Coupe Daytona

[Coralsnake]

It sounds like you are making the caption fit your history, and not letting it tell you something new.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

numbers changed all the time  but all 6 cars are different  body wise.

The first coupe had the flat roof. The Italian cars had a pronounced hump above the windshield.

[Richstang]

It sounds like you are making the caption fit your history, and not letting it tell you something new.

Yes, the caption does reinforce the article date in October '65, stating the car is getting checked out and will appear "today" at the UCLA show. 

It's the race number font in the photo that's bothering me. First it shows up at practice in Daytona on every car, but as a basic line font. Then it becomes the actual race number in a second font style for csx2300 on race day. (that font matches this photo from the article). Later, when the number #11 appears in June '65 on csx2299 it has a third font style. The number "11" must have a meaning to someone in Shelby American. I know, I need to let this go...

[Coralsnake]

I also think you are taking the caption too literally, while some coupes were made in Italy, maybe someone told the reporter that. That may not be this specific coupe. The reporter may not have known the difference of an insignificant detail

[Richstang]

Only one coupe was built in the USA csx2287, the other five were made in Italy.

Ok, I took a step back and started looking at the cowl scoops and hood vent scoop on all the cars. That's the one feature we can see fairly well in the newspaper photo. When I got to the file for csx2286 it all become clear. It was prepped as a show car as early as July '65 and put on the Cobra Caravan in November. It wore the same #11 font that was seen in Daytona. I make myself crazy with this stuff. Photo credit "Pat Durkin 1965"

[gt350shelb]

numbers changed all the time  but all 6 cars are different  body wise.

The first coupe had the flat roof. The Italian cars had a pronounced hump above the windshield.

2299 was shipped to Italy with a roll bar that was too tall  ( shelby american installed)   The  body fabricators made the drawing work  by making roof taller .....   nobody call to ask what they should do  they just made it happen. 

[2112]

I'm just bummed that UCLA doesn't have its own Sports Car Club anymore, let alone a "director of rally."

Driving for the joy of driving? How anti-mother earth can one be?

I will bet they have a Prius club

I was guessing a public transportation club.   

[2112]

Only one coupe was built in the USA csx2287, the other five were made in Italy.

Ok, I took a step back and started looking at the cowl scoops and hood vent scoop on all the cars. That's the one feature we can see fairly well in the newspaper photo. When I got to the file for csx2286 it all become clear. It was prepped as a show car as early as July '65 and put on the Cobra Caravan in November. It wore the same #11 font that was seen in Daytona. I make myself crazy with this stuff. Photo credit "Pat Durkin 1965"

Wow that is a crisp photograph for being 53+ years old.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Wow that is a crisp photograph for being 53+ years old.

Probably the earliest known photo of yellow plastic chain roping off a car.

[Richstang]

Wow that is a crisp photograph for being 53+ years old.

Probably the earliest known photo of yellow plastic chain roping off a car.

Looks like rope to me.