Rare Find 427 Prototype

[WarrenG]

Was 2196 the one Miles put into the tree at Riverside?

[csx wnab]

Originally Posted by WarrenG

Was 2196 the one Miles put into the tree at Riverside?

thats the one. i have seen that car up close and man, that thing is beautiful. i would have to say it's more rare than those coupes everyone talks about. i like the "TURD".

[khansmith]

Sad that it handles so bad. I really like the design. Found this pic of a front on shot:



Not sure if these are the same car but probably gets the design across from a couple of different angles.

[Jac Mac]

Originally Posted by WarrenG

Was 2196 the one Miles put into the tree at Riverside?

No, The Teddy treebagger car was one of the first FE engined prototypes with 'normal' type opening doors/trunk/bonnet etc, perhaps its most obvious feature visual was the three inverted saucer shaped air inlets to the radiator just above the std grill opening.
Pages 160/161 of Carroll Shelbys Racing Cobra... by Freidman & Christy.
On the next couple of pages there are several pics of the body of 2196 in the process of fabrication with all the extra strips of alloy that were inserted to make it wider etc clearly visible.
In the attached pic the bare bones car in foreground is 2196, Im guessing the 2nd car is the prototype going only by the apparent size of the headers.

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by Jac Mac

No, The Teddy treebagger car was one of the first FE engined prototypes with 'normal' type opening doors/trunk/bonnet etc, perhaps its most obvious feature visual was the three inverted saucer shaped air inlets to the radiator just above the std grill opening.
Pages 160/161 of Carroll Shelbys Racing Cobra... by Freidman & Christy.
On the next couple of pages there are several pics of the body of 2196 in the process of fabrication with all the extra strips of alloy that were inserted to make it wider etc clearly visible.
In the attached pic the bare bones car in foreground is 2196, Im guessing the 2nd car is the prototype going only by the apparent size of the headers.

There is a misprint in at least one of the Cobra books that would explain your statement above, however 2196 started off as the treebagger car and was later built into the flip-top.