Shelby Daytona Coupe CSX2501 | American Race History

In the early 60’s, Carroll Shelby was laser focussed on building a car to compete against Ferrari. While we’ve heard the story about how Shelby teamed up with Ford to build the Ford GT which went on to win 24 hrs of LeMans, prior to the Ford GT, Shelby teamed up with designer Peter Brock to build the Daytona Coupe. With wins in the GT III class for the 1965 International Championship for GT Manufacturers, Shelby became the first American car maker to win a title on the international scene.

In the 70’s Shelby chose mechanical engineer, Mike McCluskey to restore some of his Cobras and three of the original Shelby Daytona Coupes. In the 90’s, Shelby approached again, to build 50 Daytona coupes to the original spec and this one was one of only 6 that were built on an original Cobra chassis.

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