Csx2080

[CobraDan]

Shelby Cobra Lost for Three Decades Expected to Fetch Nearly a Half-Million at Auction

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/ju...nd_auction.php

[Old Phart]

Interesting story. I wonder why the new Cobra registry has different information for CSX 2080. Lost for 3 decades? Really?

[slider701]

Originally Posted by Old Phart

Interesting story. I wonder why the new Cobra registry has different information for CSX 2080. Lost for 3 decades? Really?

Interesting story is an understatement.

Guy paid $30,000 for the car in gold coins from his dad, 30 years ago, drove it once and pinched his arm in the door so he parked it in a trailer for 30 years.

Just doesn't add up.........but I guess a lot of "barn finds" have crazy stories like this attached to it.

I wonder how long it will be until someone crawls out of the woodwork and puts a claim to the car for an equally crazy story of their own......much like the lost Daytona Coupe

[1985 CCX]

Cool car! Story on these cars, expecially the proverbial "Barn Find", always seem to have a bit of hmmm about them. 350lb guy? I have a co-worker at 350lb+ that tried to get into my CCX once and it nearly required a helo rescue...
The unrestored car is now a concept that has become desirable. Didn't these cars come with sealed Lucas lights?

Early registry has the car starting in PA then to WA, was a red car with black interior.

Cool car none the less.

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by Old Phart

Interesting story. I wonder why the new Cobra registry has different information for CSX 2080. Lost for 3 decades? Really?

Let's see.... (balances one hand against the other)...
...believe the SAAC Cobra Registrar...believe a used car dealer...believe the Registrar...believe the dealer.

hmmm...tough call.

[GWL]

One of the pictures in the two articles shows the car with a 1963 WA plate. The plate also looks like it has a few different color stickers on it, similar to newer registration/inspection stickers.

Story does not sound right. How and when did the car move from WA to FL?

30 years in a trailer. I'd like to see the condition of the trailer after all that time.

George

[Nedsel]

I see no problem with the history. The original owner, from WA, sold the car to a dealer in GA in 1978. He sold it to the owner from FL, Carl Windham.

The car wasn't 30 years in a trailer. Two people who were looking for a 289 Cobra in the mid 90's and placed "wanted - 289 Cobra" ads were contacted by Windham, claiming his name was Thagard. The car was in a garage in south Florida. Or maybe more than one, as the owner seemed to like to move it around, possibly for fear someone might steal it. Both potential buyers gave us the heads-up about the car, noting that it was tatty and had mouse droppings in the interior. For some people, "barn find" is often just another way of describing a car that has simply been neglected for a number of years.

[CobraDan]

I just viewed CSX2080 at the Concours d’ Elegance in Boca Raton on Sunday February 27, 2011. The 1963 Shelby Cobra is owned by Donnie Gould of Fort Lauderdale, Fl. it is a 289-271 HP matching numbers car. The car has been parked since 1981 and has just completed a mechanical restoration with close attention paid to preserving original condition. This is the first time CSX 2080 has been shown publicly in over 30 years. Give me restored.

[CobraDan]

More than likely because the Cobra registry was out dated when it went into print especially the way cobras exchange hands these days. For the latest up dates you need to read the pages of Club Cobra.

[Old Phart]

Here is another article:

http://auctionsamerica.com/events/fe...e=FL11&ID=r288

[Trueoo7]

So just how many of the original cobras are still unaccounted for according to Cobra registry?

[Nedsel]

I'm scratching my head, wondering how a car that has been documented as having been in various storage garages in Florida for the past 30 years, is described as "unaccounted for."

The owner's name was wrong in the registry because Windham didn't want people looking at the car in the 90's to be able to locate him. So he gave them a pseudonym, Bill Thagard, which is what ended up in the book. But we have photos of the car and a good description of it as well, which - curiously enough - exactly matches what is now being said about 2080.

Unaccounted for? I don't think so.

[YerDugliness]

I looked at all the photos. "Vintage", "patina", both are OK, but at least they could have polished the top of the chrome air cleaner, couldn't they?

Take a look at the closeup of the fender vent....very nicely sculpted into the body. Nothing in the replica industry comes close, not even the Shelby replicas (although the Shelby replicas do have a nicely finished cutout where the sidepipes exit the body on the 427 models).

The 289 model is most assuredly my favorite of all the Cobras, but I think.....no, I KNOW...the FIA model is my clear favorite. Slab-sides look cool, but the FIA is HOT!

Cheers from Dugly

[CobraDan]

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Pictures of the Iconic



http://iconicmotors.com/ Iconic web site

[PeteF]

The side vents look a little different than others. My memory is that the side vents were not on the early cars, leading me to think these may have been added at a later time. I don't remember at which serial number they were added in production, but someone on CC probably does........

[Nedsel]

The car's original owner added the side vents and hood scoop (purchased through Shelby American) in 1968, following which he also repainted it. The standard side vents did not appear until CSX 2157, although the Le Mans Replica race cars with earlier chassis numbers had larger versions of them.

[A-Snake]

Originally Posted by Nedsel

The car's original owner added the side vents and hood scoop (purchased through Shelby American) in 1968, following which he also repainted it. The standard side vents did not appear until CSX 2157, although the Le Mans Replica race cars with earlier chassis numbers had larger versions of them.

I would add that the first group of standard side vent cars had 'cut out' type vents. Later cars had vents that were separate pieces screwed on.

[Dwight]

Thanks Dan for the pics

Dwight

[1985 CCX]

Great thread thank you for the pictures and history.....

[PeteF]

Good details, thanks Ned.....