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CSX2127 -- reborn.
A wonderful story about one of the most famous of Cobras being rescued from a collector and returned to its rightful place on the racetrack.
https://grrc.goodwood.com/goodwood-r...-cobra-csx2127 |
It's a beautiful car, but depending on the occasion it might be the original car or it might be a Kirkham. Hopefully the ownership of both remains with the one owner, or things could get awkward...
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From the article:
"The car was driven in period by Carroll Shelby himself, 1961 F1 World Champion Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Ken Miles, Bob Holbert and a number of prominent racers. The car usually placed in the top four in its first year of racing..." Behind what I wonder? |
As with all these race cars there is a story.
Wrecked, repaired, repainted, restored to it original spec. In the end the story is a good as the writer. Nice car. Lots of story. |
Guys .... I noticed in the article that the car had been owned by someone here in South Carolina . Does anyone happen to know who that was ? Reason I ask is a late friend of mine had a shop not far from me with over a dozen vintage cars , and still had CSX 3114 when he died . I remember talking to the guys at the shop and they said he had sold another CSX to a collector in France some years ago . I think it was a car driven by Hal Keck , which would make it a 427 car and this is a 289 car ??
Thanks BTW , His Penske/Donahue Lola went to a collector in Greece ..... hope he raced it as Dale did every now and then . CSX 3114 is still here in the area . |
Keck drove this 289... and, yes, Dale sold it to the Frenchman.
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When he found out that I was French he refused to even allow me in the workshop!’
Ludovic found himself a hotel and did some thinking. He reminded himself that his priority was to secure the Cobra – even if it meant embellishing the truth somewhat – and ‘phoned the vendor again. ‘I did my best to assure him that I personally supported America’s position about Iraq and that I had no time for [then-French President] Jacques Chirac! He still seemed wary of me, but two days later we had a deal… ‘ Best part of the story. :LOL: |
Thanks Ron ..... I still have some of the history on that car that the guys put together for the Frenchman somewhere ... and I do remember them telling me how they spent several days here trying to get Dale to sell the car to them . FWIW , a friend of mine was friends with the Kecks and also was on the crew for Hal . He still has a lot of info and photos on most of Hal`s cars .
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