From Tom Cotter's excellent book " Dean Jeffries, 50 Fabulous Years in Hot Rods, Racing & Film" -
On putting the first coat of paint on CSX2000, Jeffries says; "The body was a disaster, all heliarced and torched up. I had to cherry the body up first....I had only three days from start to finish. I worked by myself. I asked Shelby what color he wanted, and he said, 'Any color you want.' So, not knowing if it was right or wrong, I painted it pearl yellow because I had heard on TV that yellow stood out best."
Story also goes that for payment, Shelby gave Jeffries a Weber-equipped high-performance 289 and a four-speed gearbox that he put in his Manaray show car.
BTW, Jeffries also named and painted James Dean's "Little Bastard" Porsche 550 Spyder that he was killed in. And I'm sure has most of you know, up until his passing he also had the GT40 that was given to him by Ford.
- Phillip