Building the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, 1963-1964
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Carroll Shelby and his Shelby American team built six Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes. Based on the chassis and powertrain from Shelby's Cobra roadster, the closed-cockpit Daytona Coupe battled Ferrari's 250 GTO in the 1964 and 1965 racing seasons. The Daytona Coupe earned Shelby American a 1965 World Manufacturer's Championship in the GT class -- the first for an American builder.
Carroll Shelby and his Shelby American team built six Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes. Based on the chassis and powertrain from Shelby's Cobra roadster, the closed-cockpit Daytona Coupe battled Ferrari's 250 GTO in the 1964 and 1965 racing seasons. The Daytona Coupe earned Shelby American a 1965 World Manufacturer's Championship in the GT class -- the first for an American builder.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
October 1963-February 1964
Subject Date
October 1963 - February 1964
Creators
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.6195.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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