Hi All
I have a Norton Commando Fastback 1971 at the moment it is painted red with black side covers.
I want to repaint to the factory colour of Fireflake blue.
Did 1971 Fastbacks have black side covers or are they the same colour as the tank.
I have look all over and cannot find any evidence of the fastback. Roadsters and Interstates seemed to be matching.
Any info would be great
Many thanks
Stephen
Norton commando colors and…
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Trying to remember the '70s…
Trying to remember the '70s...
I knew 3 people with Fastbacks - one solid british racing green, one solid red, one metalflake orange (probably golden bronze from above). No pinstripes. The red and orange ones had black side panels (=oil tank). The green one had silver sidepanels. Don't ever recall seeing a Fastback back then with other than black or silver side panels.
The metalflake was in the gelcoat. I would imagine it would be difficult to reproduce the size of flake and depth of colour in paint.
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Painting
Hi Stan
I have the original fibreglass tank and the fastback cover. They have had a couple of paint upgrades since the original paint of the 70s
I won't be able to fully copy the original paint but will do my best to match. I have all the gear to respray so its just a matter of getting a good base coat and see how I go with the flakes in the clear.
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Hi Stephen I had a 1972…
Hi Stephen
I had a 1972 Fireflake Blue Commando back in the day. Best colour in my opinion.
Side panels were black. Panels were fibreglass with gelcoat
cheers
Steve
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This is what I came up with…
This is what I came up with.
Black with Gold trim on tank Gold on side covers.
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Here is a link to the sales…
Here is a link to the sales brochure
http://classicbike.biz/Norton/Brochures/1970/1971Commando.pdf
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Silver or Black ?
Isn't it the case that the early exposed oil tank models were silver and those with two detachable panels had black ? The use of a 'neutral' colour preserved the horizontal seat / tank line.
As far as I can tell from the brochures, Red and Racing Green with silver (plus the two-tone) and all the rest black.
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Norton commando colors and paint schemes
1968 commando(fastback)
quote colour!
1969 "R"
no codes
red
blue
1969 "S"G=gelcoat/fiberglass
(no codes)
red-
blue-
1969 fastbackG=gelcoat/fiberglass
(no codes)
red-
green-
red/silver-
fireflake silver-
1971-1972
code#+G=gelcoat/fiberglass
1-black
2G-fireflake golden bronze
3G-fireflake roman purple
4G-fireflake royal blue
6G-solid canary yellow
7G-solid signal red
8G-solid british racing green
9G-black-with gold lining
10G-solid signal orange-
11G-solid tangerine-
14-solid blue-silver lining
15-solid IS red
1973, 74, 75 code
02-fireflake golden bronze-no trim
022-fire flake golden bronze-double line trim
06-solid canary yellow-no trim
11-solid tangerine-no trim
13-white-no trim
130
14-blue(solid)-no trim
141-blue-silver single line trim
15-candy apple red-no trim
15-interstate red
152-candy apple red-silver double line trim
04-fireflake royal blue-no trim
042-fire flake royal blue-double line trim
09-black-no trim
091-black-gold single line
092-black-gold double line trim
163-white/blue/red
170-metalic silver-side covers no trim
172-metalic silver-black/red stripes 75-IS tank