Superformance Coupe goes to Louisville Nationals!

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Originally posted by vettestr
The coupe has its place in history and I love the looks until you get the view many will see! The rear view looks like they ran out of materials or time and covered the hole with a sheet of plywood. I know I will get grief for this blasphemy, just my 2 cents. I do appreciate the car and wish I could own one or two but would want to finish the body with the flow and grace of the rest of the great looking body lines.

...a dash of history will 'apologize' for the rear's lack of grace. Remember, the coupe was built to overcome the lack of aero 'grace' of the roadster, both with and without a hardtop... they felt they hit the wall at top speed with the open car, so they built the coupe.

Conventional engineering wisdom (back then, as well as today) includes copying the best features of your competitor.

Here's the rear of the Ferrari 250GTO in 1963



...looks a bit similar.

Originally posted by Thorin
...Did Shelby ever put a 427 in a coupe?

All the racing coupes from Shelby works had small-blocks.
CSX3054 was started in 1965 as a 427 coupe, but the project was dropped; the car was completed in 1980, dubbed the 'Super Coupe', #65.
CSX3055, the Willment-Ghia coupe had a 427, but never competed.