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Author:	Kathy & Rick [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:41 pm ]
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Okay, here's the deal. I guess most of you have heard the news that I am buying #01905 from Clive. She was a very nice car to begin with; Frank and I saw her right after Clive bought her, and of course we launched right into pleading with Clive not to cut her up and make another Evil Z hot rod out of her. Clive had some body work done at a shop in NC, and so now the car is even better than when Frank and I first saw her. But she is no longer #901 silver, but primer. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "THAT'S TOO BAD?" THAT'S GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!-------Here's why: Y'all have heard me describe, numerous times, how one could not "special order" a particular color on his/her Z Car purchase back in the day (about 1969-1972). You signed your purchase agreement, wrote a check for a $200 deposit, were added to a (sometimes very long) waiting list, and tried your best to be patient for the next few months. Then finally, the long-awaited telephone call came, noti- fying you that your name had ascended to the top of the waiting list and that YOUR car had arrived on the truck. As you SPED to the dealership to claim your prize, you HOPED that it would be in one of your favorite colors and not one of THOSE........... I didn't get my preferred color in 1970; but that was largely due to some VERY unusual circumstances, which some of you have heard me describe, more than sheer bad luck. NOW, over 40 years later, my car, WITH FIRST CHOICE OF COLOR, has finally arrived. I have always liked YELLOW cars, and now I can get my 1970 Datsun 240Z in #919 Sunshine Yellow. I don't know how far back paint formulas go, but there are two or three others I have seen over the years that are awfully close, and also very nice: Code 51 yellow on a 1970s Corvette; and more recently, I have seen nice yellows on Porsches, Bugs, and Mustangs. In other words, a nice LEMON yellow, not a yellow which hints of orange-yellow like the "yellow" line down the center of the road, or on a school bus, or on a highway sign. EDIT: If you can visualiZe a CANARY yellow, that would also be in the desired range I'm looking for. IF I WANT ORANGE, I'LL ASK FOR ORANGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! BTW will someone please help me track down the paint code numbers and/or names of the yellow on a Porsche, VW, or Mustang in case I have to (or choose to) go that route? Sure would appreciate it........ All Z Best........................Kathy & Rick

Author:	Frank T [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:16 pm ]
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Before making a decision, please see Ferrari Fly Yellow.

Author:	Reverend [ Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:23 pm ]
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Keep on the yellow, that colour is awesome on Z's.

Author:	Kathy & Rick [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:05 am ]
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Frank T wrote: Before making a decision, please see Ferrari Fly Yellow. Thanks for the suggestion, Frank; not being one I see go me by every day, nor every month for that matter, I hadn't thought of that one That definitely falls into the range of Lemon Yellow or Canary Yellow..... Excuse me for a moment while I wipe the saliva off the keyboard......... All Z Best,..........................Kathy & Rick

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Frank T [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:35 am ]

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Here's an example of Fly Yellow on one of them Porsches:

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Frank T [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:38 am ]

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And on a 275 GTB Ferrari.....

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Frank T [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:41 am ]

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Und das Zed SportsWagen machinen:

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Author:	theZman [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:09 am ]
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i'm not a big yellow fan but that fly yellow looks very nice.

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Frank T [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:25 am ]

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Author:	Kathy & Rick [ Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:37 am ]
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The yellow on the Ferrari and the Smiley, and of course on the Z, are about what I'm looking for; good catch! Wish you could have included the Bug, the Corvette, and the Mustang so the viewers could have seen those also. But that particular Porsche, well, that's getting too much into the "orangey" end of the yellow spectrum. I've seen that one, but Porsche also had another yellow which was a "yellowier yellow" than that, which was the one I had had in mind. All Z Best,.......................Rick (and Kathy, of course)