Your dream Car

[Heater]

Looking at building one of these.....

http://www.factoryfive.com/rdsterhome.html

Wife said yes and now we are working out the details to import the kit...

[phatzo]

Looking at building one of these.....

http://www.factoryfive.com/rdsterhome.html

Wife said yes and now we are working out the details to import the kit...

the type 33 hotrod looks absolutely sick

[-tronski-]

1. Ferrari 365 GTS/4 (Daytona Spyder)



2. DeLorean DMC-12

 Tronsky

[RTHolmes]

[Stage1]

1970 Buick GSX Stage1 with a 4 speed, 370hp and 510ft-lbs of torque.
only 678 made in 70'
144 made in 71'
44 made in 72'

[Skuzzy]

6 1/2 Skuzz, Miller Motorsport Park has the "1/2" that was never completed, just a shell.

Frenchy, I was not disputing you.

There were 6 official production Daytona Coupes.  Serial #'s: CSX2286, CSX2287, CSX2299, CSX2300, CSX2601, and CSX2602.  CSX2287 was the first one delivered.

There was the mule car (no serial number) at Shelby's Venice facility, where Pete Brock did the design, and the body molds were hammered out there.  The mule was a shell mostly made of wood, hand covered in aluminum.  It was used to get the final design done.  That may be the 'shell' you are talking about.  All the photos, I have on hand, are from the original era when they were being built/designed.

The unofficial 7th car was built for Lynn Park, in 1991, by Mike McCluskey from the burned out hulk of Cobra CSX2405 (2405 was a street version Cobra).  Mike also is responsible for the restoration of Daytona's CSX2299, CSX2300, and CSX2602.  CSX2602 was used to make the molds for kit car company Contemporary and thier Daytona kit.

[Wmaker]

Oh, my dream car is close the Daytona, the GT-40.

Same here.

Daytona Coupe is a great choise too, like all old Shelbys.

[Saurdaukar]

Toss-up.

70's RSR (or a 73 RS)



...or a 288.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

 Good stuff Skuzz.

I thought Bill Muray did 2299, maybe it was 2601 instead. I never eard about Contemporary, I'll check them out. To me the nicest replicas (Shelby approved( were Superperformance in South Africa.

How about that Chuck guy that decided to build one from scratch? 



http://home.comcast.net/~chuckcobra/Daytona/Intro_daytona_coupe_construction.htm

[SFRT - Frenchy]

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ZAGATO! 

[Skuzzy]

Good stuff Skuzz.

I thought Bill Muray did 2299, maybe it was 2601 instead. I never eard about Contemporary, I'll check them out. To me the nicest replicas (Shelby approved( were Superperformance in South Africa.

How about that Chuck guy that decided to build one from scratch?  

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http://home.comcast.net/~chuckcobra/Daytona/Intro_daytona_coupe_construction.htm

I have the pictures of the three cars in Mike's shop in Torrance while they were being restored.  The serial numbers were marked on every piece of the external sheet metal to make sure none of them would end up with the wrong piece.

Of course, that would have been difficult as all 6 of the Daytona's were slighty different.  One of them (I do not have the serial number with me) had its cowl raised 2 inches when being built in Italy.  The Italians thought it would look better.  Dan Gurney loved that car as it had more head and foot room than the other 5.

I had read about the guy building his own.  I had forgotten it though.  Thanks for the links.

One of these days, when I can get a scanner hooked up to my computer at home, I will have to start a thread about the history of the entire Cobra/GT-40 effort.  I have some really rare photos.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Looking foward to it Skuzz, all I know from Shelby is :

"Ferrari bellybutton is mine"
"There's no such thing as an AC Cobra".

[Flipperk]

Im surprised no Maserati's have popped up..

[whiteman]

That's one I forgot about, a C5 Z06, I actually like them better than the C6 even if the C6 is the hotter car.  Or if I win the lottery I guess I could aim high and say a C5 Twin Turbo worked by the hand of god himself (John Lingenfelter R.I.P.)

if you want a street able turbo car that can put out 700Hp to 1000Hp + there are plenty of places in the Houston area that can do that. I have an 80mm garret for my z28, not sure when it's gunna make it in but that should let me hang with at least half the cars here. 500hp on your street car in Houston is good enough to at least take it out an not get completely embarrassed.

[Curval]

Im surprised no Maserati's have popped up..


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I shall be test driving a GT later this month...oh yes, it will be mine.