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1966 Shelby colors
« on: February 08, 2024, 03:26:58 PM »
Hi All,
does anyone know the total production breakdown of 1966 Shelby by colors?
it may have been asked before but I don't remember seeing it. It  would be interesting to know.
Mine is sapphire blue just wondering how that color compares to the others.
Thanks,
Dave

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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2024, 04:13:49 PM »
Off the top of my head (really don't concern this sort of numbers much) think it might be around 10% of all 66's. Might be non-Hertz cars - sorry don't recall. Have one also but not a popular color in the day for these cars if I recall correctly

Sure someone else has done the pencil work
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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2024, 04:21:46 PM »
As far as the Hertz Cars go, I believe there were
59 Green
60 Blue
61 Red
71 White
The rest in Black
I think one was White with Blue Stripes.
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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2024, 04:49:35 PM »
I wonder if Howard has them listed in his database. It would be easy to get a count from that.
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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2024, 05:06:42 PM »
As far as the Hertz Cars go, I believe there were
59 Green
60 Blue
61 Red 71 White
The rest in Black
I think one was White with Blue Stripes.
I had heard 18 white with Blue Stripe, Randy Gillis owned one of these
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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2024, 10:15:43 PM »
Isn't this color breakdown in one of the published Registries?

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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2024, 11:18:30 AM »
I have a red Hertz and I did my own color breakdown.  It was time consuming but it can be done.  I was bored one evening as you can infer.  I posted this on the forum a while back but here it is again as extracted from the latest Registry for 1966.  Good luck and take good notes.  I did.
Red Hertz cars
1.    829
2.    830
3.    835
4.    836
5.    842      Present whereabouts unknown. Replica exists In Flagstaff, AZ
6.    843
7.    844
8.    845
9.    846
10.  953      Present whereabouts unknown.
11.  954
12.  955
13.  956      Present whereabouts unknown.
14.  957      Present whereabouts unknown.
15.  958
16.  959
17.  960      Present whereabouts unknown.
18.  961
19.  962
20.  963      Present whereabouts unknown.
21.  964
22.  965
23.  966
24.  967      Present whereabouts unknown.
25.  968      Present whereabouts unknown.
26.  969      Present whereabouts unknown.
27.  970
28.  971      Present whereabouts unknown.
29.  972
30.  973
31.  974      Present whereabouts unknown.
32.  975
33.  976
34.  977
35.  978
36.  979
37.  980
38.  981
39.  983      Present whereabouts unknown.
40.  984
41.  985      Present whereabouts unknown.
42.  986      Present whereabouts unknown.
43.  987      Present whereabouts unknown.
44.  988
45.  994      Present whereabouts unknown.
46.  999
47.  1000   Present whereabouts unknown.
48.  1001   Present whereabouts unknown.
49.  1002   Present whereabouts unknown.
50.  1003   Present whereabouts unknown.
51.  1004
52.  1005
53.  1007   Present whereabouts unknown.
54.  1008
55.  1009   Present whereabouts unknown.
56.  1010   Present whereabouts unknown.
57.  1011
58.  1012
59.  1013
60.  1014   Present whereabouts unknown.
61.  1015




Missing color code:

837
868

24 missing or whereabouts unknown
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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2024, 11:32:01 AM »
Page 15 of the 2019 SAAC, 1966 Shelby Registry lists;

Exterior Colors (non-Hertz) Blue 259 cars = 19%

Hertz Exteriors Colors Blue 56 = 5%
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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2024, 11:54:18 AM »
Page 15 of the 2019 SAAC, 1966 Shelby Registry lists;

Exterior Colors (non-Hertz) Blue 259 cars = 19%

Hertz Exteriors Colors Blue 56 = 5%

Thanks JD. Appears I was off by a couple percentage points
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Re: 1966 Shelby colors
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2024, 07:31:08 PM »
Hey Guys ,
thanks for all the replies! always great help here.
There it is on page 15 2019 registry as mentioned above is the color breakdown.
I sure missed it.
best,
Dave