Cobra Body Styles

[Naumoff]

Originally Posted by Badger

If you start getting technical, there were actually THREE different Daytona Coupe body configurations! CSX2287, the proto, was the only coupe built in California; it has the "most correct" roofline. The next five were constructed in Modena by Carozzeria Gransport. Their first try, CSX 2299, was an attempt to "correct" what they thought was the mistake of the "strange roofline" of the first. (They wanted 2299 to look more like a Ferrari) This car was not as aerodynaically effective as the first, so the next three coupes had a compromised line halfway between the first and second coupes. The new Superformance Coupe has the "correct" roofline of the first car. The exact diffrences can be seen in comparison photos of all the coupes in the book, Daytona Cobra Coupes" if you can find a copy. Badger

Those damn Italians. That Coupe looked good though.

I read this on the web once. I think it was a link on the ERA website to a guy who is scratch building an aluminum Coupe. his site had the link to the history of the Coupes.
I couldn't find the link but here are the chassis numbers of the Coupes from his website.
Only six Daytona Coupes were originally built by Shelby American in 1964 and 1965. The original was chassis number CSX2287. Chassis numbers 2289, 2300, 2601, 2602 and 2286 followed as rapidly as time and materials were available.