[Dan Case]

Black (Bob Mannel's book calls it Ford satin black.) all over except where preformed masks kept paint off ancillary mounting points or places in shadows of the spray gun that did not get much paint or any paint. Bolt on accessories that were back were similar but different enough to tell they were different shades and glosses. Ford started using blue for 1966 production engines. The engine and transmission power units were 1965 model year Fairlane assemblies, as in what an early 1965 Fairlane ordered with HP289 (six bolt bell housing mount) and high performance C4 automatic transmission got until the engine installers made the Cobra specific ancillary part installations.