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Old 06-06-2013, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Bernica View Post
Back in the day when Carrol was hawking his Cobra, he only had one and painted it a different color every week to make it look like he had a whole stable of them when he tried to market it. So goes the lore....
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I believe this one is actually true. In one of the tribute shows after Shelby's death, one of the first cars he built was on display (can't remember the #). It had a fairly large paint chip and you could clearly see layers of different color paint around the edge of the chip.
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CSX2000 was bare aluminum, yellow, then blue. That's it. ;-)


Here are a few photos of CSX2000 I took on two separate occasions. I think the chip on the corner of the hood has been there a while, but the rather large 'ding' on the front valance is more recent ... perhaps at one of the gatherings last year ... Laguna Seca? Does anyone know?


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