McClusky and Paul Andrews did do some CSX2000 series daytona coupe continuation cars. You might check with SAAC or Gary Patterson at Shelby. Those were not the replicas that McClusky has built on vintage chassis or from the ground up but the differance was the continuation cars were given Shelby CSX numbers by Shelby for a licenseing fee. Lee Benson was the name I was searching for ,Lee has been a CSX4000/7000 Cobra dealer in the past and has been trying to get the fiberglass Daytona Coupes with a csx7000 number built for 3 or 4 years now. He was getting the chassis from Shelby and he had made the fiberglass body for the car. I was at the Dealer meeting when Lee anounced what he was trying to do back when. I believe he has at least one car built from what I recall the last time we talked a year or two ago. I hope this works out for him but this is old news.
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - Continuation Series, Need your Opinion!
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Originally Posted by bony
Bill, with all due respect, your GTO prices are miles low. I am ready to buy any GTO in any condition for $2m. Every one has been identified. They are going from $10m upwards and usually on treaty sales
##########what is a "treaty sale" ?
Bill, with all due respect, your GTO prices are miles low. I am ready to buy any GTO in any condition for $2m. Every one has been identified. They are going from $10m upwards and usually on treaty sales
##########what is a "treaty sale" ?
B O N Y
MODERATOR & FGT OWNER
The biggest area of disagreement is what is a rebodied, replica, continuation, tribute, fakey-do, recreation and an original. I have seen on other forums battle royals over the nomenclature arguments.
The CSX 2000 series cars where original cars, the original 6 Daytona coupes all arfe 2000 series cars. Several cars were wrecked, and rebodied as Daytona coupes and carry the 2000 series numbers. The 7000 series numbers are new cars built to replicate the original cars.
The real issue with the Daytona's is that they are pure race machines and very streetable. The Brock Coupe like our FGT addressed most of the issues.
The CSX 2000 series cars where original cars, the original 6 Daytona coupes all arfe 2000 series cars. Several cars were wrecked, and rebodied as Daytona coupes and carry the 2000 series numbers. The 7000 series numbers are new cars built to replicate the original cars.
The real issue with the Daytona's is that they are pure race machines and very streetable. The Brock Coupe like our FGT addressed most of the issues.
B O N Y
MODERATOR & FGT OWNER
Malcolm Forbes is credited for having said " being first is the one record that can never be broken". In cars I would proffer that "real" can never be recreated (broken). For myself , Im not impressed with recreations particually when the first question is "what would you pay ?" but, as stated thats my opinion. I would rather see manufacturing efforts being placed in creation of new icons than cash grabs based on the provance of the old.
You asked for honesty.....
1. How much would you pay? ~$100,000
2. Would you buy one? These cars do not have emission systems, and I live in an area (Atlanta) that requires it. So, no.
Full discloser: I am probably biased. I meet Pete Brock a couple of years ago and had lunch with him (he paid :wink ). I found him to be a very interesting car guy.
I've seen Mr. Shelby at certain car events (mostly vintage racing events). I've never meet him or paid to get his autograph. I do have a tremendous amount of respect for what he did in the 1960's.
Pete and his personal car (taken the day he bought lunch):
1. How much would you pay? ~$100,000
2. Would you buy one? These cars do not have emission systems, and I live in an area (Atlanta) that requires it. So, no.
Full discloser: I am probably biased. I meet Pete Brock a couple of years ago and had lunch with him (he paid :wink ). I found him to be a very interesting car guy.
I've seen Mr. Shelby at certain car events (mostly vintage racing events). I've never meet him or paid to get his autograph. I do have a tremendous amount of respect for what he did in the 1960's.
Pete and his personal car (taken the day he bought lunch):
Full discloser: I am probably biased. I meet Pete Brock a couple of years ago and had lunch with him (he paid :wink ). I found him to be a very interesting car guy.
Pete and his personal car (taken the day he bought lunch):
Very cool story.
Is it just me, or do the Superformance wheels have the wrong off-set? Every photo I've seen has this postive off-set wheel set up.
- Bill
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GT Owner
Attached is a video of two Daytona Coupes I saw about 15 years ago at Sears Point. I captured some pretty good angles. I uploaded the video this morning. Also included is the first '62 cobra and a nice Carrera 6.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmWX7wK7W0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmWX7wK7W0