Considering the year, this has to real, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46UgqF8GVA
Fast forward to 3:24 if you aren't fan. I'm sure someone here knows the story on this one.
Yeah, it's real.
That's from an episode of the Monkees.
Apparently the studio needed a race car they could rent for that episode and the Daytona Coupe was available.
And I'm a fan of both ;D
- Phillip
CSX2287?
I'm going to go out on a limb and comment without digging through my resources - I'm sure an expert will chime in and set the record straight.
But I'll say yes, CSX2287 the first of prototype coupe aka the Phil Spector coupe.
In fact, maybe it was Spector who lent it to Raybert Screen Gems.
Is my memory faulty, doesn't Dean Jeffrie's Mantaray show up in that episode too?
Jeffries of course designed and built the Monkee Mobile and also painted the first Cobra.
Personally I love how all these things dove tail.
- Phillip
Quote from: BGlover67 on March 12, 2020, 02:09:15 PM
CSX2287?
Brian, I say no. The dead giveaway is the width of the cowl strip between the door and the front clip. 2287's is the only one of the six Coupes that has a very narrow strip. All the other five Coupes have a much wider strip. Without consulting my photo files for a guess, that's all it would be if I offered one here. There just isn't enough of the car showing to do so.
Note the narrow cowl strip between the door and the front clip seen here on 2287, as compared to the one in the Monkees episode:
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/52-120320215944.jpeg)
great find Brian 8)
Bit more here ? don't know how correct the information is ?
Mike
https://cobra-authority.com/1964-shelby-daytona-cobra-coupe-csx2287-vs-the-monkeemobile-tv-show-the-monkees-68/
Hmm, well, incase my guess was a "swing and a miss", I'll make up for that with some stills I took from my Deluxe Monkees DVD set in 5.1 Surround Sound.
- Phillip
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/134-130320090454.jpeg)
More -
- Phillip
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/134-130320090550.jpeg)
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/134-130320090626.jpeg)
And still there's more (Todd Rundgren reference).
- Phillip
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/134-130320090740.jpeg)
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/134-130320090816.jpeg)
And here is a shot with Dean Jeffries' Mantaray in it.
You can see the 289 Cobra engine that Shelby gave Jeffries as payment for shooting the custom pearl yellow paint job on the first Cobra.
Also note the color of the Mantaray, which ended up being silver. Looks kinda like a pearl yellow or gold.
- Phillip
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/134-130320090704.jpeg)
I don't recall seeing a valve cover like that on the Manta Ray before.
Quote from: propayne on March 13, 2020, 09:17:04 AM
And here is a shot with Dean Jeffries' Mantaray in it.
You can see the 289 Cobra engine that Shelby gave Jeffries as payment for shooting the custom pearl yellow paint job on the first Cobra.
Also note the color of the Mantaray, which ended up being silver. Looks kinda like a pearl yellow or gold.
- Phillip
... and
thanks for that info, I wondered if I "should have known" that other car, plus couldn't read the valve cover on the small screed.
Quote from: propayne on March 12, 2020, 02:35:14 PM
Is my memory faulty, doesn't Dean Jeffrie's Mantaray show up in that episode too?
Jeffries of course designed and built the Monkee Mobile and also painted the first Cobra.
Personally I love how all these things dove tail.
- Phillip
Found some pictures
The Mantaray has always had the Cobra engine in it - except I guess when it was a Maserati Grand Prix car. You'll notice that it has a carburetor during the time period it was used in the Monkees episode but ended up with the much more attractive Webbers.
As the story goes (and noted earlier), Shelby tapped Dean to give the first Cobra that was put together in Moon's shop, its very first coat of paint.
Appears the Pearl Yellow wasn't very durable and it didn't last too long before it was repainted blue.
Jeffries personified the California hot rod and custom car culture that was a cornerstone of the original Shelby American.
Before he became famous for building custom TV and movie cars, he was well known for lettering and pin striping Indy cars and race cars, including Lance Reventlow's early Scarabs.
Our friend Tom Cotter wrote a wonderful book on Jeffries - highly recommended.
- Phillip
Thanks for the Mantaray pix. I'd hate to be the guy who had to change its spark plugs or a radiator hose. Does the body tilt up somehow?
I realize that custom cars don't have to be funtional. But, just sayin'...
It was functional - it's in the movie Bikini Beach.
Jeffries did all of the driving in the movie because he was nervous about letting Frankie Avalon drive it.
The body is not fiberglass - Jeffries hand formed it out of aluminum and no bondo or lead.
- Phillip
Quote from: propayne on March 14, 2020, 01:14:31 PM
It was functional - it's in the movie Bikini Beach.
Jeffries did all of the driving in the movie because he was nervous about letting Frankie Avalon drive it.
The body is not fiberglass - Jeffries hand formed it out of aluminum and no bondo or lead.
- Phillip
Wow :o
Quote from: mark p on March 14, 2020, 01:18:37 PM
Quote from: propayne on March 14, 2020, 01:14:31 PM
It was functional - it's in the movie Bikini Beach.
Jeffries did all of the driving in the movie because he was nervous about letting Frankie Avalon drive it.
The body is not fiberglass - Jeffries hand formed it out of aluminum and no bondo or lead.
- Phillip
Wow :o
+1