[Roadsters] Two FairladyZ, 55 years apart

[RWM]

531 beige gray (silver) metallic was the best roadster color I’ve ever seen. 
Of course it was my first roadster, so…

- Bob Mann, ‘68 2000 Solex 


> On Feb 10, 2022, at 15:55, Gordon Glasgow via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> The ones I've seen appear to be solid grey, no metallic.
> 
> There are some metallic silver-grey or charcoal grey colors that I like, but so many of these new colors appear to be just industrial paint. Think HVAC systems or electrical power boxes. I predict they will age about as well as the earth tones of the mid 1980's.
> 
> On 2/10/2022 12:27 PM, Steve Brohard wrote:
>> Is the new color a metallic silver blue or is it a solid gray?
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 2:14 PM Gordon Glasgow via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> Not a fan. I'm seeing quite a few new cars in similar shades of grey. I haven't seen one yet that I thought looked good.
>>> 
>>> On 2/10/2022 7:48 AM, Alvin Gogineni via Datsun-roadsters wrote:
>>>> Trust me Pat, it works really well! 
>>>> 
>>>> Michael Spreadury is building sn SR20-powered '66 in a similar shade:
>>>> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51868823066_8fd56277f1_b.jpg
>>>> https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51786249318_6fa722038d_b.jpg
>>>> 
>>>> It changes in varying light....to almost the same color shift as the original roadster silver-gray color #666, like Eric' '68
>>>> https://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_8987-1536x1152.jpeg
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 7:33 AM Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>> Looks like a great match for that car. Funny, I don’t think it would work on a roadster!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Peace,
>>>>> Pat
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pat Horne 
>>>>> We support Habitat for Humanity
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 10, 2022, at 9:28 AM, Alvin Gogineni via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nissan just released photos of a new paint color for the 2023 Z. Photographer Larry Chen shot the new Z at Nissan Design America in San Diego, California:
>>>>> http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2023-Nissan-Z_Boulder-Gray-18.jpg
>>>>> 
>>>>> What's cool is that I took photos of my Datsun Roadster in the same exact location back in 2016 when I was running the Touge California Rally:
>>>>> https://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_4374.jpg
>>>>> 
>>>>> :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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