sometime in their life, or at least all the ones I have seen.

I would say the 260's were probably the matt grey-black, but unfortunately I don't see where he describes the paint mix for the later grills.

[EScanlon]

Wick Humble in his book "How to Restore Your Datsun Z Car" in referring to the color / paint used on the tail-light finishers, calls it "a silver-gray 'match scratcher' finish, which retains all sorts of contaminants, ESPECIALLY paste wax." (emphasis mine). To my recollection it is the same color / paint used on the front grille as well. At least for U.S. based cars.

The formula for the original paint is a Datsun Secret, probably forgotten.

Taking liberty and copying from the book, Wick's recipe is:

Ditzler Duracryl DDl 2862 Argent with quite a lot of suede additive. The specific formula is:

"

1 pint DDL

200 units DX265

300 units DX264

Thin 100-150% and spray on fairly dry. (skip) This paint should NOT have gloss, so don't expect any" (emphasis mine).

Due to the difficulty in getting the paint matched, the problems with the finish, and the fact that it was an ~odd~ color AND appearance, most people who owned Z's in the early 70's would routinely paint this with either Flat Black or Semi-Flat / Gloss Black.

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