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The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe [2]) is an American sports-coupé. It is related to the Shelby Cobra roadster , loosely based on its chassis and drive-train developed and built as an advanced evolution.
Shelby developed the Shelby Daytona Coupe, a derivative of the AC Cobra that had competed the previous year, with a lower drag coupe body. The team of Gurney and Bob Bondurant drove the Shelby Coupe to a GT class win, fourth overall, in the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans and Gurney took it to another class win, third overall, in the RAC Tourist ...
Borland Racing's Daytona Sportscar, sometimes referred to as a "Daytona Coupe", is an Australian-made lookalike of the original Shelby Daytona. The Daytona Sportscar is notable for being the car that Australian motoracing driver, Peter Brock, died in. Ferrari Daytona, (correctly named the 365 GTB/4) a Ferrari GT produced between 1968 and 1973.
Miles was born on 1 November 1918 in Sutton Coldfield, then in Warwickshire, now in the city of Birmingham. [1] He was the son of Eric Miles and Clarice Jarvis. [2] After a failed attempt to run away to the United States, [3] Miles left school at the age of 15 to work as an apprentice at Wolseley Motors, [2] who sent him to a technical school to broaden his knowledge of vehicle construction. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 August 2024. American sports car (built 1963–1966) Cheetah number 002, aluminum-bodied An original 1964 Cheetah on track at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed The Bill Thomas Cheetah was an American sports car designed and engineered entirely with American components, and built from 1963 to 1966 by ...
Links between Shelby and New Zealand date back to the 1960s with renowned fabricator, New Zealander John Ohlsen working with Peter Brock, and Ken Miles on the original Daytona Cobra coupe in 1964. [28] After the Daytona project, Ohlsen became Shelby's chief mechanic for the 1964-1965 race season and stayed with Shelby until 1966.
Shortly thereafter, her name was changed to AJ Lee. [24] In February 2010, AJ defeated Serena Mancini to win the Queen of FCW title. [25] A few months later, AJ was eliminated from a tournament that determined the inaugural FCW Divas Champion; [21] she engaged in a feud with the winner, Naomi Knight, and her character became a heel (bad guy). [26]
A coupe version of the Shelby Cobra roadster was introduced the following year in 2005, the Ford Shelby GR-1 concept car. While sporting a completely modern design, it took inspiration from the design of the 1960s Shelby Daytona. The GR-1, like the Cobra, is based on the GT's chassis. Press reviews for the GR-1 were positive.