As a kid I only caught glimpses of the Daytona coupe seeing it on rare occasions,but it was stunning in comparison to the original Cobras,but now that I have gotten a real good look its kind of odd looking overall and not as beautiful as I remember but I see function was its porpose....way to go Pete....out of the bull pen save....to clinch the world series.....bravo
Coincidentally there was another legendary race driver, racecar builder and team owner called Peter Brock, an Australian who was 9 times Bathurst 1000 winner and ironically, after his retirement from professional racing, he bought a Daytona Coupe and was killed while rallying it in 2006. RIP 🪦 Brocky king of the mountain 😢
Thanks great story I like this Brock tales because it lets u in on stuff leading up to Ford vs FERRARI movie that just came out and u know there is only so much they can use in the movie....me now that I'm older I'm more interested in the history of heavy metal and cars and who was behind each...my grandfather started driving in 1930s roughly and drove some of those famous cars at 14 teen that him and his friends but in Brooklyn NY,junkyard for 9 dollars,Pierce,Nash,Airflow,His friends all chip in .50 cents each...he was the elected rep who got to deal for the car that caught his eye....hah hah hah THANKS
I would love to hear the story of the 427 coupe. Pete helped "complete" it in the mid to late "70's possibly. I saw the car in '81-'82 in Kansas City and I think Michael Schumacher bought it. Was kinda strange to me at the time, the car was right hand drive.
So Pete Brock comes home to Shelby American after winning the 1965 FIA Championship with a Shelby American car he designed and built on a shoestring budget and he finds he doesn't have a job. From everything I have read and seen Pete Brock is class act. Carroll Shelby on the other hand wasn't exactly the nice guy that Matt Damon played in "Ford vs. Ferrari". I'd like to see a movie made of the Daytona Coupe story. Now that would be quite a film. Hollywood would probably spin it to give Shelby all the credit.
I wouldn’t put it past Ford wanting the Daytona Coupe to disappear from the face of the earth , sorry Ford its a little guys success story with you playing a little part in it !
at 9:30 - Ive heard this story a lot but I have some questions. When I look at the results from 1964 I see 20 races in the Championship. Race 4 is Monza GT GP - no GT3.0+ cars on the grid. Race 16 also at Monza but no GT3.0+ cars (up to 2litre cars only) but there is still 4 races left. and its not Race 17 - Tour de France - no cobras Ferrari GT0s win. Race 18 - Bridgehampton only 2 litre cars Race 19 - Bridgehampton Shelby's win no Ferraris GTOs on start line Race 20 - Final race Paris 1000km, Ferrari GTO second outright only one cobra in race listed as an AC Cobra retired engine failure. Of the 20 races in 1964 5 where for up to 2.0litre cars only. Is there any evidence besides heresay that enzo got the race cancelled? There was 4 other races that excluded GT3.0+. Though it is strange that neither race at monza had no GT3.0+ cars. Was race race 17 and 20 points paying and if so why wasn't Shelby American at these races? they both occur after the supposedly cancelled Monza race. I think old Enzo probably did have a hand in no races taking place in Monza for the GT3.0+ cars but its probably a stretch to blame the loss of the championship on it.
Is there a rule why they didn't pull the oil cooler off the retired Daytona Coupe to repair the Gurney/Bondurant Coupe? They could have won it overall.
Yeah back in the good days it only cost. Something like 350 dollars per car plus paperwork to get them on a ship....they were American so coming in was probably very easy in 1965.....
That's a really horrible ending for two incredible race cars especially ones that did their job ,hey shhh what I think they said they're gonna drops us in the ocean,huh,yep. Good thing car don't have ears....I don't get the bond part....I do know this F1 teams totally disassemble their cars after every race because of the trouble of moving a complete car from one country to another so its really nothing out of the ordinary,as weird as that's sounds its mainly because every country has a different tax system for import and export parts fine but a whole car is an issue....even today...
Not true, Teams do disassemble cars but not because of tax, but for servicing, The Tax issue requires a car to remain in a certain country for a period of time (before its taxed) and isn't limited to just cars. I've had issues with gearboxes loaned from the manufacturer as a spare (you only pay for it if its needed) where I have had to send it back due to tax. For the brief period of time an f1 car spends in an individual country its not a problem. We have shipped (and by air) race cars all over the world (NewZealand, Australia, SE Asia, Japan, Europe, USA, Middle East) and never had an issue paying tax.
Man I love cars,its an Italian thing I guess...but I can't believe the lack of love Pete's two race cars got,that sounded like an Italian threat we gonna take ur two cars an ur two drivers and dump u in the middle if da ocean....that was da English....OMG.....thanks too much....hilarious
Pete Brock one of the all-time class guys in the racing business.
Superlative work on these videos. I can't wait for Part 6!
Still waiting ☹️
Great to see this history documented
Robert Morales this should have been the movie !
Man, Peter : aerodynamic and politics... what a blow. That's all what Raging Bull is about, better be strong.
So was part 6 dumped in the North Sea instead of the Cobras as sacrifice?
Maybe the Japanese businessman bought it to replace his Daytona? :-P
sr71sr71 Enzo Ferrari hid it in his ass...
Enzo stole it so he could build his own Daytona Coupe. He only drove it at night when there was no moon. It became a love/hate relationship....
Harrah's Reno Nevada. Bob here.
As a kid I only caught glimpses of the Daytona coupe seeing it on rare occasions,but it was stunning in comparison to the original Cobras,but now that I have gotten a real good look its kind of odd looking overall and not as beautiful as I remember but I see function was its porpose....way to go Pete....out of the bull pen save....to clinch the world series.....bravo
I would love to see the rest of this. Does part 6 exist?
I really wish there were more of these videos
Part 6 missing or it doesn't exist?
Sure would like to see part 6. Does that video exist?
Very interesting to hear the real story from the real people behind the Cobras
Coincidentally there was another legendary race driver, racecar builder and team owner called Peter Brock, an Australian who was 9 times Bathurst 1000 winner and ironically, after his retirement from professional racing, he bought a Daytona Coupe and was killed while rallying it in 2006. RIP 🪦 Brocky king of the mountain 😢
I would have been happy to help rescue the old cars.
Thanks great story I like this Brock tales because it lets u in on stuff leading up to Ford vs FERRARI movie that just came out and u know there is only so much they can use in the movie....me now that I'm older I'm more interested in the history of heavy metal and cars and who was behind each...my grandfather started driving in 1930s roughly and drove some of those famous cars at 14 teen that him and his friends but in Brooklyn NY,junkyard for 9 dollars,Pierce,Nash,Airflow,His friends all chip in .50 cents each...he was the elected rep who got to deal for the car that caught his eye....hah hah hah THANKS
amazing
I would love to hear the story of the 427 coupe. Pete helped "complete" it in the mid to late "70's possibly. I saw the car in '81-'82 in Kansas City and I think Michael Schumacher bought it. Was kinda strange to me at the time, the car was right hand drive.
Part 6?
Where’s part 6?
So Pete Brock comes home to Shelby American after winning the 1965 FIA Championship with a Shelby American car he designed and built on a shoestring budget and he finds he doesn't have a job. From everything I have read and seen Pete Brock is class act. Carroll Shelby on the other hand wasn't exactly the nice guy that Matt Damon played in "Ford vs. Ferrari". I'd like to see a movie made of the Daytona Coupe story. Now that would be quite a film. Hollywood would probably spin it to give Shelby all the credit.
MKIII
I wouldn’t put it past Ford wanting the Daytona Coupe to disappear from the face of the earth , sorry Ford its a little guys success story with you playing a little part in it !
Kammler aerodynamics at its best!!!
Where are the rest of the videos???
Some of this is sad to hear. At least the GT40 went down as the feel good ending.
Nothing more feel good than winning the manufacturer's title in 65. No American manufacturer has done it since
Ford paid a lot of money to ensure it happened that way, they couldn't allow the Daytonas to compete because they weren't Fords.
at 9:30 - Ive heard this story a lot but I have some questions. When I look at the results from 1964 I see 20 races in the Championship. Race 4 is Monza GT GP - no GT3.0+ cars on the grid.
Race 16 also at Monza but no GT3.0+ cars (up to 2litre cars only) but there is still 4 races left. and its not
Race 17 - Tour de France - no cobras Ferrari GT0s win.
Race 18 - Bridgehampton only 2 litre cars
Race 19 - Bridgehampton Shelby's win no Ferraris GTOs on start line
Race 20 - Final race Paris 1000km, Ferrari GTO second outright only one cobra in race listed as an AC Cobra retired engine failure. Of the 20 races in 1964 5 where for up to 2.0litre cars only.
Is there any evidence besides heresay that enzo got the race cancelled? There was 4 other races that excluded GT3.0+. Though it is strange that neither race at monza had no GT3.0+ cars.
Was race race 17 and 20 points paying and if so why wasn't Shelby American at these races? they both occur after the supposedly cancelled Monza race.
I think old Enzo probably did have a hand in no races taking place in Monza for the GT3.0+ cars but its probably a stretch to blame the loss of the championship on it.
Is there a rule why they didn't pull the oil cooler off the retired Daytona Coupe to repair the Gurney/Bondurant Coupe? They could have won it overall.
Yeah back in the good days it only cost. Something like 350 dollars per car plus paperwork to get them on a ship....they were American so coming in was probably very easy in 1965.....
hmeep hmeep!
Thats the wrong Daytona.
That's a really horrible ending for two incredible race cars especially ones that did their job ,hey shhh what I think they said they're gonna drops us in the ocean,huh,yep. Good thing car don't have ears....I don't get the bond part....I do know this F1 teams totally disassemble their cars after every race because of the trouble of moving a complete car from one country to another so its really nothing out of the ordinary,as weird as that's sounds its mainly because every country has a different tax system for import and export parts fine but a whole car is an issue....even today...
Not true, Teams do disassemble cars but not because of tax, but for servicing, The Tax issue requires a car to remain in a certain country for a period of time (before its taxed) and isn't limited to just cars. I've had issues with gearboxes loaned from the manufacturer as a spare (you only pay for it if its needed) where I have had to send it back due to tax. For the brief period of time an f1 car spends in an individual country its not a problem.
We have shipped (and by air) race cars all over the world (NewZealand, Australia, SE Asia, Japan, Europe, USA, Middle East) and never had an issue paying tax.
Man I love cars,its an Italian thing I guess...but I can't believe the lack of love Pete's two race cars got,that sounded like an Italian threat we gonna take ur two cars an ur two drivers and dump u in the middle if da ocean....that was da English....OMG.....thanks too much....hilarious
If you don't pay the taxes we'll take your cars and dump them into the sea.
This car look like SRT viper GTS
Other way around.
Need a lift,no I'm good just drop me off in the middle of the Atlantic....hah
Does brock even talk once?
Thanks for effort now go home...
No need for Part 6. This tells the end of the story with the ‘65 world championship.
Click bait again.
Where’s part 6?
Part 6?