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The Cars => 1967 Shelby GT350/500 => Topic started by: Richstang on February 24, 2023, 09:58:46 PM

Title: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: Richstang on February 24, 2023, 09:58:46 PM
From the SRG (1967 - Shelby Research Group):

First, a pie chart to show how all the paint colors are divided up.

(https://www.saac.com/forum/gallery/204-260223232956.png)
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: Richstang on February 24, 2023, 10:01:33 PM
Next, we have a pie chart to show only the GT350 paint colors.

(https://www.saac.com/forum/gallery/204-260223233335.png)
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: Richstang on February 24, 2023, 10:02:46 PM
And last but not least, we have only the GT500 paint colors

(https://www.saac.com/forum/gallery/204-260223233549.png)
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: Richstang on February 24, 2023, 10:06:12 PM
and just to look a bit deeper in the paint colors we have a Gantt chart.
This shows us how each color was released over the model year. All cars were painted at SJ (FSJ)



EDIT:
Docement was removed as it is an older version...I will get an updated version and repost at that time...




Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: shelbymann1970 on February 25, 2023, 08:56:10 AM
Thanks for the  interesting charts. Interesting on how certain colors seemed more popular on certain models? Or was it a release thing?
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: greekz on February 25, 2023, 11:28:48 AM
Thanks for the chart. You folks at the SRG do a great job compiling information.  Interesting most cars were lime green.  I wonder what drove the decision to offer the most cars in that color.
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: Bob Gaines on February 25, 2023, 11:32:21 AM
Quote from: greekz on February 25, 2023, 11:28:48 AM
Thanks for the chart. You folks at the SRG do a great job compiling information.  Interesting most cars were lime green.  I wonder what drove the decision to offer the most cars in that color.
I believe the lime gold was one of the most popular colors on Mustangs in general in 67 and 68.
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: JD on February 25, 2023, 11:37:33 AM
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 25, 2023, 11:32:21 AM
Quote from: greekz on February 25, 2023, 11:28:48 AM
Thanks for the chart. You folks at the SRG do a great job compiling information.  Interesting most cars were lime green.  I wonder what drove the decision to offer the most cars in that color.
I believe the lime gold was one of the most popular colors on Mustangs in general in 67 and 68.

+1 - Lime Gold was a new, trendy and popular color, the SAAC registry points out that nearly 25% of the '67 Shelby's were Lime Gold.
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: shelbymann1970 on February 25, 2023, 12:47:03 PM
Back then and into the early 70s there were rattle can paint you could buy that was metal flake in "trendy" colors. I painted my Schwinn bike in Lime gold metal flake back then. Really. That was before puberty.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: greekz on February 25, 2023, 01:01:53 PM
Quote from: JD on February 25, 2023, 11:37:33 AM
Quote from: Bob Gaines on February 25, 2023, 11:32:21 AM
Quote from: greekz on February 25, 2023, 11:28:48 AM
Thanks for the chart. You folks at the SRG do a great job compiling information.  Interesting most cars were lime green.  I wonder what drove the decision to offer the most cars in that color.
I believe the lime gold was one of the most popular colors on Mustangs in general in 67 and 68.

+1 - Lime Gold was a new, trendy and popular color, the SAAC registry points out that nearly 25% of the '67 Shelby's were Lime Gold.

I guess for the new car buyer that was the case.  The majority of my teenage group in the 60's were driving used cars with two-tone paint from the 50's and popular colors from the early 60's(black, red, blue, and white).  Do not remember seeing many lime green cars back then.
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: hertz1966 on February 25, 2023, 01:21:27 PM
Thank you for this information.  Is there color break down between GT-350's and GT-500's?

Thanks,

Tim
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: Bob Gaines on February 25, 2023, 01:24:03 PM
Quote from: hertz1966 on February 25, 2023, 01:21:27 PM
Thank you for this information.  Is there color break down between GT-350's and GT-500's?

Thanks,

Tim
Reply #1 and 2 .
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: SCJSTU on February 25, 2023, 03:13:24 PM
Good stuff
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: FL SAAC on February 25, 2023, 03:39:43 PM
Exemplary information
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: 98SVT - was 06GT on February 25, 2023, 03:41:47 PM
Did SA request colors or did Ford just send them a mix based on their sales projections?
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: 557 on February 25, 2023, 04:37:11 PM
Thanks.Cool info.
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: JD on February 26, 2023, 12:02:10 AM
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on February 25, 2023, 03:41:47 PM
Did SA request colors or did Ford just send them a mix based on their sales projections?

Shelby selected the Ford (and in the case of the Medium Metallic Grey - T-Bird/ Huntington Gray Lincoln) colors they wanted.

(this is to show the colors on cars - the car color counts have been realized different since this was complied)
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: 67411F--0100-ENG. on February 26, 2023, 02:41:47 PM
Hello JD,

The total number of cars in your post add up to 3,226.  I believe you have an extra car in there somewhere.

Thanks,
Eric
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: Coralsnake on February 27, 2023, 02:31:57 PM
I thought there was a Turquoise car?
Title: Re: Paint colors and how they stack up
Post by: Richstang on February 27, 2023, 07:58:18 PM
Quote from: Coralsnake on February 27, 2023, 02:31:57 PM
I thought there was a Turquoise car?
Not in 1967.
There might have been consideration of #0176 originaly as shipped in a Clearwater Aqua, but, it was painted in Lime Gold for the brochure in September 1966. That car was not ordered as a Shelby, just completed that way for PR use.