The Brock Coupe (also known as

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Coupe or Superformance Shelby Daytona Coupe) is the only licensed continuation of the original

Shelby Daytona The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe) is an American sports-coupé. It is related to the Shelby Cobra roadster, loosely based on its chassis and drive-train developed and built as an advanced evolution. I ...

coupe racing cars of the 1960s. The car has a

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, with a 55R/45F weight distribution. The body was designed by

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(who designed the original race cars) and a chassis designed by Bob Negstad (who designed the original race chassis), it is viewed by many to be the most authentic modern continuation of the original, very limited run of Shelby Daytona coupes. It is the only Shelby Daytona coupe approved and licensed by Shelby and the only Shelby Daytona coupe aside from the original half-dozen cars eligible for the Shelby Registry. Roush Performance is the official supplier of 50-state-legal engines for the coupe, and the majority of American owners choose a Roush

engine An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ge ...

based on a 351 Windsor block. Common displacements chosen for the car are 392, 402, and 427 cubic inches. Buyers also have a choice between five- and six-speed transmissions, the latter with a relatively wide choice of

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s. The car is considered by many to be an ideal compromise between a historically correct

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and a car suitable for the modern

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buyer. The cars occupy a pricepoint above a

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or Aston Martin V8 Vantage but below a

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where few other front-engined GT cars with more than 500

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are available. About 130 such cars exist as of the autumn of 2007, most of them in the

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. One special Superformance Shelby Daytona Coupe was painted Portofino Blue and given white roundels and number ten racing numbers to make it visually similar to the car that won the GT class at

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1964. This so-called "tribute" car sold for $270,000, at Barrett-Jackson's autumn 2006 auction, though much controversy continues in the enthusiast community as to whether this price was representative of the state of the market in such cars.

Gallery

Example of a Shelby Daytona coupe produced by

(chassis #0121, manufactured in

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). This particular car is outfitted with a Roush 402SR engine and a

Tremec T-56 transmission The T-56 six speed manual transmission has been used in a wide range of vehicles from General Motors, Dodge, and Ford Motor Company. The transmission was originally designed and built by BorgWarner for the Dodge Viper later being used by GM in 1 ...

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External links

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