Exoto racing legends 196465 exoto cobra daytona overview awards. These are fantastic race cars and this machine is capable of over 200 mph as it sits. Shelby only built five coupes so their histories are closely intertwined, but the story starts with the early days of the original ac cobra and the book goes right. Michel vaillant slot car racing, race cars, morris, modern art paintings, local. Shelby american entered two daytona coupes at le mans, and they. Exoto racing legends 196465 exoto cobra daytona 53 products found.
Daytona coupe series ii replica now available with more interior room and space age designed chassis one of the most exact cars ever built. Once when i received it and the other time was when i took the pictures for this listing. The kit is available in several different versions including the 1970 le mans number. This car resembles the factory five type 65 coupe, as the tiltfront end is patterned off of the original shelby daytona coupe, however the rest of the opentop body is uniquely designed by factory five racing, penned the spyder gt. This organization primarily operates in the miniatures business industry within the miscellaneous manufacturing industries sector. Auto hobbies shelby cobra daytona coupe posted in bosmecks builds. Historic racing miniatures 68 shelby convertible youtube. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Aerodynamic, high quality stateoftheart body, smooth, grey, sandable, gelcoat finish, totally reinforced with. I know its not a historical version of a cobra daytona but its what i wanted to do.
Jairus produced this beautiful chassis and the wheels we we are using are racer wheels. Please try retyping the web address or using our search options above. We have carefully selected those images from our archives which we believe are historically significant and will reproduce to our quality standards. This organization has been operating for approximately 10 years. The series premiered on january 18, 2010, on history. Has highly detailed body, powder coated frame and cage. Please note that these kits are not mass produced so there might be a delay in receiving your items. Shelby and ferrari were engaged in an epic racing rivalry in the 1960s. Historic racing miniatures cobra daytona coupe car kit news. If you are unsure to what the daytona coupe is do a search on it and you will be amazed. Historic racing news is the leading online presence for latest news in the world of historic motor sport. Mike when the guys take to the track for a grudge match drag race to see who has the fastest ride.
He can be reached at 3016048591 or you can order from a reseller modelbuilderswh online. We are open, but orders may be delayed unexpectedly. Many thousands of members and nearly 1 million posts. Kit car magazine may 1989 the specialty car cars, automobiles, gauge buyers guide, vette fever, kit car pioneers profiled, daytona cobra coupe and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Bre archive photographs are 40 years old in most cases. Auction is for a rare 1965 shelby cobra daytona coupe factory five car. And after scoring an entire shelf of brand new vintage model car kits, frank discovers the real. This book by rinsey mills looks at all the cobra daytona coupes s significant races in 1964 and 65, and in particular detail at the five races contested by chassis csx2300. Cobra daytona factory 5 daytona coupe, 331ci stroker motor, aftermarket ac, 5 speed trans. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. Daytona coupe replica for sale club cobra photo gallery. Fords new highperformance mustang, the shelby gt500, evokes. Currently available decals include cheetah, 250 gto, cunningham corvette, sunray corvette, corvette grand sport, cobra daytona, and midgets.
Eligible for every vintage competition event anywhere on the planet, this is the ultimate holy grail opportunity for the shelby american enthusiast. It was handtomouth for years but they graduated to the 911, erwin racing when he had some money, manfred preferring to keep safe behind the pit wall organising the team. All of vintage racing miniatures decal sets include a layout sheet many in full color depicting where the decals should be placed, along with detailed information about the model and the real cars. Daytona coupe replica frame shell valley classic wheels. Many of the photos are color and they were obviously taken with high quality camera gear in almost a photojournalist manner. While only individual vehicles and not entire makes or models of. It comes in hardcover in a large format and has hundreds of never before released historic pictures of the cobra daytona coupe, during its development and relatively short, but extremely impressive racing career. Click each decal sheet for additional information about that decal sheet. Below is a picture of the full disassembled kit which looks to be a well engineered with very cleanly cast parts. Decals vintage racing miniatures vrm vintage racing. Auto hobbies shelby cobra daytona coupe bosmecks builds. Vaillantes daytona miniature auto, joe bar, cool car pictures, car pics, car.
Description for replicakit makes type 65 coupe 1965. At littlefield customs we started with a factory five daytona coupe kit and put our spin on it. Historic racing miniatures is located in laurel, maryland. The original project had six shelby daytona coupes built for racing purposes between 1964 and 1965. Explore the historic racing miniatures business page in laurel, md.
Sold out historic racing miniatures this is a 124th scale full detail, complete kit. The shelby daytona coupe is an american sportscoupe. It has taken awhile for this model to finally arrive but it appears that it was worth the wait. Probably the most celebrated of american race cars, the shelby cobra daytona coupe that claimed victory in the gt class 50 years ago in the. Shelby cobra daytona coupe the kremers began small, in 1962, building up a porsche 356 they found in a scrapyard, operating out of a small workshop in cologne. The worlds largest non biased shelby cobra related site. Shelby cobra daytona becomes first vehicle on national historic. To any follower of motor racing history the porsche 917 needs no introduction. Harold bradford aka brad makes full kits, transkits and resin parts for 5060s historic racing cars ferrari, porsche, shelby, gt40 etc. Hobby car model kits and supplies model builders warehouse.
The shelby daytona has recently been chosen for historic preservation as a significant vehicle in the history of auto racing. There are several of daytona coupe kits to choose from. Vrm vintage racing miniatures vintage racing miniatures. Look for us in tulsa, kc, and hopefully in louisvile ky at ipms shows. I am so glad a customer of mine ordered me to build this one for him. Shelby cobra daytona coupe historic racing miniatures 1. Those two words hardly need an introduction, but the shelby daytona cobra coupe has a fascinating history, one born out of americas desire to break into the europeandominated world of gt racing. Shelby daytona coupe replica factory five racing for sale current customer rating. The book shelby cobra daytona coupe, the autobiography of csx2300 by rinsey mills, is inevitably a huge and fascinating tome and the book covers all of the shelby daytona cars. Up for sale is a new in the box exoto 1964 cobra daytona coupe 1. Vehicles free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Description for replicakit makes two dooor coupe 1965. Daytona cobra coupes was published in 1995, and is extremely hard to find now, as most collectors cherish the copies they have, and. This car played an important role in the shelby teams success and is a worthy addition to porter presss great cars series.
Historic racing miniatures in laurel, md 301 6048591. Cobra daytona coupe replica for sale replicakit makes. Representation from nearly all cobradaytonagt40 manufacturers. Shop millions of cars from over 21,000 dealers and find the perfect car. This is a list of episodes of the american series american pickers.
This model was only available for two years, 2003 and 2004. These are marketed by factory five as a type 65 coupe. The only daytona coupe that i know of, aside from the gunze kit, is made by historic racing miniatures. Many sheets include enough decals to do multiple models. Gessler pointed out that csx2287s racing history handily met the first criteria. Cobra daytona coupe replica classic replicakit makes. Based loosely on the ac cobra roadster chassis and drivetrain, the 1965 shelby daytona coupe raced its way across the world into the hearts of enthusiasts. This is currently the only new rhd cobra daytona coupe in europe for sale and a unique opportunity with the 50th year anniversary of the daytona cobra just passed to acquire this iconic car. Convinced the super coupe would exceed 215 miles per hour at lemans, this prototype is the only 427 cobra daytona coupe ever to exist. Historic racing miniatures laurel, maryland business. Welcome to vintage racing miniatures we do meticulous research to make our highquality model car decals as authentic as possible. It also includes an epilogue detailing the fate of the six shelby cars, plus the stillborn big block type 65 super coupe, the willment coupe, the ac coupe, and the willmentghia coupe, which never actually raced.
Chevrolet corvette coupe split window 1963 corvette c2, chevrolet corvette. Available with a 9 ford setup or for a irs rear end setup. But yet its built to have reliability for everyday driving and is 100 percent street legal. Special bundle includes rlg18016bflp, rlg18017bflp and rlg18018bflp, finish line plus. Ferrari 250tr engine kit for hasegawa historic racing miniatures 1.