[DeTomaso] NPC

[Adin, David]

Ford buffs . . .. 
 
MARENGO, ILLINOIS - High performance collector car specialists Mecum
Auction will
offer collectors a chance to own a piece of American race history when
they auction
the 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe CSX2601 at the 22nd Dana Mecum
Original Spring
Classic Auction taking place May 13-17, 2009, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
And when this crown jewel of American racing powers across the auction
block, Mecum
anticipates the championship race car to garner the highest bid ever
paid at public
auction for an American automobile - eight figures and counting.  The
Shelby Daytona
Cobra Coupe will be sold on live national TV Friday, May 15, 2009, at
8:00 p.m. 
during the company's series, "Mecum Auto Auction: Muscle Cars & More,"
on Discovery
Communications' popular HD Theater.
The 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra was one of six cars built by Carroll
Shelby to compete
against the dominating Ferrari in the F.I.A. (Federation Internationale
de l'Automobile)
World Manufacturers Championship for GT race class.  An experimental
coupe body 
designed by Pete Brock was built on an existing Cobra chassis,
immediately increasing
the top speed by 25 mph.  That car won its first race, the 1964 Daytona
Continental
(prompting Shelby to adopt the name), and five more coupes were built,
including
 CSX2601.
After competing at Daytona, Monza, Spa, and Nurburgring, CSX2601 made
history when
it clinched the 1965 World Manufacturers Championship for the United
States and 
Shelby American on July 4 in Reims, France.