Original Cobra Colours

There is occasionally discussion on what body colours are 'correct' or 'period'; being a sad so and so, I saved this info a while back, mostly off the web but also from the Legate book; thought it may be of interest?

Here are the 30 427S/C cars and their colours as originally shipped:

CSX3015 09/1965 Metallic Blue Twin-Paxton, Shelby's car
CSX3021 09/1966 Hertz Gold Earliest S/C by chassis number
CSX3022 10/1966 Primer (Painted Gold by the dealer)
CSX3023 09/1966 Guardsman Blue
CSX3024 09/1966 Red
CSX3025 12/1966 White
CSX3030 01/1966 Green First S/C sold
CSX3031 05/1966 Guardsman Blue
CSX3032 06/1966 Sapphire Blue
CSX3033 05/1966 Ivy Green
CSX3034 06/1966 White
CSX3035 08/1966 Silver
CSX3036 06/1966 Green
CSX3037 06/1966 Green
CSX3038 08/1966 Candy Apple Red
CSX3039 02/1966 Sapphire Blue
CSX3040 08/1966 Sapphire Blue
CSX3041 06/1966 Guardsman Blue
CSX3042 11/1966 Sapphire Blue
CSX3043 10/1966 Blue
CSX3044 11/1966 Sapphire Blue
CSX3045 05/1966 Red
CSX3046 08/1966 Guardsman Blue
CSX3047 08/1966 Hertz Gold
CSX3048 11/1966 Primer
CSX3049 06/1966 Guardsman Blue
CSX3050 07/1966 Orange
CSX3051 07/1966 Guardsman Blue
CSX3052 08/1966 Blue
CSX3053 08/1966 Red Last Comp car chassis

And here are the colours supplied on street 427's

Guardsman Blue A-1630
Charcoal (Lincoln Charcoal Frost) A-1786
Ivy Green (Custom) A-1738
Raven Black A-946
Maroon (Custom)
Silver (1965 Lincoln Silver Mink) A-1784
White - A-1347
Rangoon Red A-1440-R
Wimbledon White A-1633

[wilf]

There may be other "original" colours, but only Guardsman Blue is "correct".

[Bodyshop Simon]

That little lot will give my apprentice something to do next week doing sprayout cards !!