Rohan said:What is said to be an original paint 1973 850, on evilbay.
Is this what the brochure calls Fireflake Blue, or the Pacific Blue that is also listed.
P.S.
Anyone have the color sheet that came with the 1973 brochure, that shows the colors available ?
L.A.B. said:Fireflake in my opinion is not exactly what could be described as metallic.
steveyacht said:I worked for a Norton Dealer in 1973. Even rode with him to Berliner to pick up his first allocation three Nortons when he first signed up with them. They were all 750's..... One Black, One Yellow and One Royal Fireflake Blue, the blue one still sits in my garage. My job was to take them out of the crate, clean off the cosmolene, put them together and kick them to life.
So there is no doubt, in my mind, that Fireflake Blue is the color you show in your photo, NOT Pacific blue.
Rohan said:L.A.B. said:Fireflake in my opinion is not exactly what could be described as metallic.
Why not ??? ??? ???
Is there some subtle difference between metalflake and metallic paints ?
The size of the metallic particles, perchance ?
Rohan said:Colored flakes are quite a modern invention. ?
B+Bogus said:
L.A.B. said:Rohan said:Colored flakes are quite a modern invention. ?
I seem to remember a mate of mine (who was a metal flake maniac) using coloured flake back in the early 80's.
DogT said:Andy,
Maybe you've seen this before. A pic of the original gel coat on my FFBlue S. A spot under the rubber washer, so no effects of light, etc. It appears to have light blue flecks, black flecks, and maybe a base blue, and of course the thick gel coat, but I noticed when I sanded the gel coat, the colour changed right away. It's impossible to restore without a complete re-do.
I had ruined it by painting it black in the late 70's, but I think the decals and gel coat were getting pretty bad by then anyhow.
Dave
69S