Ltngdrvr
02-27-2022, 09:21 PM
Hope this is okay to post with the powers that be here...
A comparison of the original Daytona, the superformance and the Factory Five Racing Type 65 Gen 3.
As I look around the forums, this one and the other ffr one, I see a number of questions about how close they all are.
Actually, other than the basic shape, not very close to each other at all.
Performance-wise, the original and the superformance really can't touch the tubular space frame on the Factory Five, many times stiffer frame and much improved suspension geometry.
Below I put together a pic of all three, where you can see the biggest exterior differences.
The original car, built by Peter Brock in the Shelby American shop, CSX2287, a rebodied 289 FIA roadster, as all 6 original cars were, is just a bare bones piece, designed only for its aerodynamic advantage over the roadster, to allow it to achieve a higher top speed than the Ferrari's on the long straights of European circuits. Built strictly for speed, not comfort.
The superformance is really built mostly for comfort, uses a modification of the original chassis design, except all out of rectangular and square tube, and coil over A-arm suspension.
CSX2287 is the only one of the six original cars to be built totally by Peter Brock and Shelby American, the other 5 cars were built in Italy at an Italian coach builder. The first three of those cars, starting with Chassis CSX2299, were built entirely by the coach builder, without input or supervision from Brock, and thus the Italians thought they knew better about things and modified Brock's design a bit. The most obvious change was the coupe's roofline, sloping downward right from behind the windshield, whereas the Brock design had the high point of the roofline near the rear. The last two cars were made closer to Brock's original design, after he went to Italy to supervise the builds.
Anyway, you can see that the Factory Five body has the high point of the roofline at the front, sloping downward from there, like the CSX2299 chassis. The superformance roofline is very similar to the CSX2287 car. The superformance cars are ridiculously expensive, and of course an original is pretty much unobtainable at any price. The next time an original hits the auction block, I would expect it to go for north of 20 million.
Pretty much making the Factory Five cars the best buy.
https://i.ibb.co/Smg0DWj/Daytona-Coupe-Comparison-FFR-type-65-Superformance-CSX-9000-Original-CSX-2287.jpg
A comparison of the original Daytona, the superformance and the Factory Five Racing Type 65 Gen 3.
As I look around the forums, this one and the other ffr one, I see a number of questions about how close they all are.
Actually, other than the basic shape, not very close to each other at all.
Performance-wise, the original and the superformance really can't touch the tubular space frame on the Factory Five, many times stiffer frame and much improved suspension geometry.
Below I put together a pic of all three, where you can see the biggest exterior differences.
The original car, built by Peter Brock in the Shelby American shop, CSX2287, a rebodied 289 FIA roadster, as all 6 original cars were, is just a bare bones piece, designed only for its aerodynamic advantage over the roadster, to allow it to achieve a higher top speed than the Ferrari's on the long straights of European circuits. Built strictly for speed, not comfort.
The superformance is really built mostly for comfort, uses a modification of the original chassis design, except all out of rectangular and square tube, and coil over A-arm suspension.
CSX2287 is the only one of the six original cars to be built totally by Peter Brock and Shelby American, the other 5 cars were built in Italy at an Italian coach builder. The first three of those cars, starting with Chassis CSX2299, were built entirely by the coach builder, without input or supervision from Brock, and thus the Italians thought they knew better about things and modified Brock's design a bit. The most obvious change was the coupe's roofline, sloping downward right from behind the windshield, whereas the Brock design had the high point of the roofline near the rear. The last two cars were made closer to Brock's original design, after he went to Italy to supervise the builds.
Anyway, you can see that the Factory Five body has the high point of the roofline at the front, sloping downward from there, like the CSX2299 chassis. The superformance roofline is very similar to the CSX2287 car. The superformance cars are ridiculously expensive, and of course an original is pretty much unobtainable at any price. The next time an original hits the auction block, I would expect it to go for north of 20 million.
Pretty much making the Factory Five cars the best buy.
https://i.ibb.co/Smg0DWj/Daytona-Coupe-Comparison-FFR-type-65-Superformance-CSX-9000-Original-CSX-2287.jpg