Shelby Daytona Coupe at LeMans #2

[wordreet]

Thanks for sharing this. An epic ride, just a shame it wasn't longer. :¬)

[MAKAVELLI228]

I thought they didn't allow porn on YouTube? O_o

[crv26]

fuck

[ShelbyDaytonaCoupe]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrTomTom10OPM]

i never came so quick

[ChrisWrightSydney]

@0289XYZ - different peter brock. Pete Brock the car designer is much older than the late Peter Brock from Australia, who ironically was killed driving a Daytona Coupe replica... Pete Brock is alive and kicking and doing a lot of development work with old Datsuns (Brock Racing Enterprises), as well as photography and covering major historic car events etc. Cheers.

[addvali]

One person disliked this? Seriously??

[H0ellenKex]

@addvali has to be a ferrari GTO driver xD

[0289XYZ]

You can see the difference in aerodynamics. When the Coupe unwinds, it blows right my the cobra roadster. I would not mind owining both.

[0289XYZ]

GOD BLESS PPETER BROCK, DESGNER OF THE DAYTON COUPE. RIP

[Logicalification]

@0289XYZ He's still alive. I met him last week.

[0289XYZ]

@Logicalification

Sadly, you are wrong. Search "Peter Brock Death Crash" in you tube.

[Logicalification]

@0289XYZ Peter Brock is dead. PETE Brock (who designed the Daytona Coupe) is very much alive. Their names are so similar though, that wikipedia and google assume if you type in "PETE" you wanted "PETER."

[Quagmire1975]

I'm getting aroused listening to that engine. WOW!

[MarMPB]

At 1:26 you start to see why the daytona coupe was created: To be faster than the ac cobra in a long straight!

[sucha603boy]

i hope the 260 im building for my comet will sound close to that.

[302RangerStang]

I swear that 289 wound out is pure ear sex!! I love those old Ford engines!!

[thedeem0N]

the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is Front Engine, the Ford GT 40, which won multiple consecutive years at Le Mans is Rear Engine (or "Mid-Engine", but behind the driver is rear in my book...) & that could put the Daytona coupe at either a great advantage (rear engine cars spin like merry-go-rounds when any contact's made with the rear of the car...look at Porsche 911's & their Race History....)

[mrmeanr]

What is that trans, a T-5? That 5th gear just sucks the life right out of that motor. Such a good noise though.

[pencilneck22]

@mrmeanr, my memory might not be 100% correct here but I believe that they didn't have 5 speed that would stand up to that 289. I think that the trans was a 4 speed Ford top loader. Cast iron. They were pretty bullet proof. For LeMans, they'd probably make up the long straight gearing at the rear end. Just a guess mind you but I think I'm right on this.

[mrmeanr]

@pencilneck22 Possibly, but the car in the video shown here, has 5 gears, count them. I'm assuming this is a FFR Replica with a 289-351ci sbf with a t-5 or similar trans.

[pencilneck22]

@mrmeanr, coming out of Mulsanne, that's a first gear corner I'm told. From there I got three shifts. The driver does something strange after that but it's not a shift. I think what he did was put in the clutch and tried to push the shifter into the fifth that wasn't there. He pulls it back into four and he's awkwardly off again. It's happened to me more than a few times driving a four speed. Ooopsie! You're just kinda running on automatic and your street or other car is a five speed . . .

[corky2002]

Next time I watch this I'm going to need a bucket to put under my mouth...droooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooool

[Tarten46]

Never try sticking your Italian crank in a Yank! Take that Enzo, ya pranceing pony bitch.

[ihopetospeed1]

Gotta love the sound and performance and of that "little' 289.

[nimaxx38]

i wont to get a FFR cobara coupe

[tinkerjeep]

The point is: "Why cant cars be like they were in the 60s and 70s...blah blah blah?"

I'm saying that's a stupid question.

Don't compare econo-junk with a Cobra! Don't think just because the Cobra was built in the 60s that all cars from that era were "cool". I pointed out several that I think were "uncool" from that era. You can include any econo-box in that group, new and old. Testosterone fuels strong V8s. Mileage is for girls. ;P

[MrXyborg]

That engine is the physical incarnation of the word fury! I got gose-bumps now!

[REBELsst]

I want it to have my children!

[tinkerjeep]

@cobraracer1 - the film "Le Mans" was produced during the 1969 and 1970 " 24 hours of Le Mans" then released in 1971. The Mulsanne chicanes may have been in 1967 but they are an option. In the race footage of the film, the Mulsanne chicanes are not used. The 1971 film's coverage of the track corresponds very closely to an in-car video of Sterling Moss driving a GT40 in 1967 that I have. The current iteration of the Sarthe track barely resembles that in the earler years...more chicanes now.

[69stringibanez]

I love this song

[Fezztecfilms]

Could anyone ever get tired of that fantastic roar? No. Not me. NEVER. EVER.

[corvette52104]

i'm in love.

[muffhumper]

Is it just me or was he into that corner a little hot, then the video stops LOL :-)

[jileao]

@muffhumper

I thought the same. It looks like.

[Treetop64]

Love.

That.

NOISE!!!

[cralosfuentes]

the sound of the engine is beautiful. I have my stereo on full just to hear it.

the european sports cars could never mimic the sound of an american v8!

[TCF2148]

I just watched this video a dozen times. What a privelige it must be to drive this car!

[jamielynjoystewart]

This is not the mid 1960s. The chicanes installed on th mulsane straight were installed for the 1990 season. The Ford chicanes, just before the pit row were installed pre 1968 race. The Daytona's' first attempt at Le Mans was1964, 4th overall and 1st. in GT class. Dan gurney and Bob Bondurant, #5 painted the lighter guardsman blue.

[Dystopiologist]

I don't think he made that last turn. Anybody agree?

[amh1230]

@Dystopiologist absolutely. funny place to cut out on the vid, eh? no way he made that turn. not in that beast.

[Dystopiologist]

@amh1230

I'm sure he was wondering why everyone else hit the brakes early...

But his line is so wrong I hope that he didn't get hit.

[TCF2148]

@Dystopiologist

...Sounds about right. Could be atm pump from the manual steering.

[platinum014]

awww the sound of a small block. why have a big block v8 when you can have a 289.c.i v8 shelby daytona blow your doors off. lol

[kartingbeast93]

@platinum014 ur retarded its deff a 427 c.i. thats why its called the cobra 427 daytona coupe...

[platinum014]

@kartingbeast93 ugh no... It's called the shelby daytona coupe and yes it did come with a 289.... the daytona super coupe came with the 427.

[2girls1cupfan01]

@kartingbeast93 Try and find me a 1964 427 cobra. an infant could have told you this is a 289 car. 427 cobras started in 65. Dont be so quick to call smart people "retards", retard

[Treetop64]

@kartingbeast93

Confirming what Platinum014 said: The Daytona Cobras carried the little Ford 289s, albeit in very highly modified form. Amazing, huh? :)

[HuggormSWE]

@cobraracer1

Daytona Coupe won 1964 Le Mans, not 1967.

[cobraracer1]

@HuggormSWE

My mistake. You are correct. 1964 was the year. I believe the chicanes were installed after the 1964 race.

[Gamefan232949]

@cobraracer1 the mulsanne straight chicanes were installed in 1990, what are you talking about?

[66606cl66]

the noissssssse! :DSSS

[onoitsaWRX]

what a great video! such nice footage. thank you for sharing!

[jchevymannz]

damn it great to see that someone has the balls to race such a rare car

[Cobra428SCJ]

How did that race turnout? How did the Cobra Daytona fair? I could have watched that whole race. AMAZING. I love watching it pass other cars.

[coffindodger2008]

Thanks for posting this vid. Favorite car of all time. Selling my 11 sec 64 Falcon to build one this coming winter. Milner62 9.5:1 compression will never sound like this. They were running 12+:1 at the time. My 11:1 351w with J302 heads and small tube headers is close with no mufflers but it's not a high compression big block with split open headers, not much comes close,at least to my ears.

[Milner62]

I have plans for buying a kit car of this car and slapping under the hood a full rollerized EFI 351W with 9.5:1 compression with aluminum heads. I know I would love this kind of engine tone but the power output would be very simmilar. Be my luck time I get the money and time to do this factory five will discontinue the kit.

[ssaint565]

Is this a Historic Race Event? Looks to be chicanes on Mulsanne which weren't installed until 1990.

[THEUrinalCake]

Everybody loves a big block but goddamn you gotta give that little 289 credit. It was a world beater.

[HugeJasFilms]

My mind is totally blown...

[osgood54]

Did Shelby ever race the 427 Cobra Or only 289 powered cars? What a sound.

[treddingjr]

Not in the coupe form; they were in the mock-up stage when Ford told Shelby it wanted him to run the GT-40 program. One was finished and a former F1 driver owns it. There's a video of it n here somewhere. The championship coupes used a 289 that was bored out to about 325 c.i. from what I've read.

[magnusFFR5163RD]

Not as such. The rules changed while the 427 was still in development and when the rules were announced, the 427 was in direct competition with the GT40, which was not to Ford's liking as they were bankrolling Shelby in developing the GT40. The cars were modified and sold to other parties.

[magnusFFR5163RD]

Sort of. One car, CSX2196, was fitted with a 427 and raced by Shelby American once or twice. This car was a one-off that bridged the 289s and the 427s. CSX2196 handled terribly but proved the feasibility. By the time "the" 427 made it into production, the rules had changed and Shelby decided not to race 427s at this would put him in direct competition with Ford, who were paying Shelby to help with the Ford Racing program. The raceprepped 427s were modified and sold as S/C models to the public

[rapace101]

That engine sounds like Attila the Hun invading Europe. Wow...fantastic.

[redhead3031]

@rapace101

Best. Description. Ever.

[bigfastmercury]

Totally awesome video. The video is as rare as the car. What was no. 3? It had A LOT of power, to stave off the 427...

[john289]

I believe it's a Sunbeam Alpine Derrington, and if I'm right, then it's running the same engine as the Cobras of that year : a 289ci ford with quad Webers

[65SunbeamTiger]

The #3 car was called a Sunbeam Tiger Lister version. It had, are you ready for this, a 260 Ford V8. The Cobra Daytona Coupe had a Ford 289.

[XR4turbo]

ah yes a Tiger. Awesome cars. I don't get why they used a 260. Dimensionally its the same size as a 289 but has a smaller bore...which would fundamentally mean less revs. Doesn't seem like too great of a racing engine.

[65SunbeamTiger]

Checkout the Hollywood Sunbeam Tiger. That one did beat the Cobra. The Lister Tiger broke at Lemans. Looking at the video this thing did a pretty good job against the Daytona. You should check out Monterey Historics every August. They race all the REAL cars their. Full bore no guts no glory

[JackLawrenceXXX]

Magnum... The Daytona IS a Cobra... but with a more Aero body by Peter Brock in 1965... so it was 20 MPH faster than the Cobras on the straights...

[MagnumTheGamer]

what race track is that i cant remember the name but the cobra would eat all those cars half on the gas lol

[Bloodsteri667]

i think its the circuit de le sarthe

[john289]

It is indeed the Circuit de la Sarthe which in other words is called Le Mans !

[1besty1]

Sex on wheels!! Was that an alfa romeo in front? Gave you a run for your money there for a while! I am building a cobra rep. at the mo. Awesome cars!!!!!!

[sofalugger]

CSX 2601 SOLD FOR $7.25 MILLION at auction At Monterey on 15 August. The car was driven by Bob Bondurant to victory in the 12 Heures Du Reims on 4th July 1965! ANd secured the FIA Title, the first for a USA team, beating Ferrari!!!!

[HAIDARAVEN]

if only we had put our money in these cars when they were cheap....and gold when it was 35 bucks an ounce

[mavmustang]

I watch this video every morning to help me wake up and get ready for the day!

[jburton0001]

2 million? One of the original six was just up for auction through Mecum. The bidding ended at 6.8 million and the reserve had not been met!

[freerideking06]

beautiful

[HAIDARAVEN]

nothing like seeing a 2 million dollar car being thrown around the track

[spiritof78]

Back in the 60's nobody thought they were worth much when they were used up! Most race cars were considered "disposable" after their racing lifespan. A lady had one in storage for many years and only thought it was worth anything after a collector tracked the car down.

Another guy bought one from the racing team and used it to drive up and down his driveway while plastering stickers all over it.

These cars are historical for sure, but not many people treated it with reverence back in the 60s

[wildbillscobra3]

Megamaxx I with ya on that 1 :-)

[megamaxx53]

Not many things sound more glorious than a Ford V8! WHAT A NOISE!!! We need more new cars to sound like that! Who's with me?

[Nblock487]

Why can't cars still be like they were in the 60's and 70's? haha. Now we're stuck with battery polluting hybrids and honda civic ricers o-O

[StuntmanMike88]

WORD!

I do SO live in the wrong time!!

[TCF2148]

@Nblock487

Factory Five has a nice kit you can build and use on the street (if you live in the right area). It can be built period correct or modernized if you like. That's my plan anyway. There are lots of things to want, THAT'S a must have!!

[tinkerjeep]

@Nblock487 - um, because back then the "hybrids and hondas" were VW Beetles and Citroens. This is better?

[kjz28]

@tinkerjeep Or a slant six Duster which is cooler!!! My grandma had one and it got over 30mpg back then!

[tinkerjeep]

@kjz28 What? Are you comparing a slant six Duster to a VW beetle?

[kjz28]

@tinkerjeep NO. The VW beetle and Citroens were not the only economy car back then, not all old economy cars were gross.

[tinkerjeep]

@kjz28 Well, you can like Dusters and Darts and any other midsize American -made car with a 6, 4 or under- powered v8 in it, just for "economy", but really - why is this even a point? Not everyone is equipped with the appropriate levels of testosterone to drive a rip-snorting V8. :P

[kjz28]

@tinkerjeep Your confusing.

[captainpegs07]

@Nblock487 Factory 5 

[filipe9thcmd]

Glorious noise hehe

[ProjectFairmont]

Sorry not a 427 FE big block...that is a SBF. 427 is too big and all 6 original never were equiped...no matter they were still 30 mph faster than a Cobra Roadster.

[Gaidal]

the extra 30mph was in aerodynamics, not power. And no way is this an original shelby daytona. An original is worth millions. not worth the risk of wrecking.

[ProjectFairmont]

All very very true, I did not mean to imply that that the 289 was more powerful, yes it is aerodynamics that makes it happen. However, while the lighter 289 was not as quick it is more efficient in terms of braking and cornering. In a little less than 2-years I plan on building a FFR '65 coupe, BBF or FE will not fit under that hood, however a 427 stroker Windsor will - 600hp.

[Longlakedreaming]

There was a seventh Daytona Coupe that had a 427 in it, the Type 65 Super Coupe. Shelby couldn't get backing from Ford though to complete it, and it was stillborn. It wasn't completed until the 1981 by a private owner.

[Interpol024]

This is actually a real Daytona Coupe.

[WeaselExplosion]

This is footage of the original racing, so yes, it is.

[313kee]

God that sounds good!!! Imagine what a beast this car would be if it was born with the 427!!!!

[Emericaman500]

I think this is the best sounding car thats ever been produced. It sounds furious

[bdrws6]

Thank you so much for posting. Now post one of fly bys of this car! Hard to find clips of a Daytona Coupe, let alone an authentic one.

[XR4turbo]

Is that an Aston Martin Db4 that seems to pull away on the straights? I didnt think any of the GT cars could touch the 427 shelbys on the straights.

[fgreen3535]

The Daytona Coupe has a 289!

[Emericaman500]

thats whats funny, can you believe THAT sound comes from an engine that small.

[filipe9thcmd]

It has 4 exhaust pipes...sideways. And how can a 4.7 L engine be small?!?! ROFL

[Emericaman500]

yeah no shit it has 4 pipes. its got a 289 same block out of the 1st gen mustang. and a 4.7 liter engine is a small v8, you would know that if you didnt drive a Honda Civic.

[65SunbeamTiger]

It is a Lister Sunbeam Tiger with a Ford 260

[XR4turbo]

This is spectacular.

[ricciulino]

and what about ending...it seems to go off...oooops!

[Hoedatwombat]

You can see the coupe aerodynamics taking over in the straights as you pass the cobra! You really notice the difference in 4th gear when you drive the two different cars with the same power!!

[fgreen3535]

Yes. The big windshield on the cobra is like a brake - just pushing a wall or air. The gearing in the two cars was also different.

[TMA5T3R]

OMFG...just came in my pants...This has to be one of the meanest cars I have ever herd in my life. If there was only a street legal version..

[rxi11]

just the greatest sound ever....

[drphibes72]

If THAT doesn't get your juices flowing then you're either comatose or dead!

[alexander1485]

just awesome.