Shelby Daytona Coupe CSX2299
Photos by Greg Holland / VSRN
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CSX2299 was the 2nd of the Shelby Daytona Coupes
completed. In 1964, Dan Gurney
& Bob Bondurant drove it to a 1st in GT
class and 2nd overall at LeMans. The car
shown here is in the 1965 configuration, as
it ran at Sebring with the number 13.
Notice the wide white stripes and it is painted
in the darker Guardsman Blue paint.
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| This car was the first of the coupes whose body was built in Italy. There was so little time to before LeMans, that Shelby couldn't spare the first car for them to copy, so the Italians kind of winged it. To make a long story short, the problem area was the roof. This body actually has a flatter, more pleasant looking roofline, but the car was 11 MPH slower on long straights! Needless to say, the remaining 4 coupes were built to match the original!!!!! | |
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