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427 Willmet Daytona Coupe?
I visited the shelby museum in boulder, co last saturday. When I got there they said "no cameras", what's up with that?
One of the more interesting cars there was an unfinished daytona coupe. I asked about it and they said it was started by Willmet as a 427 Daytona but since the 427 didn't get homologated it was never finished. Looking in the unfinished headlight holes I confirmed it was on a coil sprung chassis. Wow what a great car that would have been. Anyone have any more information on this project? It's the first I've heard of it. Chuck |
The use to let cameras in, but from talking to people involved in the collection, they had issues with people leaning over the ropes and bumping cars with cameras. As a result they stopped letting people in with cameras.
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Chuck, according to the Willmentcars.com website a second Willment Coupe was started but not completed and ended up at Holman and Moody. In the mid 80s it was sold finished:confused: to a customer with a Holman Moody 427. Wonder what the chassis number is. Check out the website, nice pictures. Paul
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Neat webpage! I'll have to explore it more. That is very curious about the one being finished.
Chuck |
Paul, as far as I know(...but who the hell am I?!)that chassis never had a number, or at least it`s been lost over time. Thanks for alerting me to the Willment page, some great pix there!
Nik. |
I was thinking....
I was thinking, maybe the story got mixed up with finishing the SuperCoupe in the mid 80s?
Chuck |
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Hi Chuck, the car you are talking about is at the Larry Miller collection in Utah. Here is a link to some pictures of it onother website :cool:
http://forums.atlasf1.com/showthread.php?threadid=94386 |
Ah yes, I thought that's where it was. I had seen it in the background of someone else's pictures at one time. Thanks for letting me know and getting the additional pictures!
Chuck |
Chuck,
Some great photo`s that you have posted,do you know what the chassis No for this car is ? |
In the book' Shelbys Wildlife' ( hope I have the correct Title ) is that the car that was in the UK that a private owner had and was looking to finish. I had the impression that it was a second version of the long wheelbase 2286 car.
From memory ( its a couple of decades since I last read the book ) it may have been on a coil spring chassis. There is a photo of the car and I think the text ran along the lines of 'one day a big block car may yet become a reality'. Fairly sure the car was styled along original coupe lines rather than the 'super coupe'. Jac Mac |
Jac Mac, you are right, there is a picture of this car in question in Wallace Wyss`s book "Shelbys Wildlife" on page 72.
I just had a look, it is a small picture in b/w, i did,nt even notice it when i first read it, shame on me :o . I wonder if Shelby Mechanic John Olsen had a hand in building it as he did with the Willment Coupe. Perhaps Historybuff can shed some light on this?:) |
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