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original blue engine paint colorcode?

bartsscooterservice
bartsscooterservice
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comment_414977

Strange there is no factory engine paint code for Datsun to be found, like they just used some random paint color from the shelve.. I can order cans from the US, but the shipping costs are the price of 2 cans, so I'd rather get some paint locally..mmm

comment_414981

Bart, If you find a local supplier that can fill spray packs. PM me. To mix one can would cost a lot. Maybe we can bulk buy and get a discount?

Im in the same boat as you. All that shipping and taxes its getting ridiculous. At this rate ill spend €5000 on restoring and €10,000 on shipping and taxes.

Chas


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comment_415063
Bart, If you find a local supplier that can fill spray packs. PM me. To mix one can would cost a lot. Maybe we can bulk buy and get a discount?

Im in the same boat as you. All that shipping and taxes its getting ridiculous. At this rate ill spend €5000 on restoring and €10,000 on shipping and taxes.

Chas

If you have a piece that contains the original color let me know, I will take it to the paint shop to examine the color. We can bulk, but I only need 2 cans or so..

Bart

comment_415068

Do you guys ever use the SEARCH function? We've discussed all this many times before. The original colour had its roots in the Austin-Nissan tie up of the 1950s.

The colour is still listed on the 'British Standard' database as B.S. 18C39, with HMG ( Her Majesty's Government ) Glidden number GL31557, and Glidden number name 'Dolphin Blue'.

I think a Netherlands-based paint supplier should be able to cross-reference those codes.

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comment_415156
Do you guys ever use the SEARCH function? We've discussed all this many times before. The original colour had its roots in the Austin-Nissan tie up of the 1950s.

The colour is still listed on the 'British Standard' database as B.S. 18C39, with HMG ( Her Majesty's Government ) Glidden number GL31557, and Glidden number name 'Dolphin Blue'.

I think a Netherlands-based paint supplier should be able to cross-reference those codes.

So I need to give them BS18C39, correct?

Search Colour - 18 C 39

comment_415157
So I need to give them BS18C39, correct?

Search Colour - 18 C 39

The website says "The colours depicted are also for guidance only. The displayed colour will depend on your monitor and browser" I hope so, it looks a lot darker than what my engine is painted.

Chas

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Do you guys ever use the SEARCH function? We've discussed all this many times before.

The original colour had its roots in the Austin-Nissan tie up of the 1950s.

The colour is still listed on the 'British Standard' database as B.S. 18C39, with HMG ( Her Majesty's Government ) Glidden number GL31557, and Glidden number name 'Dolphin Blue'.

I think a Netherlands-based paint supplier should be able to cross-reference those codes.

Worst way to start a reply! I use the search first all the time and RARELY get the answer I seek. Today I searched Engine Color, Block Paint and Engine Paint and I got this thread - and a few others. At least after you "made your point" you - ironically - gave us the information we needed. Thanks.

But if you're not doing a concours restoration, Dupli-Color's GM Engine Blue is very close.....

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    comment_420508
    Worst way to start a reply!

    Not at all. I think it was perfectly valid. It's something we have discussed many times in the past. You managed to find this thread a couple of months after the last reply, didn't you?

    At least after you "made your point" you - ironically - gave us the information we needed. Thanks.

    Nothing 'ironic' about it at all. If I have the answer I'll usually give it. Stop complaining.

    Dupli-Color's GM Engine Blue is very close....

    Spraying a Nissan engine block in a GM colour might be ironic, though...

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    comment_420514

    Well I took the code HS30-H gave me to various paints shops, but strangly they couldn't convert the paint code.. so the only will be ordering from the states this summer then. I can't paint the block now anyhow, need to do in the summer months.

    comment_420519
    Well I took the code HS30-H gave me to various paints shops, but strangly they couldn't convert the paint code.

    I don't know why not. My local automotive paint supplier can cross-match across BS, Glidden and RAL ( the European Standard ) paint codes, as well as custom mix and match to sample.

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