Hello, 68 500kr question

Hi Steve, checkout the Coralsnakes website. Click on the trivia button for your answer.http://www.thecoralsnake.com/
Kenny

 

I should probably add this to my website. Most of the KRs I have seen are messed up. I suggest you lay this out with masking tape.

You need to have the rocker panel stripes on the car. There are several different stripe kits floating around. Find the center of the "GT500 KR" script. This will establish a vertical centerline for installing the emblems. Your centerline should run up perpendicular from the rocker stripe.

Now, measure down 2 1/4 inches from the crown of the fender highlight and mark a horizontal line with masking tape.

Set the "Cobra Jet 428" emblem first. The top edge of the emblem will be on the horizontal line you established. To find its left and right orientation, you need to lay out the two emblems (before the backing paper is removed) and measure horizontally across the two. Again, divide by two. That spot goes on the vertical centerline you previously established. I want to say the right edge of the "O" in the word "Cobra" is on the vertical centerline (from memory)

Once you have the "Cobra Jet 428" emblem positioned, add the snake.

The emblem will sit very high on the fender. The snake is to the left of the "Cobra Jet 428" emblem ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR AS YOU LOOK AT IT. If you did this correctly, the snake's head will just touch the spot where the fender highlight starts to bend outward.

Also keep in mind the snake's chin should be very close to the "C" in the word Cobra, but NOT TOUCHING". The snake has a rounded bottom so you need to keep him level as well.

Here is a picture of an original untouched:

http://www.thecoralsnake.com/TRIVIA.HTML


It's so easy....Gee Ken you are fast, I was typing all this out

 

Pete, your answer is more detailed than the discription on your site. But your link will not open.
Kenny

 

Ha, fixed it now....

If those directions don't work, let me know.

If they do, post a picture so we can mock you.

 

Stephen,

A body shop supply store or paint vendor should be able to come up with the exact color by cross referencing those codes. If not, I have some more.



Welcome to the exclusive "special paint" club. I have run across several special paint cars that were repainted and "lost". It is good to have you back.

Look for some updates to the website in a week or so.

Pete

 

Stephen,

There are 159 1968 Shelby Special Paint cars. There were 144 yellow cars (94 fastbacks and 50 convertibles). Your car (#4166) is 1 of 86 GT500KR fastbacks. 8 were yellow GT350 fastbacks.

I am looking for all of them. I am also contributing this information to the new Shelby Registry.




I can do a count, but I would guess around 80% are accounted for. There are several more that have some information or paperwork floating around. So, it's pretty hard to find one I am missing.

Do you know your original dealership? My book is not handy.

Only a small percentage of the cars have no information at all.

I can tell which cars are yellow, because there is only one missing non-yellow car. Oh, that yellow on your tank is from a prior repaint, so you must be going for number 3.

 

I would like to believe "special paint cars" are more valuable, but color choice is a subjective thing. Some people like it and some don't. They cancel each other out.

One thing is for sure, you will get more attention being bright yellow.


I show 63 of the 94 fastbacks have someones name attached, there are another 20 more that have paperwork and ten that have nothing. Of course, several of those thirty cars are around hiding. Even if we "guess" half, that would be 78/94 of these yellow fastbacks survive. That's over 80%.

 

Most vendors sell the American designers tank for around $100. Buy one with a drain