You know my buddy. Yes, all the cars were color changed, & the black car is NOT an original shaker car. The dark green car is a 4-speed, black car is an auto, & I can't remember the others for sure, but I think they both may be automatics - I could be wrong on that though. All 4 are real McCoy's however - I think one of them still has the original engine. The black car really runs strong - used to be owned by Paul Suloff, & the dark green one was also a Suloff car. Anyway, my buddy wants to sell all of them as he's getting up in years & never drives them anymore. I think my favorite one is the dark green one - I went to York, PA. with him & we trailered this one back in the early 80's to the Hemi Nationals. We've had some good times together over the years.