Persimmon or ??

[Matt L]

I think my wagon was originally persimmon red, but I don't have the sticker.  Looking at the protected area, it's not a bright red and has a bit of orange to it.

What color do you all recommend, as close to what it came with or is there a more desirable color do you think for eventually reselling it? 

Thanks,

Matt Lovell
BF Utah
'72 510 Wagon
'87 CRX

'97 F-250 Crew Cab Powerstroke 4x4

'00 Jaguar XJ8 Vanden Plas Super Charged

[Matt L]

This was the best lighting I could get that matches what my eye sees.

Matt Lovell
BF Utah
'72 510 Wagon
'87 CRX

'97 F-250 Crew Cab Powerstroke 4x4

'00 Jaguar XJ8 Vanden Plas Super Charged

[Ted Hedman]

Probably 905 red, like my original paint '72 2dr.  It does have a lot orange in it. Dennis Hale used to call it tomato red. I have a small bottle of  905 touch-up paint that I bought from the Nissan dealer decades ago, and it's labeled Cherry Red. It may be the color 240z guys call Persimmon.  110 red is a similar Z color that I think they call Monte Carlo red. I don't think 110 was available on 510s. Only 905 is listed in the 510 parts catalog, while in the S30 parts catalog, 110 supercedes 905 from 7109.

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[Ted Hedman]

FWIW, my other '72 510 2dr was also originally 905 red. It was repainted in 2-stage BMW Bright Red 314, which is close to 905. Pic shows the BMW 314 paint before I bought the car. 

-Ted 

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[da...@datsuns.com]

People used to call Red “tomato soup red” before it’s repaint and….not really wrong IMO. Def not a brilliant red like the Porsche red, struck me as “well, we wanted red but aren’t that serious about it”.

 

Dave “real red now, baby!” Lum

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[Matt L]

I'm ok with not really red. Orange seems too bright, and I already have a red car.

I'm going 2 stage, so it might show more of the orange.  The pics I see of newly painted persimmon look way more orange than I think I've seen in originally painted and now faded. I wonder how much of the soup color was just 30 years of sun damage. 

Thank you all for your input. 

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