Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
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Shelby American has finally built the car Carroll Shelby had hoped to race in the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Carroll Shelby-owned Cobra Daytona Coupe offered by Worldwide
The iconic race car has been driven on the track by a number of legendary champions and is now for sale.
ClassicCars.com -
Carroll Shelby's 1964 Cobra Daytona Coupe is headed back to production
Carroll Shelby was always thinking about bigger engines, more power, and faster machines. He turned the AC Ace into the Shelby Cobra. He turned the Ford Mustang into the Shelby GT350. Eventually he turned a gorgeously sculpted coupe into a Le Mans-winning masterpiece. That car was the Shelby...
Jeff Glucker -
High school students build Shelby Daytona Coupe
Detroit area high school students had an assignment way cooler than any typical school project: assemble a 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. The Ford Fund together with the Detroit Public Schools Community District and Experience Aviation collaborated to let high school students put their skills to...
Sean Szymkowski -
Driving the Superformance Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
Believe it or not, it's possible to get a bit jaded with all of today's automotive machinery. When you drive all manner of new automobiles, they start to blur together. Don't think I don't love what I do, but also realize that your average mid-size sedan starts to look an awful lot like the one...
Jeff Glucker -
Peter Brock reveals more secrets about the Shelby Daytona Coupe: Video
We have a real treat for you today. The good folks at Hagerty interviewed legendary race car designer Peter Brock back in 2012 and were kind enough to upload a video from the day to their Youtube channel. Brock, in intricate, passionate detail, tells the story behind his most famous car, the Shelby...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Last fall’s Goodwood Revival served as the stage for Shelby American’s 50th anniversary celebrations of the monumental 1965 World Sportscar Championship, a championship in which Shelby finished ahead of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] to secure a manufacturers’ title—a first for an American team in international motorsport. The car used was the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, of which just six examples were built, including a prototype. As part of Shelby’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the owners of the six original cars brought their rare machines to the Goodwood Revival...
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First Shelby Daytona Coupe, Chassis #CSX2287, Rolls Into SEMA: Video
The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is one of the rarest cars to ever be produced, with just six of the originals having been built. This week, one of them was unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show—and it is the rarest of the lot. The Daytona Coupe bearing chassis #CSX2287 was the first of the six cars...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Close Look At Shelby's 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupe: Video
The 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupes Shelby American debuted at last month's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance pay tribute to the legendary models which won the FIA World Sportscar Championship in 1965. CHECK OUT: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Performance Specs Confirmed: Video And while they certainly won't...
John Coyle -
Shelby Announces 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupe
The original Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is the stuff of legend. Just six of them were built between 1964 and 1965, and in ’65 the car helped secure the Constructors’ title in the FIA World Sportscar Championship, making Shelby the first American constructor to win a title on the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Shelby Brock Daytona Coupe Races Into Jay Leno's Garage: Video
This Shelby Brock Daytona Coupe may be a replica, but it's a high-performance replica.
Stephen Edelstein -
Shelby Daytona Coupe Is First National Historic Vehicle Register Inductee
Historic venues and buildings have long been officially recognized under the National Historic Preservation Act, but until relatively recently no such body existed to recognize historically-significant cars. Back in 2009, that changed with the formation of the Historic Vehicle Association. MUST...
Antony Ingram -
Hand-made in Modena, Italy, by Carozzeria Grand Sport, the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe is still undeniably an all-American car. Built to dominate the FIA's GT class, the Shelby and its team were the first Americans to take on and beat Ferrari on the world stage–clinching the championship on July 4, 1965. And now the car that helped Carroll Shelby build his name and legend, the 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe bearing chassis number CSX2601, has been sold at auction at this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Monterey, California. The car was recently auctioned at the 22nd...
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Shelby Distribution launches CSX 9000 series Cobra Daytona Coupe MKII
The original Daytona Coupe was a race car based loosely on the AC Cobra roadster that was produced in an extremely limited run of just six cars during the 1960s. The cars were created in collaboration with a number of racing legends including Carroll Shelby, Peter Brock and Bob Negstad, and with a...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Daytona Coupe Lives On In New Le Mans Edition
The original Daytona Coupe was a race car based loosely on the AC Cobra roadster that was produced in an extremely limited run of just six cars during the 1960s. The cars were created in collaboration with a number of racing legends including Carroll Shelby, Peter Brock and Bob Negstad, and with a...
James Martinez -
Carroll Shelby Takes Delivery Of Custom Cobra Daytona Coupe
The original Daytona Coupe was a race car based loosely on the AC Cobra roadster that was produced in an extremely limited run of just six cars during the 1960s. The cars were created in collaboration with a number of racing legends including Carroll Shelby, Peter Brock and Bob Negstad and there...
James Martinez