The type 65 coupe is designed to be an accurate replica of the original 1965 world championship daytona coupe. Ride of the week.
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Type 65 coupe daily driver. Loosely based on his earlier car designs carroll shelby was able to achieve a higher top speed with the daytona than with the ac cobra because of the better aerodynamics of a closed cockpit. The same can be said about the type 65 build project. Both cars are built for the race track and running nitto nt01s. The largest difference between the gen 3 coupe and the gen 3 coupe r is that the coupe r comes with a competition cage chassis powdercoated in white like all factory five competition version chassis. Joey logano and team snap on builds a 1935 factory five hot rod truck snap on from the ground up duration. This was the fifth shelby coupe built and the fourth completed at carrozzeria gransport.
The type 65 coupe r is based on the complete kit version of the type 65 coupe but made for professional competition. Type 65 coupe build friday august 10 2012. Driver battles episode 8. Roy narvaezs 2015 viper takes on karen salvaggios factory five type 65. Being able to talk about what you want the car to do and describing your needs from a drivers perspective doesnt mean you can build those systems. Karens factory 5 type 65 coupe video in the mid 60s the shelby daytona coupe was built to beat ferraris 250 gto.
More add to favorites more. This 1964 shelby daytona coupe for sale has a 50 liter fuel injected coyote crate engine tremec 6060 6 speed manual transmission ford 88 irs. Snap on tools 170490 views. Viper acr ta video this episode of driver battles is an american muscle competition between two cars and drivers that have plenty of track time experience. It competed in six 1965 races daytona sebring monza spa nürburgring and lemans and was driven by rick muther john timanus lew spencer jim adams phil hill jack sears john whitmore peter sutcliffe and peter harper. Type 65 coupe vs.
The factory five type 65 coupe captures the look and feel of the original 200 mph gt cars but as with all factory five designs it is more reliable and comfortable.