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After considerable effort, I was able to remove the paint on the bottom of my 1968 Fastback tank down to the original gelcoat. While I had thought that the bike was originally green, it turns out that it was silver. Since the tank and tail section are a bit beat up I'm going to have to paint them, but I can't decide whether to go with the green or the silver. This bike is being restored to original, but since I always thought it was green originally, I am 50/50 on what color to go with.

Help me out and throw in your opinion/vote. Green or Sliver?
 
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The silver is rather rare, and it was original on your bike. The green is much more eye candy. I would be torn too. I can't decide.

Dave
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If you are doing it yourself, you will have an easier time with the green. The silver will probably require an undercoat of colour, like red or blue, to look really good. I like silver myself, if it's a really high quality metallic with clearcoat. But whatever you choose, spend a little extra and get very high quality paint from a serious auto paint supply. The preparation makes all the difference; but the quality of the paint is very important too. Good luck!
 
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I have a friend here in Toronto, Mark McLeod, he has an early 69 fastback rarely driven with the original silver paint scheme and I consider this the most attractive and futuristic model produced. My only concern being the " flatness" of silver on the oil tank , I suspect the heating and cooling of the tank would have dictated the use of this paint way back when. So my vote is for silver, preferably with those mind - numbing sparkles. By the way , being a 68 fastback , have you stuck your eyeballs under the tank to see if the frame has the necessary support tube. Just asking as this is the time period. peter
 
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The silver that I uncovered on the tank does not have much metallic to it. Much less than modern paints. The frame for the bike was replaced under warranty by the dealer with a '69 frame.
 
I'd stick with the silver. Green reminds me of the millions of early 90's ford explorers and every other suv that had to be green.
 
Before thinking about colors, you should fix it so it is imune from modern fuels :!:

I will be doing that to my own Fastback tank as well as making a few modifications (better flush gas cap, better petcocks... ) If you are looking for originality, you can't change the filler cap or the petcocks, but opening it and giving it a good coat of fiberglass using vinyl ester resing as well as coating it should make it ethanol proof.

As for colors, I like the green ones best, but a true silver roiginal should be something to see, don't forget the seat MUST be ORANGE

Jean
 
To me, a Fastback has to be British Racing Green to "look right".
 
grandpaul said:
To me, a Fastback has to be British Racing Green to "look right".
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+1, with silver side panels.....
 
Silver or green, there's no way I'll ever go with the ORANGE seat!

I use non-ethanol race fuel in anything with a glass tank, so I'm not going to coat the tank as it is currently sound. The bike had been sitting with a dry tank for 20 years.
 
Personally, I'd go for the silver and look out for a spare tank and seat unit to paint green (red's nice too ! :) )
 
maximini said:
Silver or green, there's no way I'll ever go with the ORANGE seat!

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Laugh or puke, the very first Norton Commando shown at the Earl's Court had an orange seat.
 
bwolfie said:
I'd stick with the silver. Green reminds me of the millions of early 90's ford explorers and every other suv that had to be green.
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My first vehicle was a 1993 Ford Explorer. Color? GREEN (Teal)!

Lmao.

-Jordan
 
DON'T DO THIS!!!!!

Do not ask other people what color the bike should be. It's your bike; pick the color you prefer. If you select a color based on what other people like, YOU have to live with it; they don't. If you prefer green, paint it green; if you prefer it silver, paint it silver. If you prefer some other color, paint it that color. ;)
 
How about Emerald Green Fireflake? That would look pretty cool and it's a color you don't see very often.

OTOH, silver with black and red lining would look really sharp too.

In the end though, it's your bike and only you can decide what color scheme you would like.

Maybe buy several sets of bodywork and paint them all differently? Then you could switch colors at will. :mrgreen:
 
Is this bike going to be customized in any fashion or are you looking for a strict stock appearance? It makes a big difference in what you might do with paint. I for one would vote for a paint scheme that hints at the vintage and pays homage to it, but is completely unique. So I would probably do silver and green!
 
maximini said:
This bike will not be customized. It will be a stock bike.
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In that case I would say you should paint it either green or silver. Unless you paint it red.

:)

Russ
 
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