Shelby Cobra Research Paper

Climbing into the cockpit of Shelby American's 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupe is very much like like going back in time. only it's a bit more comfortable. Only, this time it’s a bit more comfortable. The steering wheel has a fat leather rim metal spokes and a metal badge at its center. The dashboard looks like a '60s-era science project with plainly labeled knobs and switches set into a flat black surface. The only clues that this is a modern vehicle and not a 1965 race car are the switches for the air conditioning and power windows. Then there's price tag this car costs about $230,000 with a fiberglass body. With an aluminum body it would cost about $100,000 more. Either way it's a tiny sliver of the cost. the original car of the original …show more content…
They were built to win some of the most fiercely competitive races in Europe and america. in those days Shelby had already been winning races with the well-known Shelby Cobra, a powerful open-topped car. But the Cobra had a major weak point: aerodynamics. With its muscular engine and lightweight body the Cobra was quick but on tracks with long straightaways the fat-nosed Cobra fell behind. Shelby engineers created a new body with a chisel-shaped nose that split the air a smooth roof rather than open cockpit and a concave back that spun air into a controlled swirl behind the car as it passed. The result was an astonishing increase in top speed. the original Shelby Cobra couldn't reach 160 miles per hour but early versions of the Daytona Coupe could go over 190 there were other improvements made to the car as well. In all it was enough for shelby to win the World Sportscar Championship, beating carroll Shelby's hated rival, ferrari. Shelby's 50th Anniversary version of the Daytona isn't intended to be a pure recreation of the racecar. Instead its meant as a car someone could comfortably drive on a more-or-less regular