Shelby Cobra Coupe at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, November 1965
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Artifact Overview
Carroll Shelby and his Shelby American team built six Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes. Based on the chassis and drivetrain from Shelby's Cobra convertible, the closed-cockpit Daytona Coupe battled Ferrari's 250 GTO in the 1964 and 1965 racing seasons. In November 1965, one of the Daytona Coupes set 23 land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
06 November 1965
Subject Date
06 November 1965
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.2922.1.31
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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