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So I went to visit a new customer today to talk about a restoration. Nice little 70, VIN around 2600 or something. He is having the all too common “body Shop hell” problem, and he’s moving from one to the other right now. The old shop partly painted the fenders and the interior, the underside, engine bay. All 918 orange. I went to see it today with him at the new body shop and have the “talk” with the proprietor. You know the one. Anyway.. Heres my problem. I walked into a bay with the door open, bright sunny day, And there was ANOTHER 918 Orange paint job that did not look right to me. It looks distinctly PEACH hued, not really the vibrant orange I’ve come to expect at all. here is an engine bay picture that has the best example of what my mind/eyes see. Peachy, right? Bleaccchhhh! I only have one other real original paint 918 orange on a 1973 in town and that thing is ORANGE. Nothing peachy about it. There is also another one, a 72 for sale on-line locally, with 918. The pictures look exactly Like the 73 I know, and it is ORANGE. Here is a screen grab from kijiji.ca So this dang 70 makes the third such 918 orange car that I’ve seen In the last 10 years with a fresh paint job that is this lousy peachy color that I say is wrong. One of them was painted in the US, the other two here in Alberta Recently. Now this car had repair and paint 20+ years ago, and the owner swears its the same color now, as he had the car painted back then, and he’s ok with it, but I’m trying to get this right. So all you people with 918 orange, would you call it peachy in any way?? Ever see one with the peachy hue and said “that ain’t right” Opinions?

Yes, the color in the picture you posted does look to be incorrect. I've looked at a couple of sources and also my own Z (paint is for crap on mine) and 918 is more orange that that picture looks. Here are the sources I'm talking about... http://zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/index.html https://zcarguide.com/datsun-240z-stock-paint-and-interior-colors-us-and-canada/

She's Orange! Nice to have the paint done. Will dry and then get color sand. This might be at my place in a couple weeks. I am so ready.

The real question is if the spindle pins will slide out like the FSM shows. ?

interesting question, If resale value is your interest, then you need to ask resale today or at some point in the future. Today it would seem early model S30s are the ones that pull in big amounts esp if original. If you use history as a predictor of the future, then you can assume at some point later S30's can be seen the same. So if that is true then originality will be valued and increase resale value. For me I just like things to work as designed, so the challenge is to diagnose and correct the issue. 30 years from now, assuming we can still buy gasoline, an original S30 of any year may bring in big bucks.. or not... I think the S30 is so well designed that its appeal will cross generations. The same can not be said for all collectable vehicles. Some value is attributable to nostalgia, think Model T era cars, or 50's cars like 57 chevy. These cars do not have appeal across generations so I suspect demand will drop as the buyers die off (so will supply of course but since many are garage queens perhaps not as fast). I think for the mid 90s were the high water mark for style of japan sport cars. If I had the space I would look for a very nice mid 90's 300zx. The down side to later models however is maintaining them, as they become more complex, old parts fail and have to be replaced. more parts makes it harder to maintain.

A little over three months later... You might be busy but surrounded by shedders. Maybe Davidson county is safer. Type your county name in to the search bar on this web site and see how it compares. https://covidactnow.org/us/tn/county/davidson_county?s=817150

I have this problem when buying socks. Not kidding! Store light and "real" light are not the same.

Looks peachy, but florescent light can really play games with orange and red cars. These are the same car under different lighting.

It depends on what YOU want from the car. Are you doing it for resale? I have my car because I've loved them since I first saw them. I went out on a limb and bought a brand new 1973 240z that I really couldn't afford. Drove it to death over the next 17+ years and then got my current 'early 71 back in late 1990 to replace the '73. This one is a fair weather driver and yes, I've done mods and don't have some of the parts I've removed. Do I care? Not really because the car is the way I want it.

I'm going to answer in a slightly different way: The only time it would really matter is for a stock correct specimen. And even then, the only cars that anyone really seems to care about stockness is with the 240s. Stock is "nice" for some people for the 260 and 280's, but it doesn't seem to affect the price nearly as much as with stock 240s. So..... Couple that with the fact that the EGR didn't start until the 73 240Z? My bottom line is the only time it would really matter much would be with a stock 73 sale. If you have a 260, or any 280, just do what Mark said and just put the parts in a box for the next owner.

Not if you keep everything including the nuts and bolts.