An Extremely Rare Daytona Cobra Coupe

[black mamba]

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This is a very important piece of Ford racing history. The last one of these to change hands sold at well over $2 million.

[Azzaro]

Hi Tom.....That is a really neat car but I think I would rather have the 2 million.:D Nice set........ azzaro

[black mamba]

Hi Azzaro,

You, I, and most other folks would take the bucks over the car. But if you have the bucks, this is a great car to have. The sounds this thing made when they fired it up were almost unholy. The most amazing thing about the car was, however, how much the color changed depending on the angle of the sunlight hitting it. Notice how the colors around the Cobra, particularly the Corvette alongside, remain constant but the blue color on the Cobra changed dramatically. I've never seen such a stark difference before.

Tom

[Jack'll do]

Hi Tom.....That is a really neat car but I think I would rather have the 2 million.:D Nice set........ azzaro

:agree Then again whoever buys it undoubtedly has many more millions left over :huh

[Panther]

Howdy Tom,

What a stunning Racer, AC Cobra's have been my Dream car for the last 30 years, maybe when I grow up I can get one:D

Neat shots, well done once again!!!

[Toshido]

I find it neat that the car has a spare tire in it's trunk. I doubt modern race cars carry full size spares :)


I also love the cobras.

[JChurill]

:whew

[black mamba]

Hi Toshido,

I wonder if the car actually raced with that spare tire in the trunk....I rather doubt it but it's certainly possible that it did.

Tom

[black mamba]

Hi JChurill,

I hear you brother. I pant after that thing myself.

Tom

[cj99si]

Ive got one of those just sitting in my garage. I should probably sell it:scratch

[moose135]

Great shots of a sweet car!

I wonder if the car actually raced with that spare tire in the trunk....I rather doubt it but it's certainly possible that it did. Yes, it probably would have. FIA regulations covering sports car classes at that time required them to run with a spare tire and a luggage compartment, capable of fitting a rules-specified-sized suitcase. I think it was to retain the notion of these as "road-going sports cars" rather than the full-out race cars that they were becoming.

[black mamba]

Hey Moose,

That's an interesting observation you've made about the FIA rules in force about that time... and I don't doubt it's validity. It goes to show you how some regulations can hang around well beyond their valid application because, when the Daytona Coupe was racing, the charade was permanetly over.....that car was nothing short of an all-out, full-bore race car.

Tom