1965 Shelby Cobra

CSX2750 is an authentic Bondurant Edition Shelby Daytona Coupe. A tribute based on the car piloted by world-champion Bob Bondurant in 1965. Only 3 historically-accurate Tribute sportscars have been built. Each of the handcrafted Daytona's features a CSX2000 Shelby serial number to be documented in the Shelby Registry. The Bondurant edition Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes are historically-accurate continuations with leaf spring suspensions, tube frames, aluminum bodies and thin wooden-rimmed steering wheels. Based on CSX2601, They are painted in the legendary Guardsmen Blue wnd Wimbledon White paint scheme of the 1965 Shelby Race team. This Shelby Daytona Bondurant Tribute also features modernized disc brakes, as well as updated and strengthened frame, and a racing interior. CSX2750 was completed with an Aluminum Block 289 based Engine from Shelby Engine Company. Its was punched out to 331 cubic inches making 450HP and is topped with period correct 4 2-barrel Webbers and is fixed to a 4 speed Manual transmission just like the original 1965 Championship Daytona Coupes. CSX2750 was the first tribute dedicated in this limited edition run and is still on the original Shelby Manufacturers Statement of Origin (MSO) and has never been titled. It has only 41 miles and is available for $599,950. In 1963, Bondurant joined Carroll Shelby's racing team for the final three races of the season. He won all of them in a 289 Cobra roadster including the LA Times Grand Prix pre-race; he could not qualify in time for the grid, so he started last and still came in 8th overall against the prototypes. Bob then went to Europe in 1964 to win the GT class at Le Mans with teammate Dan Gurney in a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. He drove both Shelby Cobra roadsters and Daytona Coupes during 1965, winning seven out of ten total FIA World Championship races. His incredible feat secured the FIA GT Championship title for Ford and Shelby.