Jeff...
Evan has been appropriately harrassed in the past over the color.
Although no original S/C was delivered in Black, the "Rules Committee" has given him a pass on this one, since, if you wanted it, you
could have ordered one in Black back then.
In "Shelby's Wildlife", they say that Black was discontinued as a Cobra color in 1966, since they sat the longest at the dealer level.
BTW, did you know that a few late 427S/Cs left the factory painted totally metallic Gold, no stripes?
..I have never seen a replica that color.