Vehicle Description
Shelby CSX2770 FIA Bondurant Tribute is a historically accurate
Shelby roadster based on the cars piloted by world-champion and
accomplished Shelby driver Bob Bondurant from the 1964 and 1965
race seasons. A limited number of these historically accurate
Shelby CSX2000 FIA Bondurant Tributes will be built and include a
day of training at the Arizona Bondurant Racing School. Each
handcrafted Cobra will have a CSX2000 Shelby serial number to be
documented in the Shelby Registry. The Bondurant Tributes are based
on CSX2345. CSX2770 is the first Bondurant Tribute Built. It was
completed in 1964 Shelby Viking Blue in #3 Spa livery, when Bob
Bondurant finished in first place. The reason behind choosing this
specific color over the many others that Bob raced and won in 1964,
is that only CSX2345 raced in both the 1964 season and the 1965
championship season. With Bob winning first place both Spa races.
CSX2770 includes a period correct laid-back windscreen,
period-correct gauges, 14-gallon fuel tank, 16-inch original-style
wood rim steering wheel, leaf spring suspension, driver's door
knee-pad, high-beam activation switch, diagonal roll bar and Shelby
American CSX2000 serial-numbered dash plaque, and original-style
engine bay chassis number plate. These tributes are built to
exacting standards with period-correct frame, suspension, and even
the interior and exterior trim is exact to the original cars as
they raced. On the outside it features front air dam, bug
deflector, painted quick jacks and country of origin plate. On the
interior mirror position, driver race seat, dash layout, gauges,
switches, Shelby dash plaque and even Bob Bondurant's physical
signature on the dash. When it came to decide on an engine, there
was only one choice. Shelby Engine Company is back and make
brand-new 289ci V8 engines on matching-numbers aluminum blocks,
instead of the old heavy and hot cast-iron blocks. These engines
are then punched out to 364ci. Trimmed in Shelby's modern
black-finned valve cover package and period-correct Harrison
coolant tank. The engine is mated to a TREMEC TKO600 5-speed manual
transmission.
