Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - The autobiography of CSX2300

Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - The autobiography of CSX2300

Name: Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - The autobiography of CSX2300
Brand: Porter Press International
SKU: 9781907085420
Price: 60.00 GBP
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Rinsey Mills

£ 60.00 GBP

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'It's impressive to see a volume with such high production values and so much detail about a car that's so rare.'

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Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe: The Autobiography of CSX2300 tells the story of one of the most important American competition cars of the 1960s.

Created to win the FIA World Sportscar Championship, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe combined brutal purpose with remarkable performance. In 1965, it helped Shelby American beat Ferrari in the large-capacity class, securing one of the marque’s greatest achievements.

Illustrated with 300 period photographs, many previously unpublished. Includes specially commissioned photography
Signed by author Rinsey Mills and designer Peter Brock
320 pages. 2.26 kg. 13cm x 3.2cm x 29.2cm

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This Great Cars volume focuses on CSX2300, one of only six Daytona Coupes built and a significant part of Shelby’s championship-winning campaign.

Finished with matt black page edges and presented in a grey cloth slipcase
Embossed with a reproduction of chassis number CSX2300
The full story of the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe and chassis CSX2300
Covers the design and development of the Daytona Coupe, with input from Peter Brock
Details Shelby American’s 1964–65 FIA World Sportscar Championship campaign
Includes all 16 official events in the Daytona Coupe programme
Focuses on CSX2300’s five major races, including the Tour de France, Daytona, Sebring, Nürburgring and Reims
Features biographies of the eight drivers who raced CSX2300
Explores the car’s post-1965 history, including racing in Japan
Illustrated with 300 period photographs, many previously unpublished

Rich in Shelby history, Cobra Daytona Coupe detail and international endurance racing drama, this Limited Edition is an essential book for Shelby enthusiasts, Cobra collectors, American motorsport historians and admirers of significant GT racing cars.

Specification

Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1907085424
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 2.26 kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24.13 x 3.18 x 29.21 cm

A rare and beautifully crafted Great Cars Limited Edition devoted to CSX2300 — one of the six legendary Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes that took the fight to Ferrari.

The authors

Rinsey Mills is a respected AC and Shelby marque expert, author and former official biographer of Carroll Shelby. He has owned, raced and worked on numerous AC cars and has written extensively on the AC Ace, AC Cobra and Shelby Cobra, including Carroll Shelby: The Authorised Biography.

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