vintage paint job

[Thyfire]

Hi guys :)

I just bought myself a 77mod Honda accord. The paint on it is poorlyl done and I've been thinking to repaint it.
I want to do a classic paint job, and restore it to an original color.
I was wondering if any had a color-chart /map, of what colors the accord (or other older models of Honda) were delivered in from shop.

Hope to get some pictures, or links!

Thanks :)

[SZfiftyfour]

http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66434&highlight=color+codes

'Search' is your best friend :). I assume you know where to find your paint code. BTW nice looking 1g, you should post up some pics.

[Thyfire]

http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66434&highlight=color+codes

'Search' is your best friend :). I assume you know where to find your paint code. BTW nice looking 1g, you should post up some pics.


Oh I'm sorry. I'm from Norway so my english aint that good. I did search, but i wrote paint + colors and different versions of that :uh:

But i hope to find more pictures. Hard to know what all the colors looks like.

[2ndGenGuy]

Yes! Please post some pics, I'd love to see your car!!

[Thyfire]

I guess I'll spam this thread then ;-)

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs140.snc1/5976_131012930882_660965882_3812778_1376840_n.jpg

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs104.snc1/4774_122452515812_645795812_3237380_7020055_n.jpg

More pictures later, I still haven't picked it up. Bought it earlier this week.

[Ichiban]

That car looks killer as it is!

Where are the fender markers?

[markmdz89hatch]

welcome to the board. ...and congrats on the purchase.

Is that you behind the wheel? God I hope not, as you look WAY too tall for it. Looks like you're head is off to teh side so you don't smack it on the roof. haha. just playing, but that's a mean looking little hatch you got there.

[Thyfire]

welcome to the board. ...and congrats on the purchase.

Is that you behind the wheel? God I hope not, as you look WAY too tall for it. Looks like you're head is off to teh side so you don't smack it on the roof. haha. just playing, but that's a mean looking little hatch you got there.

gwad no, thats not me. Previous owner..

I'm a girl :) a small one too, so no worries ;-)

[Tomisimo]

Wow.. nice car, maybe if there is little rust and little faint in color you can just polish with groove polish paste.. it usually clear fog on the paint.
Ouh and tell me where are you from? I'm from Norway also

Velkommen ;):wave:

[Thyfire]

Wow.. nice car, maybe if there is little rust and little faint in color you can just polish with groove polish paste.. it usually clear fog on the paint.
Ouh and tell me where are you from? I'm from Norway also

Velkommen ;):wave:

Hi you :)

My guesses are that the whole car is going to get a fresh coat of paint. It has a ding and a bad scratch down its rights side, doesn't look pretty, but the damage is shallow. Have to fix that, and the car has been repainted earlier, but they did really bad job :( :chainsaw:

But no worries, me fix ;-)

[Hazwan]

Nice. That front lip is interesting. More pics!

[SZfiftyfour]

Sweet, so what color were you thinking of doing? Personally I would keep it black, I think it looks good as-is.

[Thyfire]

Sweet, so what color were you thinking of doing? Personally I would keep it black, I think it looks good as-is.

I like the black too, but since I have to repaint it anyways I'm considering restoring it to an orginal color. Even though i didn't find any stock-color I liked. (yet)

I'm open to suggestions though :D

I'm going to make an own tread soon, to keep you guys updated with the project as i go along :)

[79cord]

Curiously I have a German 1980 Accord brochure showing a black car (with a green/grey interior ! )
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2298/2268108190_00e6efcfb3.jpg
Though unfortunately no colour names/codes.... & couldn't see a black listed for 1980 in the other thread... Though I though the Prelude was offered in a metallic black in '79
Certainly never had such a combination offered in Australia... though colour choices ofter depended upon the importer.

Solid colours definitely easier/cheaper than metallics though they can be tempting.. I think the metallic blue was almost iconic on the first Accords.
We got a solid, very dark blue in 80/81 here. & also have another 1977/78 brochure with an unusual solid green we didn't get either that looked interesting
(like -http://www.the-closeup.de/nipponklassik/fotos/36.htm),
but I can't see in the colour list either come to think of it.

[Ichiban]

The 1st and 2nd gen hatches in black, so rare, but so sick! Keep it black!

[itzdave]

that shit is sooooo super sexy!!! post more pix!!!

[charliekuney]

I agree, keep it black. That's got to be one of the best unpainted first-gen Accords I've seen, if not the best. I'm excited to see the 'after' product.

[frantik]

I'm open to suggestions though :D

well, if your car was originally black, id just repaint it black, otherwise I suggest green :)

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3862/imagenauto.jpg

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6019/7marzo004.jpg

[blazin3gen]

welcome! nice car!!

btw your english is better then mine and i was born here lmao

[2ndGenGuy]

Man I didn't see the updates to this thread! That black hatch is awesome!! It's really the ultimate color for the 1geez, it makes them look so sexy. Black is such a BITCH to take care of though... Tomisimo, it's time for a 3geez Norway meet! For more PIX!!!

[Tomisimo]

haha lol :D your prolly right, but I was talking to her the other day and seems like she is far away from me.. like 1000mils down south.

I will send her a massage over MSN and ask to post some pix here asap. I can confirm that she got her car and currently she works on it :D

[epic1400cs]

I am sure the nomination is over but my personal choice are silver or red.
If it is black originally I might stick w black because of its rarity, though.

http://www.geocities.jp/first_generation_accord/Menber/Atom.htm

http://www.geocities.jp/first_generation_accord/Menber/Kawasaki.htm

[charliekuney]

http://www.geocities.jp/first_generation_accord/Menber/Atom_01.JPG

http://www.geocities.jp/first_generation_accord/Menber/Kawasaki_01.JPG

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