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Any one know where I can find a factory color chart? My bike is black/gold but I was looking for a more interesting factory color. Metal flake never came on post '70 metal tanks, is that correct?
'71 paint colors
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elefantrider said:
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Love it. How do you paint that? My '70 had blue metal flake but it looked molded into the gel coat.
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Golden bronze or royal blue for me since it looks like there was no red metal flake in 71.
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elefantrider said:
Some were, some weren't - Metalflake was an option up until '74, but I think the choice was limited to golden bronze and Royal blue after the switch to steel tanks (around ''73).
Painting is a bit of a pain - the flakes are applied suspended in lacquer over a basecoat using a gun with a coarse nozzle, followed by lots more coats of lacquer.
It takes ages, but it's worth the effort.
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elefantrider said:
I think the red may have been candy red over silver flake - it certainly seems that's the way the early 2-tone fastbacks were done, but as you say, not post '70.
The royal blue can be matched with modern flakes, but the golden bronze is harder to pin down - the panel in the previous post is the best match I could achieve...
Here's an original NOS to compare - this one is paint, not gelcoat.
I never tire of the blue - it still puts a smile on my face every time I walk into the garage :wink:
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