Carroll Shelby · 1964–1965
Shelby Daytona
The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe) is an American sports-coupé. It is related to the Shelby Cobra roadster, loosely based on its chassis and drive-train developed and built as an advanced evolution. It was engineered and purpose built for auto racing, specifically to take on Ferrari and its 250 GTO in the GT class. The original project had six Shelby Daytona Coupes built for racing purposes between 1964 and 1965, as Carroll Shelby was reassigned to the Ford GT40 project to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, again to beat Ferrari in the highest level prototype class. Shelby won a title in the International Championship for GT Manufacturers in the 1965 season with the Shelby Daytona car, thus becoming the first American constructor to win a title on the international scene at the FIA World Championships. In 2014, the first Cobra Daytona Coupe became the first vehicle recorded under a U.S. federal program for documenting historically important national treasures.
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Specifications
- name
- Shelby Daytona
- Body style
- 2-door coupe
- Manufacturer
- Shelby American
- Layout
- FMR layout
- Model years
- 1964–1965
- Engine
- Ford 289 CID V8
- Assembly
- Venice, California, USA, Modena, Italy
- Wheelbase
- 2286 mm
- Length
- 4150 mm
- Width
- 1720 mm
- Height
- 1180 mm
- Kerb weight
- 1043 kg
- Designer
- Pete Brock
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1540773CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_DaytonaCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1372010424 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shelby_Daytona,_1964.JPGCC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo: User:Jaydec · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.