The paint was bought from NAPA this afternoon - according to their computer, the 901 Datsun is identical to what BMW used from 1973-1984. Paint will hopefully be sprayed Monday (providing the weather is warm enough here in Albuquerque). Will post pics after the paint is applied - I've never seen a true factory 901 painted Datsun so I'm mentally picturing the toolbox lids behind my seats (perfect shape - assume factory painted - minus the metal flake) to be a true indicator..

paint codes can be off by a few shades. If it were mine and I wanted an exact match to the old paint

i would find a piece of original paint somewhere on

the car and hit it with polishing compound. Then

take it to a place that has one of those laser color

matchers. Then i'de spray a little test panel and put the 2 side by side. If by any chance its off i'de

get a tint package and tweak it until it matched.

When we repainted the color was matched to the original found on the underside of the tool box lids, and another spot where the paint had not weathered. The color to match for 1971 was Nissan 901 Monte Carlo Silver Metallic. We used Sherwin-Williams 3Q SW 45366. It seems to be a very close match.