Hi Evan,
Just 'by the way', it was a dark green (Vineyard Green actually) ERA 427 (no. 452) that really got my attention back quite a few years ago now. Its owner actually wrote a book about it ...."Birth of a New Machine, Building a Cobra Replica".
And not quite by coincidence, you might notice that the photo subject of my avatar, which is always sitting here in front of me on my desk, is a dark green Scalextric 289FIA. Even though my 289FIA is Viking Blue, you might have gathered that I
do like dark green Cobras
Cheers,
Glen