I had some "virgin" n.o.s. body parts color matched by PPG and here's what they came up with:
"Astra Silver Poly" (as on V700 fenders, toolboxes and battery covers) PPG DAR33108 (acrylic enamel) or DBC33108 (base coat).
Black (from an Ambassador battery cover) PPG DBC9667 (base coat)
I'll have the code for "Cameo White" as soon as my bodywork returns from the painter (Woo Hoo! Finally!). Think I've posted it before if someone saved it. Cheers,
No, I don't have the paint codes posted on my site...but that's a great idea. I'll start collecting and posting them. If anyone has them immediately avaiable, just send them my way to the email address below (sans spaces, of course). Thanks!
greg @ thisoldtractor . com
Paul P. Linn wrote:
Ron,
It's not what "we" think, it's what YOU want to do with the bike. Each person adds his or her own personality to the bike so you can't go wrong with adding some pin striping or color variation or even big boring the motor. Now if you start hacking the frame and body parts, folks (die hard purists) start to frown. But then again it's your bike not theirs. If you do a search in the archives of the list, you will find the paint codes for the V700, I think Greg Bender may have them listed on his site. Greg, do you have them posted?
Paul 73 Eldo "Elvira" 949 conversion 74 Eldo "Daisy" undergoing a full police restoration
-----Original Message----- From: RJSolo [mailto:RJS-@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:03 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: '68 Restoration Beginning
Loopers- I never seem to learn it's cheaper to buy RESTORED, so I'm starting down
the road to bring a 68 V-700 back to life. Bought the bike on EBAY about 2 years ago and finally finished enough other things that this is going to get done. After reading all your comments about the "cop bike"
currently on e-bay, I realize you guys know your details. If I could figure out how to post some pictures I would but not tonight.
I am usually for restoring in as original condition as possible. The bike I have is showing around 25,000 but hasn't been started in 10+ years, so I'm planning on removing the cylinders as a first step (I actually will get some expect help in the mechanical area) and am confident the mechanics can be dealt with over the next few months....expecting to go the Nikasil replacement route. I expect to strip the frame & rebuild from the ground up--new wiring, re-lining & re-chroming tank, sand blasting, painting, etc.
I'm gonna opt for painting in a traditional red-silver combination. As for paint color, is there a spec for the standard red/silver? If I vary
for personal asthetics, I might use a brighter silver & redder (less orange) red. Also may opt for some pin striping on the fenders & tank than I've seen on early bikes. Do you ever see "correct" early V-700's with these added details??? My bike currently has no reflectors or turn
signals and I could add these as well, primarily for safety...
So how do you all feel about it....Is it really sacrilge to "jazz" up the paint work and add features from later years, or should I stick to PURE originality?
Thanks for any insight as to correctedness re Color codes & details on a