1968 GT500KR - Orange

[Shelby_r_b]

Calling the Coralsnake!

Not mine - no affiliation

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/shelby/gt500/2398199.html#&gid=1&pid=91

Location: Englewood, Colorado, 80110
Stock #: CON3397
VIN #: 8T02R20615703397
Mileage: 96,109
Transmission: Manual
Interior: Black

Seller's Description: - Lightly restored Shelby GT500KR Fastback
- Originally sold out of Courtesy Motors in Littleton, Colorado
- 428 CJ V8 engine
- Power front disc brakes
- Power steering
- 4-Speed manual
- 3.5 Traction-Lok rear end
- Rare Special Paint Orange #WT5017
- Correct Fiberglass hood and trunk lid
- Tilt-away steering wheel
- AM radio
- Sport deck fold-down rear seat
- Deluxe Marti Report included
Up for sale is this very original 1968 Shelby GT500KR Fastback finished in the very rare Special Orange exterior paint over a nice black Luxury Vinyl Knit interior. All Shelby GT500 'King of the Roads' came with the GT equipment package as well as the stout 428 Cobra Jet V8 engine. Interestingly this car was bought new out of Courtesy Motors here in Littleton Colorado and the car remains only a few miles away from where it was first sold. Please look through all the photographs of the car and make sure to watch the video of it running. This is your chance to own a very nice collectors Shelby GT500KR in a rare color! CALL TODAY 720-465-5104

Please visit our website CarsRememberWhen.com to view full photo gallery and a video of the vehicle running.
Price: $149,900

[68krrrr]

Wow i knew about the yellows but never heard of oranges ,those yellow ones seem always be up for sale at an auction somewhere

[69mach351w]

Special paint 68 Shelby's also had the green WT7081.

Orange- WT5014.
Yellow-WT6066.
Coral orange-WT5185.

[557]

What does the green look like?production numbers?

[davez]

Kind of a cloudy / milky  military green, but glossy of course. Somebody in Maryland had a 350 I saw at a Sterling Va carshow 10+ years ago. Was for sale at the time.

[Bigfoot]

I believe this car has been in CO a while and is well known to Pete and others.

[Tired Sheep]

[Coralsnake]

The orange car above is not painted its original shade of orange.

There were six special paint colors.

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

[joephil]

3405 France    Not mine 

[Mike James]

So is this orange KR not the correct orange?

[Coralsnake]

There were three shades of orange in 1968

WT 5185 the same as Calypso Coral in 1969

WT 5014 the same as Grabber Orange in 1969

WT 5107 a "mustard brownish" colored orange

The two orange cars in this thread appear to be painted Calypso Coral, or WT5185, which is not the correct orange for either car based on the records.

[joephil]

In England a video of 3405

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAFrJUkh5hc&feature=emb_logo

[Shelby_r_b]

There were three shades of orange in 1968

WT 5185 the same as Calypso Coral in 1969

WT 5014 the same as Grabber Orange in 1969

WT 5107 a "mustard brownish" colored orange

The two orange cars in this thread appear to be painted Calypso Coral, or WT5185, which is not the correct orange for either car based on the records.

Hey Pete - do any of these colors translate into Poppy Red?  I LOVE that color!  That was the color of my first classic Mustang...what a beauty!

[Coralsnake]

Poppy Red = Calypso Coral = WT 5185

All the same

[Shelby_r_b]

Poppy Red = Calypso Coral = WT 5185

All the same

That's right. I forgot about that. Thanks Pete!