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The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe, incorrectly) is an American sports-coupé. It is related to the Shelby Cobra roadster, loosely based on its chassis and drive-train developed and built as an advanced evolution.
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The Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe’s extraordinary story includes beating Ferrari, bursting up in flames, and spending three decades in a storage unit.
The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupé was a result of incredible talent, dedication, experience and a tiny bit of luck. Its story is a complex real-life parable of triumph against a formidable,...
Coupe CSX2287 was the first to compete, at Daytona in February 1964. Alas, it suffered a fire during a pit stop to remedy an overheating differential; spilled gasoline ignited beneath the car, seriously burning crew chief John ohlsen.
With its small-block engine, the Daytona hit 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, 100 mph in a just 10.5 seconds, and tore through the quarter in 12.7 seconds at 111 mph. Today, the storied blue Cobra Coupe, one of only six ever built, survives in the collection of Rob Walton, heir to the Walmart fortune.
The Daytona Coupes ran a 385-horsepower version of Ford’s 289 cid V8 fed by four Weber two-barrel carburetors. To conform to GT class rules, the Daytona had to be able to accommodate a spare tire and other road going features such as a horn.
Shelby Daytona Coupes raced in the GT Division III, a class for engine displacements over 2000cc. In their first year of competition, finished second (losing by just 6 points) in GT III class for the 1964 World Sportscar Championship.
Carroll Shelby gives a thumbs-up to the race-leading coupe at its Daytona debut. TESTING Resource allocation meant the remaining five coupe bodies were constructed by Carrozzeria Gransport...
The story of the Shelby Daytona Coupe became an American racing saga unlike almost any other. It was a car designed by a ragtag crew in Southern California to take on the industrial might of Ferrari, it achieved a shock second place in the GT Division III class of the 1964 World Sportscar Championship season, followed by a popular victory in ...