It's a repaint from original color but looks good to me
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0123-545393/1965-shelby-289-cobra-roadster/
LIGHTS
CSX2516
HiPo 289 V-8 engine
4-speed manual transmission
Chrome knock-off wire wheels
Delivered new with Class A accessories
Billed to Shelby American on July 21, 1964 and shipped to Los Angeles aboard the SS Dongedyk
Invoiced on October 19, 1964 to Harr Ford in Worcester, Massachusetts
The car was delivered to Massachusetts by Shelby truck
Known ownership includes Biff Bering and David Greene of Houston, Texas in the early 1970s
Acquired in 1975 by Virgil Nelson of Iowa, who retained ownership for 31 years
Nelson sold it in 2006 to Richard Cohen of Del Ray, Florida
Purchased later in 2006 from Cohen by Rick Grant of Dayton, Ohio
Part of the Rick Grant Collection since 2006
Grant commissioned a restoration and had it finished in Red with a Black interior
Displayed at the 2011 Dayton Concours d'Elegance
Copy of Nelson's Iowa title from 1979
History listed in the Shelby Registry
Anybody recognize the tyres on this car?