With reference to the early 1970 Z cars, were the Rocker Panels the same color as the car or were they black. If so, how wide was the black strip?
– The entire car was one color – and one color only. That does not mean that all cars had only one type of paint on them. For example – in 1970 the only “Metalic”paint was Silver… however Nissan did not use “metalic” paint under the hood, in the door jam’s, nor in the jam of the deck lids… They only applied the “Metalic” Silver to the exterior surfaces of the car body after it was assembled. Gold, Orange, Yellow, White, Red and Blue in 1970, were all non-Metalic colors. – If you see blacked out rockers in pictures – that was a popular thing to do, at that time, after the cars were sold. Also you may see black “racing stripes” on the sides of the 240Z’s in some pictures. That was a dealer installed “option”. The strip kits came in Black, White and Gold – they said “240Z” on them too.
