Hey, sorry but i am on a tablet so i keep myself short for  now.....what is the eggshell yellow like Color of the Underbody of a 76' 280z.....cannot find it anywhere and the chassis is too bis to bring it to a Color scanner..thanks!

Mine are painted the same all over/under.  I'm not understanding your color question.

The cars were painted one color everywhere. The body color paint code is what is used for the underside.

1 hour ago, Villeman said:

Hey, sorry but i am on a tablet so i keep myself short for  now.....what is the eggshell yellow like Color of the Underbody of a 76' 280z.....cannot find it anywhere and the chassis is too bis to bring it to a Color scanner..thanks!

Sounds like it had a paint color change over it's lifetime?

Maybe if the color is on it, the transmission crossmember could be removed for a scan.

Hey, 

doesn´t look like a respray but who knows. Car has black underbody and underneath a primer/color. Engine bay is silver like the car. 

If it were an overspray we would find another color underneath, but thats not the case. Maybe this is just the primer and the car got underbody instead of silver color? (car is 306 silver) was stored 35 years, there are still the paint marks from the factory everywhere 

Edited March 13, 20177 yr by Villeman

Looks like the primer under mine...

I think cars with factory underbody protection didn´t receive anything but that primer.... Mine certainly came like this from factory, paper stickers over the threads were still in place and felt pen markings are there. Only leaves the color code. I will epoxy-primer the chassis and then paint in that color since I will only wax the chassis (better for humidity over the long time but more maintenance. We use Dinol for that btw

I have found the

Datsun Yellow

665

DN 114/71

or the                                 Datsun Light Yellow

910

DN 103/72

paint code. It is a Paint , not a primer but from pictures looks a bit like the right color..can anybody confirm ?

 

 

Edited March 15, 20177 yr by Villeman

The 240Zs were painted body color. The 280Zs were left in that cream colored primer. Not sure about the 260Zs.

Chuck

 

I'm going to paint mine body colour as the bottom of the car will be detailed with shiny things...

3 hours ago, cbuczesk said:

The 240Zs were painted body color. The 280Zs were left in that cream colored primer. Not sure about the 260Zs.

Chuck

 

Agreed.  My '76 had the cream colored primer too.  

bump, so nobody knows the color code? Guess I will try the Datsun yellow then (didn´t find anything painted I could remove for scanning).

Villeman.....I'm no paint expert, but I don't see any yellow in that primer. More like a very light tan/khaki. If you want it to match, I'd get some color samples at a local paint store and bring them to the car to match....IMO. Looks like you're trying to do a nice resto.....good luck!