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06-06-2016, 01:33 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 2002 Superformance w/392 stroker
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Pretty sure that's a photo of CSX6166 from Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2013.
According to the auction catalogue, the colour is Viking Blue.
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Originally Posted by Simon Beylin
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
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and anyone who drives slower is an Idiot." - George Carlin
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06-06-2016, 09:51 PM
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Location: Melbourne,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Pace 427SC. LSA Supercharged with 6sp TR-6060 trans.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by E5USMC
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.
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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
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06-06-2016, 10:18 PM
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Location: Tempe,AZ-High Point,NC,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fordracing65
If you google. Shelby cobra Viking blue that exact picture comes up. It's Shelbys stock photo. Call them for paint code.
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Bingo. What do I win.
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06-06-2016, 10:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyRay
I read somewhere that they were the same. Can you describe the difference? Just goes to show... :-)
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Guardsman is the darkest of the three blues; Viking is lighter - like a sky-blue metallic; and Princess is more silver-grey than blue.
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Last edited by Nedsel; 06-10-2016 at 11:14 AM..
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06-06-2016, 11:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fordracing65
Bingo. What do I win.
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You mean what do I win?!!
Larry
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Alba gu bràth
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06-06-2016, 11:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SunDude
Pretty sure that's a photo of CSX6166 from Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2013.
According to the auction catalogue, the colour is Viking Blue.
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1965 SHELBY COBRA CSX 6000 ROADSTER - 137665
Larry
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Alba gu bràth
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06-07-2016, 12:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LMH
You mean what do I win?!!
Larry
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Your right. You win.
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06-07-2016, 06:03 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance MkIII Roadster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paintwerks
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,
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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...
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06-07-2016, 06:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nedsel
Guardsman is the darkest of the three blue; Viking is lighter - like a sky-blue metallic; and Princess is more silver-grey than blue.
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06-08-2016, 05:47 AM
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my car in Viking Blue ..
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427 CSX 3000/4000 and Shelbys.
All gone ! Was a Hell of a run 
Now ... The dogs car
Mercedes E63S station wagon. 603hp
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06-09-2016, 04:40 PM
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Azzuro California...looks great!
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06-10-2016, 06:28 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: RCR GT 40 & 1966 Fairlane 390 5 speed
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Update; called the painter/owner Saphire blue a '66 Shelby color and might be a '66 T-bird color not a Mustang color.
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life's goal should be; "to be smarter than inanimate objects"
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06-10-2016, 09:28 AM
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 Just tell the painter to use any old blue. They all look the same anyway.
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06-11-2016, 07:42 AM
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picture of Mike's car in the shade
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"Happiness Is A Belt-Fed Weapon"
life's goal should be; "to be smarter than inanimate objects"
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06-11-2016, 12:20 PM
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Hunters old car that was Sapphire Blue 
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Dan
427 CSX 3000/4000 and Shelbys.
All gone ! Was a Hell of a run
Now ... The dogs car
Mercedes E63S station wagon. 603hp
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06-11-2016, 01:59 PM
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Wasn't cobras original racing livery Viking blue and Wimbledon white?
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"It's a great car and I love it, but it doesn't do 'SLOW' very well."
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06-11-2016, 04:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Danr55
Wasn't cobras original racing livery Viking blue and Wimbledon white?
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Yes, in '64. It changed to Guardsman Blue/ White in '65.
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06-12-2016, 10:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwight
Update; called the painter/owner Saphire blue a '66 Shelby color and might be a '66 T-bird color not a Mustang color.
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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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