mperdue

Heheh I'm not interested in the car - just like this GIF and wanted to try it out.

I think Carl was saying start with a turbo engine and pull off all the turbo parts and use SU's - so that if you wanted to you could go back to the turbo setup easily.

some people refer to steel as "metal". i don't think he meant to imply (and he didn't claim it for sure) that brass isn't a metal. just a bit of slang that seems to have thrown you all off

historical datsun literature http://www.mclellansautomotive.com/sales-lit/bymake/datsun/index.shtml

Thanks for the scans. I'll see waht i can do with it! Michael

don't jump all over me if this has already been posted! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2477508204&category=33563 ships worldwide

did any of you receive a hi-res copy of this paint chip page? if so i'd like a copy. please pm or email me. thanks, michael

Hi Alan, Thanks for the additional info!! I hope I'm not going to get in over my head as I attempt to expand this list. I started with the US codes because it was fairly easy to steal them from zhome , but from all of the reading I've done on this site I know that things really get complicated as you start looking at the full production history. One question about the touch-up paint scan you posted. Should those apply to all RHD export markets (which I assume means GB and Oz/NZ) - and not necessarily apply to the domestic market (Japan)? Also I just took a second look at the application note - so I suppose the ones listed as "From 9/71" apply to the end of the 240Z production ('73 model), right? Thanks again for the info and scans!! Looks like I've got a little more work to do. michael ps - I copied the new page over the old one so they should look the same now. from now I'll only update the original page http://www.datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes (and I'll probably remove the other one sometime)

thanks for the comments. it's starting to fill out now. i thnk the page with the chips really looks a lot better because you can still see some sort of color even if there isn't a car pic yet.

i've just updated my paint code page with scanned chips from the PPG catalogs. what do you guys think? here's the new one http://www.datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes and the old one http://www.datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes obviously i haven't finished the 260-280Z parts yet, but it should end up looking like the 240z part someday. also if anyone has info on either domestic or colors imported to other areas besides the US i would love to have it and incorporate it into the page. for example I know the g-nose models had unique colors etc. also does anyone think I should add all available data to the page such as dates when the colors started and stopped? this data is on zhome.com but it could be added here thanks michael

By the way, I spoke to Carl Beck via email about this. It turns out the 215 on zhome.com is an error. It should be 216 White as shown on your sticker. He's planning to update that sometime soon. Also in another thread we were discussing the possibility that there was an orange (or red) color for the 280Z's. Carl told me that he didn't have access to '77 or '78 paint code information when the list was generated. So he'll also look into that and ask around on the list to see if anyone can come up with a code for that one. Sooo... I guess I'll update my page also, and CCC, if you repaint your Z with 216 please send me a pic! Michael

crap i did it again! i am officially an idiot...

oh and by the way CCC - could you take a pic of you're original paint color, maybe under the dashboard or in some other hard to reach (repaint) place?

damnit i can't edit my posts - you're = your... grrr...

Hey! I haden't seen you're reply to this. Yup that sure looks like a 216. Interesting...

Hey CCC, Yeah I think we went over some of this in a recent thread. I should really gather the "evidence" up and see if I can make any sense of it. Im' not sure of the best way to research this kind of stuff besides going through the info on the web. I sure as hell can't afford anymore Z books and we all know how much info in many of those are crap anyway. Thanks for the tip michael

not sure if this has been pointed out here before or not. i just notieced that i've got 2 different 240Z grills. not sure which are for what year, but i suspect the top one is for the '73s because i've got 2 of them like that and i've had 2 '73s. mounting points are different

take a look at my page - it may help: http://www.utdallas.edu/~perdue/paintcodes.html

Anyone else want to point this out?

I thought they could be the ones texasz was refering to later in the thread.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2474653586&category=33643 maybe this one? not new but nice anwyay. I'm also looking for these