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AC Bill
04-04-2017, 05:25 PM
I wonder which of the six original Dayton's this is?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6NjR8PsrlM
GoDadGo
04-04-2017, 06:05 PM
I would think it might be the one that Phil Spector ended up owning for a short period of time, but this is just a W.A.G.

My wife liked it too, who by the way also has the same name as the driver of that famed G.T.O.

Thanks for posting because we haven't seen this since we were kids.
2FAST4U
04-04-2017, 06:15 PM
Hahaha. Went around the same turn 3 times
Mick_d
04-04-2017, 06:16 PM
Here's where they all are now: Look! Number 13!

http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/09/shelby-cobra-daytona-coupes-all-of-them/
Mick_d
04-04-2017, 06:17 PM
A little info on number 13 itself:
https://www.shelbyguy.net/grid
AC Bill
04-04-2017, 06:38 PM
Well thankfully they didn't wreck it, for the sake of the show. Back then, they probably could have bought a Daytona pretty cheap, and the Monkey show was making decent money, as it was a big hit. Some nice classics were wrecked in far lesser shows.

I was watching the 64 running of the 12hr's of Sebring, that Daytona CSX2287 won. The driver was complaining how hot it was in the car. So during a pit stop, they just grabbed a pair of tin snips, and hacked into the aluminum roof. Cut a ragged hole, and bent the aluminum back to create a scoop. No respect for it back then....lol..

Here's the video that show that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeDdXceXH0M
Vette1972
04-04-2017, 06:59 PM
Cool videos! Thanks guys!
turbomacncheese
04-04-2017, 08:21 PM
That was fun!
AC Bill
11-21-2018, 02:04 PM
A bump up, for those members who may not have seen these videos before, as well as a new one, produced by Pat Bondurant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMNR7Qe82g

and another, with some good history about the Cobra's beginnings..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFeMf_mI_Tg
Dwmaurer86
04-07-2019, 04:22 AM
Cool video!
Dick Z
07-29-2019, 03:18 PM
The Simeone car museum in Philly has been named the number 1 collection in the world. It includes CSX2287

https://www.fox29.com/video/589015
Dick Z
07-29-2019, 03:36 PM
The Simeone car museum in Philly has been named the number 1 collection in the world. It includes CSX2287

https://www.fox29.com/video/589015
AC Bill
08-11-2020, 12:45 PM
Another cool old video, some scenes with Ken Miles behind the wheel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f-K7TzOe1w

This one is a longer version. The title is misleading, obviously someone using it as click-bait. There is some pretty good footage of old race cars, custom cars, and a few races.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUmHEeuIKM