Original 289 colors?

[G-Pete]

Originally Posted by Bartruff1

.....The original FIA Shelby Team Cars in 1964 were Princess Alice Blue....

Yes, but there were other teams like Hitchcock/Tchkotous (CSX 2155) which raced also in April of 1964 at Targa Florio.

The CSX 2155 289FIA was Wimbledon white. The car had the number 152.
Since 1999 stripped and on display at the Shelby Museum.

[LMH]

My bosses 289 CSX was metallic green. He describes it as "kind of avacado green". Anyone know if that was an original color?
(it may have been repainted but he's unsure)
Larry

[Nedsel]

The dark green offered by Shelby on the 289 Cobra was a non-metallic paint. The only car we know to have been given a custom metallic green paint color was 2367. "Avocado" sounds lighter than BRG, and there was no standard color of that description offered.

[LMH]

Originally Posted by Nedsel

The dark green offered by Shelby on the 289 Cobra was a non-metallic paint. The only car we know to have been given a custom metallic green paint color was 2367. "Avocado" sounds lighter than BRG, and there was no standard color of that description offered.

Thanks Ned! It was probably repainted before he bought it. He said it also had chrome wire wheels and unless I'm mistaken, they came painted. So it had been altered before he bought it. This was the early/mid 70's.
Larry

[Nedsel]

Larry, chrome wire wheels were an option, so the car could have come with them originally.

[LMH]

Interesting! See, learn something new everyday.
Larry

[LMH]

Hey Ned
CSX2367 didn't happen to have two four barrels did it?
Larry

[Nedsel]

Originally Posted by LMH

Hey Ned
CSX2367 didn't happen to have two four barrels did it?
Larry

Not that I recall, no. It was a 1-owner car until earlier this year, so it could not have been your boss' car.

[Nedsel]

Anyone using the above chart to compute what might be correct for a 60's Cobra should know that back then AC Cars did not use Guardsman Blue. The standard blue metallic used on Cobras was their "Bright Blue," and this was different than Ford's Guardsman Blue. Close, but not a match.

[Nedsel]

2374 was repainted black, then blue, and, after a rebody, red. So its original Rouge Iris ain't telling if it was metallic or not.

[Silversmith]

CSX2374 was a simi metallic color. I remember that well because Stevie and I talked about the metallic finish several times saying it was the only AC we knew of that had a metallic finish. It was like a fine goldish metallic hue within the paint. Sorry to hear it is not the same color as original, but every owner has their own preference. CSX3116, the bad boy of the group was originally a white street version and now looks like a SC with blue with white stripes. In some ways AC's are somewhat like Mustangs in that they are often modified by their owners. A distinction the Mustang holds now for being the most highly owner/modified mass productions car.

[gmonsen]

Okay, according to paintref.com, Royal Maroon was the only maroon Ford made in the 64-65 period. It was originally a Lincoln color. So, if Ford controlled the type of paint used, its Royal Maroon. If Shelby or AC controlled the choice of paint, it could have been Royal Maroon or it could have been Jaguar's Imperial Maroon. When I find out who controlled the choice, that will pick the paint. One or the other. Or, not, if something or somebody comes up with the right color and its not one of those.

Sorry for all this discussion about what maroon paint to use, but once I realized that my car had to be painted the same color as the one I saw and dreamt about for so many years, I became fixated on having the "right" color.

[Blas]

Found this:
Rouge Iris
and this
CSX3004 Maroon Color ?

[Blas]

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[LMH]

If I'm not mistaken, the AC colors are R-M codes.
Larry

[gmonsen]

The R-M paint code for Royal Maroon is A1636M.

G

[krausewich]

Blas,
Would you happen to have the reverse side picture of the AC color wheel with the 17 swatches ?

Mike.

[Blas]

No, I don't have the opposite side of that color wheel.

[krausewich]

Thank you Blas. It's always awesome to see those original resources whenever and however they come available.

Not to off track the thread, but is there any chance that the car colors like the parts they share may have also been used on other british coaches like the Astons, etc... ?

[Blas]

Sorry, can't answer that question. I'm just sharing the reference photos I have in my collection. They came from another members gallery long ago I'm sure. There was also a letter from AC Cars that came with the smaller color wheel. Appears they supplied it to the owner. The photo in my gallery of the color wheel has his name in the comments section.