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1965 Shelby Cobra 'Daytona', built specifically to beat the All Conquering Ferrari GTO. Remember, it was the open Cobra that was built to wrench the GT world championship from Enzo.
Having developed the AC Cobra/Shelby Cobra into a successful GT race car, he realized that the weakness of the open-cockpit sports cars at Le Mans was the aerodynamic drag which limited top speed on the 3.7 miles (6.0 km) long Mulsanne Straight to around 157 miles per hour (253 km/h), nearly 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) less than the Ferrari 250 GTO, which itself could hold speeds of circa 186 miles per hour (299 km/h). Given the length of this straight, this speed differential represented a loss of over 10 seconds per lap which could negate any power and acceleration advantage that the Cobra had in the slower sections.
Shelby asked employee Pete Brock to design the Daytona's aerodynamic bodywork.
After sketching the proposed design on the floor of the Shelby America workshop, starting with the roadster chassis crashed at the 1963 Le Mans race, Brock removed the bodywork and placed a seat and steering wheel in alignment of where he felt that they should be. He then placed driver Ken Miles in the car, and using scrap wood and gaffer tape, designed the windscreen - the first component to be manufactured for the car. He then interspaced wooden formers and, using these as a guide, hand-made the aluminum bodywork for chassis #CSX2287 around them.
Shelby conferred with an aerodynamics consultant from Convair who said that the design needed to be extended on the tail by at least 3 feet (0.91 m), but Brock stood by his design, whose tail featured the angled cut proposed by The German design wizard, Wunibald Kamm, whose design markedly reduced air turbulence in high speed race car's derrieres. Miles took the car to the Riverside Raceway, and on the 1 mile (1.6 km) main straight, took the car on his first five laps to 186 miles per hour (299 km/h), admittedly after it had been found to have "almost flown, lightening the steering a great deal" at speeds above 160 miles per hour (260 km/h). It took another 30 days of development before Miles signed off the car, clocked at that point capable of speeds over 190 miles per hour (310 km/h). CSX2287 was transported to Daytona Speedway for its debut race in the February 16, 1964 Daytona Continental 2000 km. Driver Dave MacDonald earned the pole position with a time of 2:08.200 and average speed of 106.464 MPH.'
The Daytona Coupe won every thing in sight, including the World GT championship. This is the 5th of 6 total coupes, and was driven by a number of talented racers, including the incomparable Phill Hill. Now if I had Pat Durkin's skills, I could alter the background into interesting line drawings, but alas........
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Pete Brock hand built Daytona Coupe #1, six total built.
April 13, 2019, after 10 years of shooting "The Coupe" for SAAC and the Shelby American CaptDave got a ride this day.
Pete Brock hand built Daytona Coupe #1, six total built.
April 13, 2019, after 10 years of shooting "The Coupe" for SAAC and the Shelby American CaptDave got a ride this day.
Pete Brock hand built Daytona Coupe #1, six total built.
April 13, 2019, after 10 years of shooting "The Coupe" for SAAC and the Shelby American CaptDave got a ride this day.
Pete Brock hand built Daytona Coupe #1, six total built.
April 13, 2019, after 10 years of shooting "The Coupe" for SAAC and the Shelby American CaptDave got a ride this day.
CaptDave got invited to do a few laps in the 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287 before it was put back in the barn, how about that!
The first Cobra Daytona Coupe was always something of a mystery ever since it dropped out of sight in the early 1970s. The combination of its being the first Coupe built in the U.S., the first Coupe to win a race, and the now-famous Daytona pit fire (photos of which were splashed everywhere after it happened in February 1964) has established CSX2287 as arguably the most valuable of the six. The fact that it was hidden away for about 30-odd years by a female owner who was, at times, described by a paranoid, a recluse, an eccentric, and a ‘kook’ by Carroll Shelby himself only added to the car’s mystique.
1964 Ford Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287, 23 world and national records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1965. After 10+ years of shooting The Coupe CaptDave finally got a rather long ride in it on Demo Day earlier this year!
My 1st article for the Shelby American was this back in 2009 featuring this 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287 / 1966 Ford GT 40 MK II Alan Mann Racing / 1967 GT 40 MK IV J8. That photo is still on the top of my Facebook Page from the shoot. Took me 10 years to get a ride, it was worth it!
The #1 Automotive Museum in the World, for a good reason. Simeone has Demo Days at least once a month where you see and hear the Race Cars Run.
When purchased new $5,528.75, Richard Myers has owned this 1965 Shelby Cobra CSX2539 since 6-18-1973.
Owner of the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum Fred Simeone driving the 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe.
Weber's on a real 1964 Ford Shelby Daytona Coupe CSX2287, what's not to love. Seeing and hearing at a Simeone Demo Day, that's the best part.
Earlier this year I got an extensive ride CSX2287, took 10 years and many Shelby American Articles. It wasn't hard at all.
Our Jaguar came in third in the 1956 Sebring 12 Hour race, driven by Juan Manuel Fangio. I later purchased it through an action in 1984, with Mick Jagger as an underbidder.
After 10 year of shooting the Daytona Coupe I finally got the ride at the end of this day putting it to bed, that's pretty nice.
The Ford Motor Company likes this one, how about that. CaptDave
This car is the first of just 6 built and is the only one left in original, unrestored condition. In 2014 it was named IHMA “Car of the Year”, and was the 1st car on HVA’s National Historic Vehicle Registry. CaptDave finally got a ride in "The Coupe" this day.
Goodwood Revival 2015 - A well dressed lady peers at CSX2287. I like to imagine (without wishing to sound sexist) that she was trying to fathom how a car could be worth so much whilst being in a relatively tatty state...
Goodwood Revival 2015 - The CSX2287 Simeone Daytona Coupe rumbles out of the paddock on Friday morning. Having loitered around the Coupes longer than most, it was interesting to hear onlookers commenting positively on how 'well used' it looked, having not been restored to A1 condition like the other 5. Because I'm a bore, I'd like to have pointed out that it's because this car wasn't used very much since the 60s which is the reason why it's in its current state. Because I'm terribly English I of course said nothing.
Some interesting debate from (possibly) the two most important opinions as to what should be done to it can be found here:
blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/09/04/what-should-the-si...
In short, Pete Brock reckons the exterior paint should be restored (as it's not original), but everything else left as-is. I agree!
The Coupe took 23 World and National Records at Bonneville Salt Flats. It's a Pete Brock design, 1st of 6 (only one kept original). CaptDave has been shooting this for SAAC / Team Shelby for 10 years, I finally got invited for a rather long ride in The Coupe back in April 2019 (all smiles that day).
1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287, First of six. 23 world and national records at The Bonneville Salt Flats in 1965.
1965 Shelby Cobra 289 CSX2539 longtime owner Richard Myers, since 6-18-1973.
Monkees Race Again 2-12-1968. This is the Race Car that had 23 World and National Records at Bonneville, Davy beat it with the Monkeemobile. I think Hollywood Producer Phil Specter may have done some Hollywood Trickery in the Monkees Episode? Or, Davy is really that great a driver!
1st Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, took 23 World and National Records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1965. CaptDave got a ride in it this day, Bucket List Item.
First Daytona Coupe made took 23 world and national records at Bonneville Salt Flats in 1965! Demo Day, this car will be going out for a run.
Goodwood Revival 2015 - All six Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupes lined up in the recreation of the Sebring '64 paddock.
In order from left to right:
CSX2602 - #16, Kazuo Maruyama
CSX2299 - #13 - Gail Miller
CSX2300 - #12 - Daniela Ellerbrock
CSX2287 - No number - Simeone Foundation
CSX2601 - #26 - Gregorio Pérez Companc
CSX2286 - #9 - Rob Walton
There's no cosmic significance to bringing six cars to the same place, but this was undoubtedly a huge draw for those like myself who are rather in the thrall of these sometimes-beautiful-sometimes-awkward coupes. I felt quite giddy with excitement and privileged to have seen something that'd never happened before, and my resolve to own a Kirkham replica was very much reinforced.
I curse myself after the event for not using the ultra wide zoom (apologies to #16 and #9), but then I also recall that the number of times that nobody was in front of any of the cars was very, very few!
The Coupe took 23 World and National Records at Bonneville Salt Flats. It's a Pete Brock design, 1st of 6 (only one kept original). CaptDave has been shooting this for SAAC / Team Shelby for 10 years, I finally got invited for a rather long ride in The Coupe back in April 2019 (all smiles that day).
After 10 years of shooting the 1964 Ford Shelby Daytona Coupe CSX22287 I got an extensive ride that night, that's a big deal for CaptDave.
Bonneville Salt Flats 23 National and International Speed Records.
CaptDave finally got a ride in the 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287 putting it to bed, worth the 10 year wait (Capt K Day One 2009).
In 2014 it was named IHMA “Car of the Year”, and was the 1st car on HVA’s National Historic Vehicle Registry (Plaque on the left).
Sometime's...someone is lucky and is picked for the ride in after the demo. CaptDave took that honor this day!
You zone out when you get in a real 1967 GT40 MK IV & 1966 GT40 MK II (Alan Mann Racing), the 1964 Ford Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287 is way beyond that. Sometime's...it's good to be CaptDave.