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xb-60 02-20-2013 02:39 PM
CSX2259 front fenders
 
This post is related to tkb289's thread on FIA trunk bumps....
Kurt said:
Quote:
Originally Posted by LightNFast (Post 1231738)
....The fifth car (2259) never made it to Europe and also didn't have them [trunk bumps]. So 3 out of 5 had dimples...
CSX2259 is an unusual car. It didn't have trunk bumps, and it had two configurations of front fenders
FIA-type front flares:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...psdeeb5abc.jpg

and standard(-ish) roadster front fenders, with fairing:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...psea6c76ed.jpg

Does anybody know the story on why 2259 had different front fenders at different times? I'm assuming that it started out with the standard roadster fenders with fairings and then changed to the FIA front flares. As an FIA car, why was it different in this way?
Cheers,
Glen

CompClassics 02-20-2013 06:34 PM
CSX2259 & **** started life with standard front fenders with "spats" added by SAI when run at Daytona, later on the fenders were reshaped to what became the flared fender that the comp cars were delivered with later on from the factory. The #16 car provided in your post is a recreation of 2259, the real 2259 was destroyed at Sebring in 1964.

LMH 02-20-2013 06:44 PM
Yep, destroyed!
One thing I've never seen replicated is the air deflector on the windscreen. Always thought that was something I'd do if I ever did an FIA.
Larry

LightNFast 02-20-2013 07:38 PM
FIA CSX2259 Testing at Daytona-1964...

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...ental-1964.JPG

xb-60 02-20-2013 08:06 PM
Recreation?
 
Isn't there some controversity about 2259? I've heard occasional references to it but don't know any of the story. Was it written off and then rebuilt with new chassis, new body, or what?
Cheers,
Glen

LMH 02-20-2013 10:13 PM
Usable parts of the original were used on an Angliss body/chassis, which is the car seen today. I don't think there's much controversy over it though as it's history is known.
Larry

CompClassics 02-20-2013 10:39 PM
I believe the Registry refers to the car as a "replica".

1ntCobra 02-21-2013 06:11 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by xb-60 (Post 1232036)
Isn't there some controversity about 2259? I've heard occasional references to it but don't know any of the story. Was it written off and then rebuilt with new chassis, new body, or what?
Cheers,
Glen
The story is usable parts were taken off the car, the frame was cut up and thrown out. But apparently a Shelby employee took some parts of the frame out of the dumpster and sold them at some point. And later those frame parts were sent to Brian Angliss and a car was built.

xb-60 02-21-2013 02:13 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1ntCobra (Post 1232075)
The story is usable parts were taken off the car, the frame was cut up and thrown out. But apparently a Shelby employee took some parts of the frame out of the dumpster and sold them at some point. And later those frame parts were sent to Brian Angliss and a car was built.
...and which car did those frame bits from the dumpster become?

1ntCobra 02-21-2013 06:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by xb-60 (Post 1232109)
...and which car did those frame bits from the dumpster become?
I'll try to paraphrase the registry...

Supposedly Shelby employee Jim Findlay removed some parts of the cut up CSX2259 remains from the dumpster. Later Lynn Park bought whatever it was that Findlay found. And a replica of CSX2259 was built around that by Brian Angliss.

It sounds like it is not clear whether anything was actually taken from the dumpster and if something was taken, there is no description of what it was.


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