dat240zg Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 If I missed a post somewhere, sorry, but I can't seem to find any good pics or details about the ZG model, its paint scheme, etc. Anyone out there able to help? Thanks! Bryan Dat240zg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 The REAL Fairlady 240ZG model ( Factory code: HS30-H ) only came in three colours: *Grand Prix Maroon - 116 *Grand Prix Red - 110 *Grand Prix White - 904 The Maroon colour name was a famous mistake by the Factory. In fact, they had meant to call it "Marron" ( as in the French name for Chestnut ) which is commonly used in Japan when describing this sort of deep brown colour. There's no way that the Grand Prix Maroon is anything like what we would normally term a maroon shade ( there's not enough red tint to it ). These three colours were set off by the metallic Gunmetal shade applied to the front bumper ( made from urethane ), front undertray moulding ( the whole underneath of the ZG nose panel ) and rear bumper. The rear bumper also had an extra rubber moulding that joined the two corner pieces - effectively making the rear bumper have a runner strip along its whole length. The Overfenders ( don't call them 'flares' or 'flairs' ) were also painted in the same metallic gunmetal shade. Alan T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted April 23, 2003 Author Share Posted April 23, 2003 Apart from the G-nose, was the 432 model similar paint wise to the fairlady ZG? Thanks. Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 If you need pictures, then look here: http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=2116&thumb=1 - which contains pictures of my genuine Factory-built HS30-H Fairlady 240ZG in Grand Prix Maroon. Alan T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 Apart from the G-nose' date=' was the 432 model similar paint wise to the fairlady ZG?Thanks.Bryan[/quote'] No. The Fairlady Z432 ( PS30 ) and Fairlady Z432-R ( PS30-SB ) came in all the normal Factory colours for the Home-market cars from late 1969 onwards: *901 Monte Carlo Silver *904 Grand Prix White *905 Daytona Red *907 Grand Prix Green *918 Grand Prix Orange *919 Yellow *920 Safari Gold Interior colours were always Black. Alan T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted April 23, 2003 Author Share Posted April 23, 2003 Alan: I've seen some of the so-called ZG's that have a gloss black hood. I couldn't tell from your pics if your's has that or is that something that wasn't done from the factory. Yes or no? Thanks Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted April 23, 2003 Author Share Posted April 23, 2003 Sorry, just saw the pic of the 432 R with the black hood. Thanks for the info! Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 ZG and 432 models were always supplied with the bonnet ( hood ) same colour as the rest of the body. The 432-R ( PS30-SB ) came with an FRP bonnet ( hood ) which was Matt Black on the outside and Gunmetal grey on the inside. Lots of non 'R' cars in Japan have, over the years, been painted with a scheme resembling the original 'R' scheme - which may be adding to the confusion. Many of these avoid the difficulty of looking after a Matt Black finish by doing it in Gloss or Semi Gloss. Maybe that's what you have seen. I've never seen a real ZG with a Matt Black bonnet ( hood ), and you can rest assured that no standard ZG models left the Factory with that finish. It would certainly look a bit odd, too. Cheers, Alan T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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