This color is referred to as "Yellow" in Shelby
records. No one can argue the color WT 6066 is a special paint color. But,
it is certainly different from the other five special colors. 90 percent of the special paint cars were yellow. Yellow Shelbys were the only cars
that used black rocker panel stripes.
WT 6066 actually
replaced the color Sunlit Gold (Ford code "Y"). "Why ?" Well, there were
not too many fans of gold painted Shelbys at AO Smith. During the spring
of 1968, someone noticed the AO Smith gold paint did not match Meutchen Ford
assembly gold paint. Not really a problem, unless you have already
assembled a batch of brand new gold Shelbys. Fiberglass front ends and decklids were pre-painted. AO Smith was forced to remove the
fiberglass from 38 cars and repaint them to match the body shells. It was
an expensive undertaking and no doubt, caused some hard feelings. So you
won't see any gold GT500KRs, because Sunlit Gold was history by the time the Cobra Jet cars arrived.
The table below summarizes the Yellow cars produced for Shelby.
| Yellow Shelbys | Fastbacks | Convertibles |
|---|---|---|
| GT350s | 9 | 6 |
| GT500KRs | 85 | 42 |
| Yellow Totals | 94 | 48 |
Notes: Seven GT350 convertibles were scheduled to be yellow, but only six were produced. Forty three GT500 KR convertibles
were scheduled, but only 42 were produced.
By looking at the chart above, you can see that the total number of
yellow 1968 Shelbys produced is 142. Originally, 144 cars were designated to be yellow. However, two cars designated
to be yellow, were painted white by Meutchen Assembly.
Let's take a look at the yellow convertibles! There were 48 yellow Shelby convertibles.
42 yellow cars were GT500KRs and 6 cars were GT350s.
Maybe you know where a special paint car is? If you do, drop me an email...and remember, there were no GT500 special paint cars.