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SUMMARY SUBMISSION January 21, 2014

HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD HAER No. PA-650

SHELBY COBRA DAYTONA COUPE PROTOTYPE

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PHOTOGRAPHS

WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA

REDUCED COPIES OF MEASURED DRAWINGS


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INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHS


(CSX2287)6825-31 Norwitch Drive

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County,

Pennsylvania 19153

INDEX TO BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS

Casey Maxon, photographer, January 2014

PA 650 A 1 Profile view of left side

PA 650 A 2 !view of front and one side

PA 650 A 3 !view of rear and one sidePA 650 A 4 Interior view from left side

PA 650 A 5 Detail view of chassis number plate

PA 650 A 6 Detail view of instruments


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Location: 6825-31 Norwitch Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County,

Pennsylvania 19153

Dates of

Construction: October 1963 January 1964

Designer/Engineer/

Builder: Shelby American, Inc., Venice, California

Peter E. Brock, designer

Ken Miles, race team manager and engineer

Phil Remington, chief engineer

Original Owner

and Use: Shelby American, Inc.

1042 Princeton Drive, Venice, California

Registration: 1E 013 for California Manufacturer

Shelby American used the vehicle as part of its racing team program in

1964 and 1965.

Present Owner

and Use: Fredrick A. Simeone, M.D.

6825-31 Norwitch Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153

Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum display and limited exhibition

Significance: The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe chassis number CSX2287 is

nationally significant based on four criteria. First, it is associated with

important American and international competition events including the

Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) International

Manufacturers GT Championship series and land speed record runs at

the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Second, it is associated with important

automotive designers, builders and drivers such as Carroll Shelby, Peter

Brock, Ken Miles, Phil Remington and Phil Hill. Third, is the

significance of its aerodynamic design, and the construction techniques

that were used to build the car. Fourth, is its information value as a

prototype racecar that retains much of its original materials, components

and finishes. The period of significance for CSX2287 was from January

1964 to December 1965.

Description: CSX2287 is a two-door, front-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive,

aluminum-bodied prototype competition car. It has a naturally aspirated


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Ford Motor Company 289 cubic inch displacement V-8 engine with four

Weber 48 mm IDA carburetors. Its drivetrain consists of a four-speed

Borg Warner T10 manual transmission and a Salisbury 4HU

differential. The chassis, manufactured in the United Kingdom by A.C.

Cars Ltd., consists of a steel ladder tube type frame incorporating four-wheel independent suspension and four-wheel disc brakes. The exterior

of the body is painted in Ford Guardsman Blue. The paint exhibits wear

and deterioration believed to be circa 1966. The car was disassembled,

repaired and partially restored in 2004 and still retains many of its

materials, components and finishes from the 1960s.

History: The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287 was the prototype racing

coupe version of the Shelby Cobra roadster produced by Shelby

American, Inc. CSX2287 was built from October 1963 to January1964 to

compete against Ferrari and other manufacturers in the FIA International

Manufacturers GT Championship. CSX2287 was commissioned and

built by Shelby American, Inc. based on the efforts of designer Peter

Brock, racing director Ken Miles, fabricator John Ohlsen and chief

engineer Phil Remington. The coupe was built on the same chassis,

suspension, engine, transmission and other mechanical components used

for the Cobra roadsters. Peter Brocks aerodynamic body design with a

truncated tail section enabled the car to achieve more than 180 miles per

hour and compete successfully against Ferrari in the FIA championship.

The construction of and assembly of CSX2287 took place in Los

Angeles, California. The five subsequent Daytona Coupes based on

CSX2287 were partially built in Italy.

CSX2287 was raced in eight events during the 1964 and 1965 FIA

seasons. In 1964, Shelby American, Inc., achieved second place in the

final standings of the FIA International Manufacturers GT

Championship based on the strong race results with CSX2287 and the

other new Cobra Daytona Coupes. In 1965, Shelby American, Inc. won

the FIA International Manufacturers GT Championship based mainly on

the success achieved with the Cobra Daytona Coupes. This victory was

the first American automobile manufacturer victory in an FIA

international championship series. In November 1965, CSX2287 was

driven to a total of 23 national (United States Auto Club) national and

international (FIA) land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in

Utah. The car was sold by Shelby American, Inc. in 1966 to a private

owner and was never raced competitively again.

Sources: A. Primary Sources

AC Cobra.Road and Track. June 1964. 63-66.

Blunk, Frank M. Shelbys Plan to Race in Europe Draws Speculation on

Drivers.New York Times, March 29, 1964.


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Brock, Peter, Dave Friedman, and George Stauffer.Daytona Cobra

Coupes. Blue Mounds, WI: Stauffer Publishing. 1995.

Brock, Peter interview by Paul Sanderson. December 12, 2013.

Cobra Coupe Sequel.Motor Trend, May 1964. 74 75.

Friedman, Dave. Shelby American Racing History. Osceola, WI:

Motorbooks International, 1997.

Innocents Abroad. Car and Driver. September 1964. 22.

Market Place.Road and Track. December 1966. 124.

Phipps, David and Steve Smith. Sharpening Swords for Le Mans:

Ferrari Favored, Ford Fizzles, Cobra Sizzles. Car and Driver.

July 1964. 39.

Remembering the Shelby Years 1962 1969,Interviews compiled by

Dave Friedman (Los Angeles: The Carroll Shelby Childrens

Foundation, 1998) 212.

Remington, Phil. Typed letter to Alan Man. April 20, 1965.

http://cobraferrariwars.com/2-docs-cfw/16817400.pdf.

SCCAs United States Road Racing Championships. Sports Car.

November 1963. 28 31.

Sebring 1964. Car and Driver. June 1964. 27 32.

Shelby, Carroll. The Carroll Shelby Story. As told to John Bentley. New

York: Pocket Books, 1967.

B. Secondary Sources

Comer, Colin. The life of Phil Remington,Road & Track, June 18,

2013. http://www.roadandtrack.com/features/magazine/features-

magazines-features-the-life-of-phil-remington.

Moity, Christian, Jean Marc Teissedre, Alain Bienvenu. 24 Heures Du

Mans.English Version Adapted and Translated by David

Waldron. France: Editions DArt J.P. Barthelemy, 1993.

Simeone M.D., Frederick A. The Simeone Automotive Museum: The

Spirit of Competition. Philadelphia: Coachbuilt Press, 2008.

Wallace A. Wyss. Shelbys Wildlife. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks

International, 1977.


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Wimpffen, Jnos L. Time and Two Seats: Five Decades of Long

Distance Racing. Redmond, WA: Motorsport Research Group,

1999.

C. Likely Sources Not Yet Investigated

1. David Friedman archives

2. Ford Motor Company archives

3. Shelby American, Inc. archives

4. FIA archives

5. AC Cars, Ltd. archives

6. Bob Bondurant archives

7. Michael L. Shoen archives

Historians: Casey T. Maxon, Historic Vehicle Association, January 2014

Project

Information: The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe documentation was co-sponsored by

the Historic Vehicle Association (HVA) and Historic Documentation

Programs (HDP) in collaboration with the Simeone Foundation

Automotive Museum. This project is the first time an automobile has

been recorded under Secretary of the Interior Standards and Guidelines

for Architectural and Engineering. Mark D. Gessler, President, HVA

and Richard OConnor, Ph.D., Chief, Heritage Documentation Programs

directed the project. J. Lawrence Lee, Ph.D., P.E. was the project

manager for the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER).

The overview history of CSX2287 was prepared by HVA historians

Casey T. Maxon and John R. Paul with assistance from current owner

Fredrick A. Simeone, M.D., consulting historian Bruce D. Judd, FAIA

and Peter E. Brock, original designer of CSX2287. Photographs were

produced by Casey T. Maxon and automotive photographer Michael

Furman. The field work and measured drawings were directed by J.

Lawrence Lee and prepared by HDP architects John Wachtel and Jeremy

Mauro.

Hagerty Insurance Agency, Inc. of Traverse City, Michigan, provided

funding to the HVA to support this project.


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Appendix A: Historic Images

Figure 1. The Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype during initial construction at California Metal Shaping in LosAngeles, California in December 1964. The aluminum panels are being formed to match the wooden buck

that sits on a Cobra roadster frame. Photo courtesy of the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust.


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Figure 3. The Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype during initial testing at Riverside International Raceway inRiverside, California on February 1, 1964. Photo courtesy of the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust.

Figure 2. The Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype during initial testing at Riverside International Raceway inRiverside, California on February 1, 1964. Pictured with the car are Shelby American, Inc. mechanics, John

Collins and John Ohlsen. Photo courtesy of the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust.


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Figure 4. The Cobra Daytona Coupe during its first race, the FIA Daytona 2000 kms Continental on

February 16, 1964 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo courtesy of the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust.


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Figure 5. The Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype during its first race, the FIA Daytona 2000 kms Continental

on February 16, 1964 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo courtesy of the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust.


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Appendix B: Studio Photography

Figure 1. The Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype as photographed in studio by Michael Furman. Photo

courtesy of Michael Furman.

Figure 2. The Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype as photographed in studio by Michael Furman. Photocourtesy of Michael Furman.


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Figure 3. A Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype intake manifold detail as photographed in studio by Michael

Furman. Photo courtesy of Michael Furman.


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