Vehicle Description
1964 Shelby Daytona Coupe Recreation For Sale- Owned By Author Of
The Cobra-Ferrari WarsMike Shoen LMC is very proud to offer for
sale this 1964 Shelby Daytona Coupe Recreation The Cobra Daytona
Coupe; the most famous of all the Shelby Cobras. The Cobra Roadster
dominated in America, winning both the USRRC and SCCA championships
in 1963. Shelby set his sights far higher for the 1964 season,
adding to the mix, his quest to win the FIA World Championship. The
European circuits like Le Mans, Spa and Reims had longer
straightaways compared to many American tracks, so extended periods
of top speed would be of great benefit. Under close inspection, the
FIA rule book revealed that a production chassis could be fitted
with a non-production style body. Of course a Coupe with better
aerodynamics could fill this void. A 23 year old Pete Brock
designed the Daytona Coupe, which proved to add approximately 25
MPH to the Cobras top speed. The 1964 FIA Season was turning out to
be a major success, The Daytona Coupe had placed 1 st IC and 4 th
overall at the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours. Even after some bad luck,
Shelby was still very capable of beating Ferrari in the overall
points coming into the last 3 races. The Tour De France was an
almost guaranteed win for Ferrari and Bridgehampton very likely a
win for Shelby, leaving only Monza. This track with its long
straightaways heavily favored the Shelby Daytona Coupes over their
rival, the Ferrari 250 GTO. Enzo himself, who had a strong
influence over Monza race officials; behind closed doors had the
FIA cancel the Monza race, effectively securing the FIA
Championship for Ferrari. The following year in 1965 the Daytona
Coupes dominated and won the 1965 FIA World Championships, perhaps
Shelby's proudest accomplishment. The Shelby Daytona Coupes are
Americas 250 GTO, well deserved by their performance and beauty.
Mike Shoen the owner of this Daytona Coupe is one of the most
famous Cobra historians and truly the first to recognize the
importance of these cars. He had begun purchasing Cobras in the
late 60s into the 70s and purchased csx2299, the most famous
Daytona Coupe directly from Shelby himself. Shoen was the first
major Cobra collector; he found and owned only the most important
of all Cobras including the first Cobra race car, the only
unrestored FIA roadster and 3 original Daytona Coupes all at one
time! Including the Le Mans winner! After eventually selling off
his Daytona Coupes and other Cobras, in recent years he went about
having a Daytona Coupe reproduced that would give him the same
feeling as his original cars. Lech Kowalski of Caro Cars in Poland,
ex MIG jet fabricators with a passion for Cobras who used to work
at Kirkham was the obvious choice to build the body and chassis.
They were able to borrow the original Daytona Coupe csx2300 and
copy the exact body shape and chassis from the car. Shoen himself
who previously owned csx2300 chose Caro Cars as he knew they were
building them correctly and himself knowing each Daytona Coupe had
slightly different body designs, he would model his car off the
original they copied. CSX2300s racing debut was at Targa Florio in
1964 driven by Bob Bondurant and Jochen Neerpasch. Since Shoen
wanted something special and unique, he decided to go with the 1964
livery and specifications and specifically the opening race for
csx2300, a great choice. Shoen had the car delivered as a chassis
and body to his mechanic in Arizona. He brought all of his intimate
knowledge of the Daytona Coupes to oversee the entire build
process. He modified the car to 1964 specifications instead of the
usual 1965 specifications as nearly all recreations are down today.
Shoen's attention to detail and parts sourcing was necessary to
make this car as correct as possible. The original csx2300 raced at
some of the most important races including Daytona 24 Hours,
Sebring 12 Hours, 1000km Nurburgring and 12 Hour Of Reims. This is
an incredible opportunity to purchase an aluminum-bodied Daytona
Coupe, as close to original as you will find that stands out from
all the rest, in its 1964 specifications and put together by one of
the greatest original Cobra enthusiasts, collectors, historians and
previous owner of the original car it emulates. This video shows
Mike Shoen describing the car in further detail. Shelby Daytona
Coupe History Additional Details: 1964 SHELBY DAYTONA COUPE
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