Shelby Daytona Coupe is an American sports-coupe.
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12 Facts About Shelby Daytona
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The original project had six Shelby Daytona Coupes built for racing purposes between 1964 and 1965, as Carroll Shelby was reassigned to the Ford GT40 project to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, again to beat Ferrari in the highest level prototype class.
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The Shelby Daytona has recently been chosen for historic preservation as a significant vehicle in the history of auto racing.
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The Shelby Daytona Coupes won the GT III class for the 1965 International Championship for GT Manufacturers.
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Carroll Shelby Daytona, after winning Le Mans in 1959, wanted to return to Europe to beat Enzo Ferrari at Le Mans with a car of his own design.
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Shelby Daytona then placed driver Ken Miles in the car, and using scrap wood and gaffer tape, designed the windscreen - the first component to be manufactured for the car.
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Shelby Daytona later said that, in hindsight, the extension would have been "too much work" and would have made the car too long, but that Howard had been right all along.
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Carroll Shelby Daytona told a fictitious version of the story, claiming that it had an accident when being put on the truck to go to Le Mans.
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Carroll Shelby himself owned this Daytona before it was sold by RM Auctions for $4.
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In July 2015 Shelby American announced that they would produce a limited run of 50 continuation Daytonas to honor the 50th anniversary of the Daytona's win in the International Championship for GT Manufacturers.
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Carroll Shelby has explained that he does not want it to be called a Cobra, but it does bear resemblance to the Daytona.
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