I have been looking with no luck thus far for pictures to help me decide. As some may know my SA is a 4/78 car but it also was painted with A9 aka Daytona Blue. While the door jams were painted and the top covered with a black vinyl top which is in excellent shape (what says 70's/80's more then a vinyl top? lol) Well as I was saying the engine bay and underside of the hood were left in the orignal paint.

Has anyone come across any pics of the original color? I am under the impression the pale yellows far our numbered the Daytona Blues but I don't know

Also I am open to input, she is the SA in my sig, do I stay black or go semi original keeping the rims and vinyl top but going back to the blue?

 

7s never came from the factory with vinyl tops or those rims. You need some
waffles and get a respray to the blue color. How's your interior?

I'm partial to the stock look, doesn't get much better than that.

 

lol thanks I know, I said semi, I kind of dig the top thou and lord knows there has been too much effort to get the rims to the point they are now, they are an older set on Enkie's but I have been promised a set of waffles from one of our guys, then I'll have the choice how to roll

Interior: sadly the original plaid is falling apart (I want to have them redone), I will be changing the carpet this weeked and have gotten my hands on I beleive they are seats from a LS but I will take them from the camel'ish color to black to match the rest, after the a/c is installed and working of course. Then I have to adress the dash as it is cracked but want to maintain my speaker opening over the glovebox. Anything I do to her I make sure can be undone with nearly no evidence

Where I am stuck is imagining the entire car in the original color

 

I think maybe this is the color you originally had:

 

Ultrasuede.

 

Lol

 

t_g_farrell: "I think maybe this is the color you originally had"

intersting it just seems so much lighter then under my hood, the actual color that is .

 

Oh and thats an 80 rear bumper, I beleive A9 was only for 79, I sure do appreciate your efforts thou

 

A9 is indeed a 79 only color you need to search through these threads there was a recent purchase of an A9 car in NC that was pretty original. I have also posted pictures in the way back range (like 2-3 years) of a 75k mile A9 car. The blue his car was is a darker mettalic blue similar in color to the Rx8 blue "winning blue"

 

Here's a handy site to find old school paint chips.

http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorli...mazda-pg01.jpg

 

This might come in handy, too:



Unsure of origin or provenance - - found it around here a couple years ago, I think.

 

Rotarydude is this the thread you mentioned?? https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/ebay-record-price-sa-601684/ the 9th post, is that Daytona Blue? If so I think I soiled myself

Oh here is the pic you asked about previously

 

thanks for the chips guys any help is appreciated

 

yep that would be the one. that car is currently owned by the same mazda dealer that owns the last 3rd gen

 

well thanks everyone, I think I have nearly decided, go back to the original color, so perhaps there will be atleast one Daytona Blue 79 at sevenstock this Sept.

 

does this look like it?

 

almost, looks too blue, of course that is subjective check out the 9th post in this thread https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=601684

 

yeah i think thats the same color, just different sunlight, angles, camera and of course wax jobs

 

could be a slightly different shade after all you said that the NC car was repainted right, Nick? I know that one that I gave the info on is original paint.

 

yeah it has been painted but he says its the right paint code... who knows???

 

daytona blue is a nissan colour

 

I have some experience/exposure with automotive refinish, it can be slightly off due to the mixing process, no pre-packed available that I am aware of. I know the person I will have mix it for me and I am sure she will get it dead on

I actually have someone from our local forum photo shopping the color onto my car, I think it is going to look flat out biotchin'

 

actually check on post #10 and click the link, there is a similiarblue but this version is Mazda's it appears

 

How is it going?

Tried to meet up with everyone on Friday but I guess everyone got delayed.

Let me know if you want to pick up the waffles sometime this week and we can arranage it.

 

awesome, yeah I was stuck at work till 8, I'll PM you my number, I don't think we ever exchanged #'s. I am doing a bunch of stuff on my SA