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SunDude 06-06-2016 01:33 PM
Pretty sure that's a photo of CSX6166 from Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2013.

According to the auction catalogue, the colour is Viking Blue.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Beylin (Post 1393637)
Dear all,
It has been a while since I posted to this site- long enough to where I forgot my login!

My cobra is at the paint shop due to a teenager not paying attention! Due to the damage, and being on the road for 11 years, I thought it may be time for a fresh look.

My wife and I really like this color and would greatly appreciate any assistance in finding a paint code.

Thank you in advance,

Simon

Paintwerks 06-06-2016 09:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by E5USMC (Post 1393945)
I think whatever color it is it has been photoshopped to an inch of its life to look it's coolest in the original picture. That color I real life probably looks nothing like the one pictured.
BINGO!!!!

I used this very image as the inspiration for my build in how I envisioned I wanted my Cobra to look. I am a qualified and experienced spray painter with my own commercial body shop and have spent literally hours perusing all my live PPG colour chips (well over 1000 of them from all manufacturers) in an attempt to find something that looks like this colour.


......and I came up blank!

Except for this photo which I haven't yet been able to mix up and spray out the colour to check if it's the one: What color Blue is this Roadster? - FFCars.com : Factory Five Racing Discussion Forum

Since I can't get that 'Viking Blue' colour with any certainty, I've relegated my decision to either going with one of the following (in no particular order):

* Honda B92P Eternal Blue Pearl
* Ford Deep Impact Blue J4
* Rolls Royce Royal Blue Metallic
* Chrysler Deepwater blue
* GM Quicksilver with gloss black stripes and an arctic white keyline stripe on the outsides...with semi gloss black 15" Trigos with polished spinners. Btw, this combo keeps talking to me as silver is so darn easy to keep clean...and that's important on a Cobra that is not easy to wash.

It's the hardest decision I have ever had to make in my life. Naming my children was easier!! Good luck with your choice Simon.

Regards,
Simon

fordracing65 06-06-2016 10:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fordracing65 (Post 1393731)
If you google. Shelby cobra Viking blue that exact picture comes up. It's Shelbys stock photo. Call them for paint code.
Bingo. What do I win.

Nedsel 06-06-2016 10:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyRay (Post 1393965)
I read somewhere that they were the same. Can you describe the difference? Just goes to show... :-)
Guardsman is the darkest of the three blues; Viking is lighter - like a sky-blue metallic; and Princess is more silver-grey than blue.

LMH 06-06-2016 11:14 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fordracing65 (Post 1394042)
Bingo. What do I win.
You mean what do I win?!!
Larry

LMH 06-06-2016 11:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SunDude (Post 1393979)
Pretty sure that's a photo of CSX6166 from Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2013.

According to the auction catalogue, the colour is Viking Blue.
1965 SHELBY COBRA CSX 6000 ROADSTER - 137665

Larry

fordracing65 06-07-2016 12:05 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LMH (Post 1394049)
You mean what do I win?!!
Larry
Your right. You win.

JohnnyRay 06-07-2016 06:03 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paintwerks (Post 1394040)
BINGO!!!!

I used this very image as the inspiration for my build in how I envisioned I wanted my Cobra to look. I am a qualified and experienced spray painter with my own commercial body shop and have spent literally hours perusing all my live PPG colour chips (well over 1000 of them from all manufacturers) in an attempt to find something that looks like this colour.


......and I came up blank!

Except for this photo which I haven't yet been able to mix up and spray out the colour to check if it's the one: What color Blue is this Roadster? - FFCars.com : Factory Five Racing Discussion Forum

Since I can't get that 'Viking Blue' colour with any certainty, I've relegated my decision to either going with one of the following (in no particular order):

* Honda B92P Eternal Blue Pearl
* Ford Deep Impact Blue J4
* Rolls Royce Royal Blue Metallic
* Chrysler Deepwater blue
* GM Quicksilver with gloss black stripes and an arctic white keyline stripe on the outsides...with semi gloss black 15" Trigos with polished spinners. Btw, this combo keeps talking to me as silver is so darn easy to keep clean...and that's important on a Cobra that is not easy to wash.

It's the hardest decision I have ever had to make in my life. Naming my children was easier!! Good luck with your choice Simon.

Regards,
Simon
Mine WAS Titanium, and it looked good. Almost stayed with it - but the silver-blue looks better - and is also easy to keep clean with detailing spray. I went with Sherwin Williams Azzuro California - a Ferrari color that has been around for a long time...

JohnnyRay 06-07-2016 06:05 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nedsel (Post 1394048)
Guardsman is the darkest of the three blue; Viking is lighter - like a sky-blue metallic; and Princess is more silver-grey than blue.
Thanks Ned

Blue66 06-08-2016 05:47 AM
my car in Viking Blue ..

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/t...pspsmt2ljy.jpg

JohnnyRay 06-09-2016 04:40 PM
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Azzuro California...looks great!

Dwight 06-10-2016 06:28 AM
Update; called the painter/owner Saphire blue a '66 Shelby color and might be a '66 T-bird color not a Mustang color.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...1705resize.jpg

Nedsel 06-10-2016 09:28 AM
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...OX_6111_3_.jpg Just tell the painter to use any old blue. They all look the same anyway.

Dwight 06-11-2016 07:42 AM
picture of Mike's car in the shade

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...ton_-_rear.JPG

Blue66 06-11-2016 12:20 PM
Hunters old car that was Sapphire Blue ;)

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/t...psdisj8jni.jpg

Danr55 06-11-2016 01:59 PM
Wasn't cobras original racing livery Viking blue and Wimbledon white?

Nedsel 06-11-2016 04:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Danr55 (Post 1394555)
Wasn't cobras original racing livery Viking blue and Wimbledon white?
Yes, in '64. It changed to Guardsman Blue/ White in '65.

Nedsel 06-12-2016 10:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwight (Post 1394410)
Update; called the painter/owner Saphire blue a '66 Shelby color and might be a '66 T-bird color not a Mustang color.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...1705resize.jpg
Sapphire Blue was not used on Mustangs other than as a special order. It was a color used in '66 exclusively on the T-Bird and on Shelby's GT350.


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