Daytona Coupe

Six cars. One title.

Shelby closed the Cobra and cut off its tail for Europe's long straights. Six works coupes carried an American manufacturer to the 1965 FIA GT title. Each chassis is a distinct competition artifact; public sales are rare.

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Market value · road

$20M–$30M

Typical $25M · 1 sales

$1.4M$32M
Open Market & Price

Market value · road

$20M–$30M

Typical $25M · 1 sales

$1.4M$32M
’09’21
Market history · in the terminal
Open Market & Price
Top speed
185+ mph (period gearing-dependent)
Power
~385 hp (period competition tune)
Engine
289 cu in (naturally aspirated Ford V8)
Transmission
4-speed (Borg-Warner T-10 manual)
Body
Aluminium (over a Cobra ladder frame)

Market & Price

The price and the proof

A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.

Records: CSX2601 public auction sale — $7,250,000 · Mecum Monterey · 15 August 2009; 3 documented road sales on file · 2009–2021. estimate band $20M–$30M · good road cars.

HCN:DAYTONACLive model
$24'494'89777.8% · 12M
$200K$500K$1M$2M$5M$10M$20M20182020202220242026CovidRate shockS&P 500
Model curve · anchored to 3 documented salesnot investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarks3 documented anchors · last sale 58 mo ago

Compound annual growth

WindowThis car*S&P 500Gold
1Y+77.8%+18.8%+21.9%
5Y+78.5%+11.4%+17.6%
10Y+58.5%+13.3%+11.8%

*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends

Deepest drawdown · model window

This car*-97.5%Aug 2009 → Mar 2017 · recovered Jul 2024
S&P 500-40.9%Aug 2008 → Mar 2009 · recovered Jan 2011
Gold-39.3%Sep 2011 → Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2020

Forecast ladder · model quantiles

HorizonP10P50P90
+6M$22M$25M$30M
+12M$21M$27M$33M
+24M$21M$29M$39M

Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice

Transaction ledger · documented sales

3 of 3 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record

The public record is one sale separated from the current market by seventeen years. Continuation cars and replicas are excluded.

Price range · road · openConfidence · estimateOnly one original Daytona Coupe has a documented public auction sale in the sources below: CSX2601 at $7.25 million in 2009. The present band is an editorial estimate anchored by that result and Gooding Christie's 2026 estimate in excess of $25 million for CSX2300; chassis history, race record and retained original material can move an individual car substantially.

Floor

$20M

Typical

$25M

Ceiling

$30M

Estimate band for good road cars. 1 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.

$1.4M$20M$25M$30M$32M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.

Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Indicative USD range for one of the six original works coupes, not for continuation or replica Daytonas.

Road record

$7,250,000

CSX2601 public auction sale

Mecum Monterey · 15 August 2009

The wider market · Shelby at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors220 lots · 2005–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line
20052026Explore all 40,882 results

Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.

CSX2300's 2026 Gooding Christie's estimate is not a sale and is therefore excluded from the ledger.

Overview

The Cobra needed less drag, not more engine.

Shelby American commissioned the prototype in late 1963 around the Cobra roadster's chassis and 289 V8. Peter Brock set the aerodynamic shape; Ken Miles directed and tested the racing programme; Phil Remington and John Ohlsen translated it into aluminium. CSX2287 was complete by January 1964.

The prototype led its class at Daytona before a pit fire ended the race, then won GT at Sebring. CSX2299 won the GT class at Le Mans in 1964 and finished fourth overall. Five further coupes joined CSX2287, most assembled with Italian bodywork close to Ferrari's home ground.

Shelby's team fell narrowly short of Ferrari in 1964. In 1965 the result reversed: the Cobras secured the FIA International Manufacturers' GT Championship, the first such FIA international series title for an American automobile manufacturer. By 1966, the works had moved on and the six cars began separate lives.

Built
6
Championship
1965 FIA GT
Designer
Peter Brock
Prototype
CSX2287
First race
Daytona 1964

Reference

Technical specifications

Powertrain

Engine
Ford 289 cu in OHV V84.74 litres, naturally aspirated
Induction
Four Weber 48 IDA carburettorsprototype CSX2287 specification
Power
Approximately 385 hpperiod competition figure; tune varied by chassis and event, while CSX2287 now carries a 345 hp replacement installed after racing
Gearbox
Borg-Warner T-10 4-speed manualhydraulically actuated clutch
Drive
Rear-wheel driveSalisbury 4HU differential on CSX2287

Chassis and body

Frame
AC Cars steel ladder-tube chassisCobra roadster basis with added triangulation
Body
Hand-formed aluminium coupeCSX2287 built in Los Angeles; the five later cars partly built in Italy
Suspension
Four-wheel independenttransverse leaf springs, modified for reduced camber
Brakes
Four-wheel hydraulic discs
Aerodynamics
Fastback roof and truncated Kamm tailmore than 20 mph faster than the open Cobra in period accounts

The records

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Original works coupes

all built for competition

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Period top speed

with suitable gearing

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Bonneville records

national and international, CSX2287

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FIA GT championship

Shelby American

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Buying interest, silently.

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The hands

The people behind the car

The people whose work shaped the Shelby Daytona Coupe.

Peter Brock

Designer

Shaped the low-drag aluminium body around the existing Cobra mechanical package, including its abrupt Kamm tail.

Ken Miles

Race team manager and engineer

Developed and tested the prototype, proving its pace against the roadster at Riverside.

No free period portrait on record

Phil Remington

Chief engineer

Led the engineering and fabrication work that converted Brock's aerodynamic concept into a raceable coupe.

No free period portrait on record

John Ohlsen

Fabricator and crew chief

Built the prototype body with the Venice crew and supported CSX2287 at its Daytona debut.