9/8/2023 0 Comments Daytona prototype![]() ![]() But the criticism stopped when, in their first test at Riverside, it was clocked at 185 MPH. The regular race shop employees were dubious that a young kid like Brock could come up with an original design that would beat Ferrari’s 250 GTO. The design was by Pete Brock who was assisted at Shelby American by Ken Miles and Phil Remington. The actual prototype which was bodied in the US by Bill Honda, who had a metal shop. Turns out that the GT40 was Ford’s imperative and the poor ol’ Daytonas, which could only muster up 175 mph or so on the Mulsanne straight were put out to pasture. ![]() When I first came to California in 1965, I was aware of Shelby American, and visited there to see the new 427 Cobra but didn’t notice the tattered Cobra Daytona coupes parked outside the plant with FOR SALE signs on them.
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