Second rack and pinion steering Cobra by manufacture date, first left had drive rack and pinion Cobra, finished out of order before CSX2080. Was the prototype for Ford engineered and provided electrical systems including Stewart-Warner instrumentation, was the prototype for Ford-McCord engine coolant radiators and expansion tanks, and a test mule for all kinds of things including tires, a different rear license plate illumination lamp, and adapted to a specific Ford-Mercury passenger car tail lamp.
Used by Mr. Shelby as a daily driver in England for a while, road tested by a magazine company while in England, the article was published, VIP car at the Le Mans race circuit 1963, and probably more not so well documented.
Why, it was a test and development platform for coming features and or potential coming features it seems.