Peter Brock shares the true story behind the Shelby Cobra Daytona
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- In 2012, we had the opportunity to interview legendary automotive designer Peter Brock and discuss the making of the Shelby Cobra Daytona coupe, while taking a cruise in Brock's own replica car built by Superformance in South Africa.
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My wife owned one of the Superformance Coupes, chassis 52. Beautiful car. She sold it after two years as it was not really her thing but one day we received a call and it was Peter Brock. He was asking all of the owners how they like the car. I thought the call would end when I informed him that we no longer owned the car. I was wrong. He spent an hour on the phone talking cars and motor sports history. He would probably not remember. I will never forget. True gentleman and an icon in automotive history!
His Buds are gone , the time has past .
But Man , He was there , and they did it .
What a Gentleman .
Very well stated.
We marvel that such men lived.
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@@vanceshaw3675 Yep, and some call us despicable Boomers who had it all easy... I was there then.
@@K4rt80y Yep, and some younsters call us Despicable Boomers who had it all easy... I was there then. These guys were my heroes.
What a gentleman; talent, skill, modesty, and a great story-teller. The world needs one million more Peter Brocks. Thanks for the mention of Ken Miles.
RedSow'71 funny you should say that. I am a massive fan of Peter Brock but not this guy. Never knew he existed but the Aussie Peter Brock is regarded as Australia’s greatest domestic race driver. He won our greatest race 9 times and unbelievably died (after professional retirement) in a car accident competing in a Targa race while racing in a ........ get this...... Daytona! You can’t make this stuff up.
He's the diametric opposite of the current occupant of the W.H.; in other words, it's not narcissisticly all about him, and on top of all that talent, skill and modesty, he's got SOUL.
@@johnvalentine3456 Well, damit John, you fncked up my mood. There's nobody in this world comparable to our NARCISSISTIC Donald Trump and he is the only president making America respectable again in years! How is it the actors and TV personalities make better leaders? You PUTZ. Why would you even go there?
I enjoyed Peter Brock's story and passion and he sounded sharp as a tack. The GT40 finally did get dialed in, but this Shelby Cobra Dayton was incredible without the tweaks.
Thank you for this incredible story. SUBSCRIBED
This is the kind of extreme passion it takes to have a winning team in no matter what endeavour you choose!
I agree with you, Red. Also add handsome...wow!
Watched this 20 times and everytime his humility and appreciation brings tears to my eyes as well.He should not under estimate his contribution.
we need an hour with this guy
An hour's not enough
There is a week of reality packed into 13min. and 37 seconds. A person could expand this into a book with no trouble.
@Ethel He's written books on his work on both The Sting Ray, and on The Shelby Daytona, as well as several other design books. I think that you can find most of them at his company, Brock Racing Enterprises, that he started after leaving Shelby in 1965.
He set the world record for hang gliding too while carroll was in Africa in the 70s. If I recall.
ALL THAT WE CAN GET !
Great story. I couldn't imagine being that 22yr old kid working with so many other great people. We need more of that type of collaboration in the world.
A 23yr old Swedish lad Jan Vilsgaard designed the Amazon for Volvo. Initially they rejected his design for being too pretty, a Volvo should be ugly they told him.
What a phenomenal talent at such a young age! I have SO much respect for what Pete has accomplished and for his Daytona Coupe that is still acknowledged as one of the mileposts in automotive design. People laugh at the idea but the Daytona Coupe was not much more than an idea on a cocktail napkin to begin with... and look where it took Pete Brock, Carroll Shelby and the rest of that historic crew. What a milestone for such a small group of men that set the GT Racing Community on its collective ear in the mid-60s.
A true legend always gives credit " emotionally" to the legends before him!
First hand legend telling. Thank you for sharing.
I had the privilege of sitting down and talking with New Zealander John Olsen in his Developments workshop at Onehunga in Auckland during 1997.
I previously had been building AC Type replica Cobra's in Brisbane under contract for export to Dubai and Japan. At the time of my visit John was building a replica Daytona Coupe for an American business man.
John was a very modest man, he closed the doors and we talked or should I say I listened, drank countless cups of tea, John had an amazing history, a silent achiever, he spoke about Pete Brock, Shelby and all the others involved in that magical era, it was a pivotal moment for me meeting John, an honour. Sadly not long after that he passed away, his family took his ashes in the Daytona to Pukekohe race track for one last round.
Appreciate your modesty as well Mr Brock. Great interview Thank You
Much respect for this legend!
I loved the movie, but I wish it would've been a half an hour longer to include this guy and the Daytona. What a story.
12:10 I felt his pain. Phil Remington, 1921-2013. What a great interview.
One of my favorite stories; Peter Brock as the young kid full of ideas but without the experience to convince everyone in the shop to follow him off the cliff, being allowed his skeleton crew a few months to develop a new body for a proven competitive design and blowing apart conventional thinking with less than a shoestring budget. It made me a bit sad to hear Ken Miles’ name, his death was a huge blow not just to the Cobra/GT40 program but to Shelby, Brock, Remington and all else who knew and worked with him for the rest of their lives. Ken was a special talent for sure.
12:00. I have a lot of respect for a man who can show emotion about friends who are gone. That was the most profound tribute to Phil Remington et al he could have made.
I met Pete briefly at the Phil Remington memorial service in Riverside County. I've a 2nd cousin that is married to Phil's only daughter.
I still kick myself that I never zipped by Phil's home and met him.
I got Mr. Brocks back here: The names of the gents who were the pioneers of streamlined design are in the order he mentioned them 1) the famous Austrian (not German!) Erwin Kommenda, who designed the VW Bug, the Porsche 356, the Porsche 550 Spyder as well as the early concepts for the 911 shortly before his death; 2) Reinhard von König-Fachsenfeld and 3) Wunibald Kamm, the latter two were from the Stuttgart area and were responsible for designing some of the sleekest automobile designs known to the thirties (Mercedes SSK and Auto Union Type C. How great a man he must be to so matter-of-factly give credit to the pioneers of early streamlining and then to top it off with that emotional shout-out to the gent who gave him his shot at car design immortality! Great story, Mr. Brock! Stay happy and healthy!
Wow, thanks for the details. I'll look forward to delving further into these pioneers.
This was the institution of the kam-tail design, used extensively used in aero bicycle designs today. All the cars you mentioned had the teer drop aerodynamic design. This was the first time it was instituted in racing with great results.
The Kamm truncated airfoil was especially effective in bicycle aerodynamics in the way of took advantage of FIS rules on tube cross sections. And that also made the bikes faster and more stable in yaw situations.
I love it how the really good guys ALWAYS mention the other co-workers / give credit to other people and their ideas....
So true!
Great comment Jo.
13:37 of pure GOLD!
it's god so emotional by the end and that was priceless...
Humble, grateful, talented man.
Wow, I've never heard Pete Brock speak before. What a great story teller, and what a story!
This guy is a class act all around. Couple people I know have been around him for various things, people have nothing but absolute praise for him. Legend!
This was the “Golden Age” of racing. The teams were allowed to be innovative and original. The only thing that was bad was the amount of talented drivers that were lost.
Your paragraph needs to be on a t shirt.......... Great write.
Speaking about the lost drivers I think it was Mario Andretti who said about Nürburgring Nordschleife. Back in the day, we didn't have guardrails, we had trees.
It's somewhat sad and tragic,but that was the beauty in that era,the danger.There weren't all these safety precautions and rules,you were allowed to be innovative,that comes with risk taking.
Those trees went by at high sped, too!
Only my second time listening to this man and it's like chatting with a close friend .
That is lost true honest stories not imbelished.
He's not boasting or bragging .
He's a regular guy who did what he did .
I like to go back and just watch them work.
Priceless.
I'd like to get in those libraries too !
Wow. What a gracious and fine gentleman to be so gracious when he is as legendary as anyone. And him noting the superb skills and knowledge of those he worked with - just wow. I'm so very pleased someone of such a caring, sharing nature has such talent and success. Worthy of his legendary status indeed!
I read many articles by Peter Brock in Road & Track over the years, and found him to be very astute. I like him even better after reading this interview. Very touching.
Amazing gentleman with great respect for legends in the field who trained him and you can really feel how he cherished that time and memories.
Mr Brock. I totally understand your comment regarding committees and drawings. As a manager for a producer of heavy equipment I see it as my duty and sole purposes to convey the thoughts and and ideas of people like you to the these comitees and convince them of that you guys with the PRACTICAL experience is right. The day I fail is the day I refocus my career.
Thank you for your contribution to engineering. Thank you for contributing to mankind. Thank you for being humble.
Thank you teaching younger generations on TH-cam what being a man is and showing how a man worth respect conducted himself.
4:11 Rest In Paradise Ken.
Rest In Paradise Carroll Shelby
Pete Brock!....My Word!....such a humble, knowledgeable, & professional gentleman. Guys like Mr. Brock are the kinds of individuals that the manufacturers should exclusively employ in their engineering & design divisions.
This guy is getting choked up talking about legends in automotive history all the while he is in the same vaunted halls as them, a legend in his own right!! Class act!
i have met Pete in person several times when he comes to my hometown of pebble beach and laguna seca, a true class act and good natured man... i have heard this story told about three times from Pete and this was the best told version by far, as you can see in the background of the asilomar of pacific grove during the interview.
Funny. I thought to myself, "That looks like Pacific Grove".
There is nothing like cruising around Pacific Grove, 17 Mile Drive and Laguna Seca
This Man over being a legend is a true gentleman. A humble giant. To see him crying just by mentionning Phil Remington's name. You can feel the respect and pure admiration of legendary Phil, a astonishing man by himself. So heart warming. I learned about this exceptionnal Man by the way of his BRE Datsuns, John Morton, another younster learning the ropes by first being the gofer at the shop. I was 18 in 1970, THE car to have was the fabulous 510, any young racing fan knew about Brock, Morton and Mister K. Legends. Still have goose bumps listening to him and remembering my youth.
PS I finally put my hands on a '72 510, apple green, I added racing stripes of course, found cheap, used Mini-Lites wheels, bullet mirrors, a Stebro exhaust (awesome sound !!) and all.
I then had to sell it after only a 1 1/2 year to pay for college. I was devastated seeing it going. Now at 67, I still go through ads to find a good one, unmolested... ❤️ This time out, it would be a exact copy, to the last bolt of John Morton's car, 240Z parts and all. Dream on...
I saw the coupe a sebring of 1964 on it's second outing.. it trailed a roadster driven by Dan gurney and bob Johnson for 11 hours until the roadster hit Alfa driving without tail lights. the coupe could not pull on the roadster no matter how hard it was driven. the best flat out dual I've ever seen
I remember meeting Peter in Ga, 1998. He was visiting my brother Danny Panoz. How fitting to meet a Legend in Racing. Now that 20+ years have past, the realization of that moment, and all the Racing events I was so proudly involved to be apart of. Thanks to my brother Dan & Peter Brock, a true LEGEND!
What a phenomenal man and team. Thank you for letting the rest of us in on this telling history.
A true legend with great respect for the ones who paved the way to help make a dream come to fruition....
I'm so happy that he is so modest in this video but, I'm not modest at all. Pete Brock is a freaking legend! It is my pleasure to pay my respect here. Not only was the Daytona aerodynamic, in my humble opinion, it is also beautiful.
Holy smokes.... I read many comments and watched this video thinking how good could this really be? Well, ya...I'm stunned and about in tears as well. Bravo!! Can't say thanks enough.
Woooow, what an amazing story. Peter Brock and the team that worked on the Daytona were icons. Brock is humble, down to earth, and a complete legend of the sport. Really good people... That era of American auto racing was really the golden age.
That was a gift. Thank you.
Roger that!
This automotive legend is a national treasure, and is so humble.
Peter Brock: "I couldn't have done it at GM because they would have required a full set of engineering drawings. There would have been a committee to study it. They would have called in aerodynamic experts who would have said it wouldn't have worked." Are you listening corporate automotive industry?
Answer....NO, they aren't
They aren’t. And they never will. Money is all they care about.
At 12:58
Now, GM's moved to China. You'd have to explain it to their Chinese engineers in chinese to get anything like that built.
@@happydays8171 America is to be destroyed..that's why.
Rewilding
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Wow, what a story. What an opportunity. The emotion when he thinks of those he worked with in the past... man, that got me. Huge respect. Grateful that we get to see it today.
Great guy, genuinely credits the skills of his colleagues.
This is one of the most cool vids on TH-cam for car guys. Thanks so, so, much for post this...
What a great story to hear, such a treasure of first hand information !
Thank you very much mister Brock !
One of the all time greatest race cars.
So great. Peter Brock, you are a legend in my mind if only for the amount of love you have shown this car.
A true man, honest with imagination. Sad more don't trumpet or know his achievements. Hero!
great Interview.. Legendary Man working with a Legendary Group of men. What a time of automotive history
talking about hart and passion car guy right there pure GOLD!
Thank you for your sharing the story of the Daytona... I was a teenager then, and was captivated by the success of the Daytona and Shelby in general
Second time I watched it and it hit me harder than the first. What a story. Thank you for sharing Mr. Pete Brock and thank you Hagerty. Truly a heart warming story for any true Auto enthusiast.
Great Story, Great Talent, Great Guy.
Love you Pete, so good to see you.
Got to meet him a few times. Looks great for 82
I was luckily enough to meet Peter when he stayed with us when he visited South Africa in about 1999. He and my Dad (owner of riverside racers in Canada) were discussing building a new Coupe with Hi-Tech Automotive. He was exactly like in this video. Down to earth and really a lovely man. You would never guess just what he did for Shelby by his demeanour.
Most heartfelt interview I’ve ever seen. Love cars, love this guy.
This interview is priceless.
Thank you Mr. Brock.
What a privilege to watch and hear you tell your story.
Respect.
Fastest 13 min vid on youtube. Bring Pete back for more!
Wow, what a gentleman. Thanks for all you do and did Mr Brock.
So nice to be reminded of John Olsen. I took over from him to build the Willment Daytona Coupe. John had been employed to do a replica Daytona for Willment but left suddenly leaving a note which said "good luck with these bastards Brian" What he meant precisely I still don't know but he had only built the body buck and there were no details of any kind - not even a chassis at that stage. I was given the FIA blue book and told to get on with it. I had met John, whilst moonlighting at Ian Walker racing, from my apprenticeship at Aston Martin where, coincidentally, I had met Carrol Shelby in 1959 when Le Mans was my first race with them.
Incredible. THIS is why I love cars. Thank you for putting this together.
Just saw this and the humility he has, and the respect he shows for the legends he had the opportunity to work with, is something everyone can learn from.
Amazing guy, amazing story of how he came up with the idea for the design; and it basically worked right out of the box!
What an amazing story. So happy you guys uploaded this and Mr. Brock laid out the story so beautifully.
I find myself watching this video everytime I wonder why I am doing what I'm doing in life. Everything can be going wrong but I go for a ride in my cobra and the world makes sense.
Love and respect for his genuine emotion.
Wow, what an incredible opportunity to hear about these pioneers from someone who was there and participated! Great video!!
Fantastic piece. What a great recounting from Peter Brock. Please feel free to further interview Mr. Brock and other historical figures :)
An absolute gem of a video.
Just amazes you how these guys made these machines without all the computers , man power. Just couple of guys in a shop out in California.
Still one of the most beautiful cars ever made in my opinion. Form FOLLOWS function. What an amazing person! One in a billion, Mr Brock, one in a billion.
amazing! I'm thankful to be let in on that time in development, told by the man who lived it...hard not to be touched by his emotion
I had the honor to meet Mr. Brock at his warehouse, thanks to my good friend Jim King, another amazing gentleman who knew more about cars than anyone I've ever met. I will remember that day forever. Daytonas have always been one of all-time favorite cars.
Incredibly deep. Thank you.
History from the mouth of a legend that helped make it. This was brilliant.
This guy is a class act all around. Couple people I know have been around him for various things, people have nothing but absolute praise for him. Legend!
Thank you, my eyes got watery, a legend, all i can said, whaooooooooooooo!
Juan ,
You and me both
An absolute mesmerising interview. I actually filled up when Peter did. What a great great story teller. A real coincidence though, that the Australian race car driver Peter Brock unfortunately died in a crash while racing a replica of this beautiful iconic car.
Back in the mid-1990s, I was working on a program promoting propane as an automotive fuel, and our group was a sponsor of a competition that pitted teams of automotive engineering students from various US and Canadian universities against each other. Each group was provided with a gasoline-powered vehicle, and the teams modified them to run on propane, then took them to Texas where the competitions were held. Shelby had agreed to serve as an advisor to the students, but shortly before the events, Shelby's wife was killed in a car accident. I called Shelby and told him we'd understand if he wanted to cancel out. Instead, he recommended Pete Brock, who was absolutely wonderful, working with the students. What a gift!
A great history lesson told by the man who was there! Thank you!
These story episodes are worth the subscribing to this channel !!!
Well Done
There will never be another conglomeration of car guys like these. Men of steel. Seat of the pants engineers.
Kudos to Mr Brock. Good job, young guy who took his craft really seriously. I like it... the car, the vid, the guy... A story here of struggle and what a journey. Is there not a movie about this vehicle??
Learned much more about the fabulous Cobra Daytona Coupe. What a car. Thanks to Brock and those who worked with him.
that was amazing. I don't really know anything about motorsport history but I love cars and I love the design of the Daytona. such a great video. I have a totally new found respect for this car.
Amazing story. The part about the TWO GT 40's is cray.
The only video on TH-cam that almost brings a tear to my eye. Pete seems like the most genuine guy.
For 50 of my 84 years I was in a totallly different field (and nowhere as involved as Pete) but I too have seen my share of very promising ideas squashed by those who just could not see or think outside of the box. Thumbs up here!!
Pete..A Genius..Great guy... Spent a couple of hours with him.. still a friend..
As he reminds us, there is no formula for success, just imagination, research, technical skill, boldness, determination, teamwork... Doesn't happen often - we should all shed a few tears.
What a great guy I enjoyed this very much ...so cool to hear the full story what a time to be alive and involved in the right places at the right time to make automotive history
Always interesting to listen to Brock, thanks for sharing
What an awesome story.. we’re so lucky to have this guy…
Fascinating, captivating story. Thanks for posting.
Nice to see he mentioned the Kiwi John Olson, I got to talk to him when I worked for a mobile tool van, what an amazing man with very cool stories about Peter and Shelby and the time back then
Mr.Brock... I am here to pay my biggest respect. What you did, what Mr Shelby and all others did... I cannot find words to me.
I was not even born when you guys outraced ferrari. But really believe me, I love you all for that!
My 427 '65 Cobra held records at Riverside before I owned it. The greatest sensation came when those giant wheels broke loose going into 4th at 125mph. Solid testosterone back in '66 and once you feel and hear the rumble, there are no other cars worth considering. Brock is obviously a genius with oil in his veins; what a gentleman!
This video is a testament to great car builders and the drivers who made it work.
This is such a treat, thank God for TH-cam lol , this is awesome. Pure living history. Awesome!
Phenomenal man, life, and storyteller. Mr. Brock makes you feel as though you were.
One of the smartest, humble men I have the pleasure of knowing... Good form Peter.