[decooney]

Phil,
I believe any of the standard colors are safe. There are all sorts of opinions on resale too... lots of replica and original cobras out there with different colors today. A potential buyer can pick any color apart if they want to. I had mirror black before and it was hard to keep clean for any duration and very hot (on driver cars - not waxers), red oxidizes and fades easy, silver dulls some, blue is very common, ... white stripes reflect on your windshield, ... so on and so forth. SPF has opened the door for other new colors and combinations that people like now. One of the nicest hand-built replica Cobras I've ever seen cost $120,000 to build, it was Orange, and it looked just incredible and exotic. I would have never tried Orange or thought of it. So, go figure...

IMHO: most importantly, If the body is really STRAIGHT, and the paint is laid on nicely, ...blocked out and buffed out correctly, many colors can look good and are resale safe. I say pick what you like first. Good Luck.