Building the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, 1963-1964
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
October 1963-February 1964
Subject Date
October 1963 - February 1964
Creators
Collection Title
Location
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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