1968 Shelby Special Paint Cars

The rarest of all colors

Did you know a handful of customers ended up with some very strangely colored Shelbys?

There were five Special Paint Colors other than WT 6066 (Special Yellow).

Total 1968 Shelby production was 4,450 cars. Several early memos state there were to be 15 non-yellow special paint cars. I have documented these cars here.

These colors were never formally given names. Each color does have a unique "WT" number to identify the specific shade.

8T0R204798-03206 "The Coralsnake" WT 5185 "special orange"

8T0R205264-03218 WT 5185 "special orange"

8T0R205271-03233 WT 5185 "special orange"

8T0R204810-03271 WT 5014 "special orange"

8T0R205303-03287 WT 5014 "special orange"

8T0R205311-03304 WT 4017 "special red, painted orange by owner"

8T0R204827-03311 WT 4017 "special red"

8T0R205324-03324 WT 4017 "special red, painted special orange by factory"

8T0R206150-03337 WT 7081 "special green, painted black by owner"
The second picture shows the car with the original owner, Jack Waddell.
Jack worked for Boeing and was one of the original 747 test pilots. Yes, those are snow tires and a ski rack on the special paint car.

8T0R204859-03370 WT 7081 "special green"

8T0R205338-03382 WT 7081 "special green"

8T0R206157-03397 WT 5107 "special orange, painted WT 5185 by owner"

8T0R205354-03405 WT 5107 "special orange"

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