No, that's not a Daytona coupe, although it resembles them--I recall reading
about this one years ago in Thorobred & Classic---I think it's a Brit-built
one off.
Al J.
Steve Laifman wrote:
> David,
>
> I am not big on Cobra history, but that sure looks a lot like a Daytona
> Coupe which ran Daytona and Le Mans. I think there were only 6 ever
> made, and figured prominently in a storage garage where one had sat for
> 30 years.
>
> As far as Holman and Moody are concerned, their name is legendary in HOT
> engines, and they made a lot of GT-40's. One Tiger, that they won't even
> talk to the new owner, but they sure know how to build engines.
>
> I am sure you will get more authoritative remarks.
>
> I did see a BRAND NEW Daytona Coupe, owned by Galpin, of Galpin Ford and
> made (completed?) in NZ by the guy who built the originals in England.
> Seems he had some of the original bits and pieces and authorization for
> more than were originally produced, so he just "finished" this one off.
> He has it in the brushed aluminum right down to the bucket seat shells,
> and intends to leave it like that. Gorgeous.
> --
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