Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe "Victory By Design"

Alain de Cadenet on the 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe

[@jamesryan4261]

RIP Alain. You will be truly missed.

[@MrX-lg8vi]

Alain is so damn cool. This was the best television series I’ve ever seen.

[@pete5534]

Yes.

[@Hrimthur666]

The Daytona is for me one of the most beautiful race cars ever made! :) NICE! The sound is amazing!

[@mobius-1503]

Man I loved these shows!!! Took me forever to find it. Ever since top gear clowns took over the scene this became the lost stepchild. Thank you so much

[@allcownoboy]

God, that engine sound sends shivers down your spine. This is my favorite car of all time.

[@Loulovesspeed]

It sounds so strong and powerful, many guys don't want to believe it is a small block V8 and not a bigblock! Gets my vote for the best sounding small block on the planet.

[@zounds13]

You have excellent taste.

[@joemoon9936]

What a driver. RIP

[@sfelton8943]

I only just learned of Alain's passing and it's an awful shame. I watched this series growing up and particularly enjoyed his tire frying action. The man drove these cars with no holds barred, a gift to motor racing and motoring history that I'll never forget.

[@Mastermindthreethousand]

Best car reviewer, racer and gentleman. Like no other. Respect.

[@saleemwaheed9956]

I liked the way he ripped thru the trees in the most valuable car in America! De Cad is the man!

[@georgejacob3162]

de Cad really is the man! Watch his reaction to when Ray Hanna flies a Spitfire just a few feet above Alain de Cadanet's head. It is hilarious! Just type in Ray Hanna Spitfire low pass over Alain de Cadanet here on KZbin.

[@ianchandley]

That was at Goodwood in England

[@McNabbula]

Was thinking the same. You would have thought he stole it!

[@caribman10]

I was lucky enough to do two pit walk-throughs at The Goodwood Revival with Mr. De Cadenet and he was just like you see him here. Pure enthusiast; sportsman; no BS.

[@allenkim9387]

Best V8 I've ever heard.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@Digby Saunders I could find nothing regarding the use of a Mclaren (Chevy powered) Can Am car with a flat plane crank. I believe their first use of one is the current Corvette C8, following Ford's use of one in the GT 350 Mustang a couple years back.

[@CoolCarVideo]

Love the Daytona Coupes, they sound awesome!

[@avatarblackwolf3594]

Cool Car Video The ARE awesome!

[@LoganXHebda]

Love the Daytona Coupe 🐍

[@sandyvalentin3072]

Put this series in 1080 HD or 4K I can’t believe they haven’t put this series on Netflix or Amazon Prime

[@trob1173]

I had a chrome finished Matchbox Daytona Coupe in the mid 1960's when I was a kid. All time favorite car. "I've always wanted to drive this car." Me too you lucky man.

[@chrispappas3750]

Admit it, you got a chubby when you heard the engine revving.

[@TheDartblockstang]

This sound is incredible it's the best of all V8's Fords will always be the true king of speed. Heck even the 1st koenigsegg had a V8 based off a Ford. Can't forget the Texas mile record of the tt Ford GT that went over 300mph.

[@Fred_NaughT]

I'm mostly a GM kinda guy but I'd agree with you 100% This version of the 289 is the absolute BEST sounding V8 ever created !!!

[@neiltoby1771]

God they sounded good. Victory by design was a fantastic show

[@craigyirush3492]

They were a DNF at Daytona in '64 due to a fire in the pits. The car that was in that race was CSX 2287, the prototype. This car, 2299, had yet to be built. Ferrari had the last race at Monza cancelled, giving Ferrari the championship in '64.

[@bobuncle8704]

Absolutely. They weren’t beaten by Ferrari, Enzo was a winner who didn’t want to lose on his home track so he went behind everyone’s back and had the final cancelled. He only won by the political games that he played on several occasions. He was probably upset because he was the reason he was being beaten anyway. He wanted to get around the rules in the first place, so he forced the sanctions body to change the rules. The change, so that you didn’t need to go through the whole homoligation process for a new car design. It was now possible to change either the body, or the chassis. Ford had a good chassis, but they needed a new body to get the speed that they wanted. The Daytona Coupe was the result. Imo, to me, there of the greatest of all time were; the Cobra, the Daytona Coupe, and the GT 40. There is no possible way I’ll ever be able to have one…well, maybe a die cast😂, but just to see one each of the originals, and I think I could call my bucket list complete.

[@alexk8792]

@@bobuncle8704 I bet that instead of going to Heaven when he died, Enzo Ferrari went to Hell to suffer for his hubris in life.

[@kdcobra64]

I had a Superformance Daytona Coupe up to 140.on the 57 fwy in La.. very sweet

[@BradThePitts]

This car is my favorite part of Ferrari history!

[@babiesmakinbabies]

lol

[@jayive34]

Mine is the GT40. That car was the ultimate 'Fuck You!' to Ferrari.

[@bryantcurtis2665]

Brad the Pitts Ferrari=🐒💨💨💨💨💨

[@BradThePitts]

@@jayive34 Well they needed this little 'Fuck You' to prepare for the big 'Fuck You' LOL

[@craigyirush3492]

Wish the whole episode of this was available on DVD or streaming like the earlier episodes on Ferrari, Porsche, Jaguar, etc.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@Craig Yirush - It was when the series was produced in the 1990s to early 2000. I have the entire set on DVD, and this one is called "Ford Muscle" and mostly covers the Shelby vehicles. The Victory by Design series was excellent and Alain makes a great commentator with his experience and style.

[@craigyirush3492]

@@Loulovesspeed I have Alfa, Ferrari, Porsche (the first one they made), Maserati, Aston, and Jaguar, all made as you say in the 90s and early 2000s, but have never been able to find this one on Ford. I was able to stream the one on Lotus from Amazon, but can’t find the DVD. Any idea where I can buy the one on Ford?

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@craigyirush3492 - I checked ebay but couldn't find the Ford Muscle one. The 2 that I don't have are the Grand Prix Cars and Corvette - didn't see those either.

[@craigyirush3492]

@@Loulovesspeed I’d like those too. The weird thing is last time I checked you could still buy the ones I listed (Ferrari et.al.) but not Ford, Corvette, GP.

[@raynabozny2338]

With out a doubt the GREATEST CAR EVER

[@clodge5196]

He had that 289 blue oval hollerin'

[@joevanseeters2873]

There are very few cars in history that sound that GLORIOUS! Good gosh that car sounds incredible. de Cadenet switching those gears and gunning that gas pedal. That car sounds absolutely spectacular. I need to start saving my pennies for a Superformance Daytona Coupe from this very moment on......

[@joevanseeters2873]

And Alain de Cadenet is one of the greatest "Gentleman" racers of ALL TIME!

[@Archangel3083]

Look at Factory Five, much cheaper and outstanding modern frame and suspension.

[@chuckselvage3157]

What a beautiful car.

[@branon6565]

It's odd watching a stranger literally living out the dream I've had since I first saw a picture of the Daytona Coupe back in 1988, I was 15yrs old...very cool, but I'm jealous as hell right about now...lmao

[@meatrocket1]

Question? How come I was never asked if I wanted to drive this car?!

[@mjbachman3027]

The only reason why the Cobra lost the FIA GT championship in 1964 by a couple of points, was that Enzo Ferrari got the FIA to cancel the last race of the season at Monza. Monza was a high speed, long track that definitely favored the Cobra Daytona Coupe, and not the Ferrari 250 GTO.

[@plantfeeder6677]

In 1964 the Shelby Daytona Coupe achieved 197 mph on the mulsanne straight. That was faster than any car Ferrari had in that race. Even their P2 prototype.

[@dre-afa]

Beautiful

[@petertimowreef9085]

This guy omg haha, gets told it's the most valuable car in the US, drives off with a burn-out! In the Maserati episode he casually mentions that if you ever get the oppurtunity to drive a pre-war Maserati Grand Prix car, you should definitely take it. Gee thanks Alain! I get offers like that in my spam-box each week!

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

Peter Timowreef that annoys me so much every time I watch that episode! My dad and I always get a chuckle over it. By the way, be sure to spam 21st Century Fox, who own the Speed TV rights, to rerelease these on DVD. Shopping for these online is like hunting for centaurs.

[@MisterTwister88]

Andrew Cuthbertson They're available on Amazon

[@northerngirl13]

That is the angriest 289 I have ever heard.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@Angie Smith - I believe it was the most powerful carbureted 289 ever put in a "production" car. With 4 Weber twin choke carbs it put out 390 HP and was good for just under 200 mph at Le Mans. The combination of the carbs, tuned exhaust headers and those side pipes gave it that wonderful vicious sound it is so well known for.

[@waifubreaks1572]

Enzo was so butthurt that he got Monza canceled

[@p90x1011]

That sound!!

[@RACECAR]

So, does anyone else find it ironic that the car numbered "13" is the one that is the most successful?

[@MerciaAnglii]

Looks like it has been filmed in the grounds of the Goodwood Estate in Sussex.

[@raymondturner6784]

Wow... Dude straight just burns out and is flying between the trees with no helmet or anything. That car sounds amazing. Shelby made some wonderful race cars. I almost can't believe that's an American 4.7 liter naturally aspirated engine from 1964.

[@rickden8362]

A little clarification: In 1964, at Nürburgring, Targa, and Bridgehampton only roadsters were entered. And at the Nürburgring and Targa they were beaten smaller displacement Porsche and Ferrari. I have a feeling, with that front end configuration, it was developing some lift and there may have been handling issues(although the undercut at the front wheels may have been put there to for that reason). It seems like a car begging for a front air dam. But it was such a damn cool looking car for it's day.

[@margaretbehler4935]

Sweet!

[@vvoodee]

Makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, that V8 does

[@nothanks3590]

Enzo bribing people to get the last race canceled counts as winning?

[@kentleykingtaggart7034]

envy is all I can feel right now

[@ronakd.705]

Anyone has a link to this shows soundtrack…that’s heard in the beginning…I love that soundtrack…suits this man and his legendary racing authority 🤙🏼🤩🏎️

[@cinema36]

What a dream car! But yet reliable!

[@kingcorner3037]

this car sounds more likely big block 427/429 than a small block 289 - amazingly brutal sound!!!! not to mention the reviewer guy and the car itself....😎😎

[@MichaelGreen-vn7dr]

Hi Mr Chatty.... I remember you meeting and insulting the STIG at Monterey! Naughty boy

[@rolandrodriguez3854]

Fails to mention Ferrari had the Italian GP canceled in order to win in '64 because they wanted to prevent a Ferrari defeat that would've handed the championship to Ford. Nice try Allen.

[@deaterk]

Roland Rodriguez - What’s with the snarky attitude in your comment?

[@plantfeeder6677]

Correction it would've handed the championship to SHELBY not Ford. Shelby was the manufacturer not Ford.

[@jacobmoses3712]

I love the safety barriers - stone walls :)

[@avatarblackwolf3594]

Jacob Moses And no airbags .....

[@MichaelGreen-vn7dr]

PS: I knew Carroll since I was weeks old in 1958...

[@frankkleij9149]

What a coïncidence It has the very same profile as the ONE year Older (1964) design from Alfa Romeo Canguro design by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Just a 1 to 1 copy. I have both in my vitrine and there is none difference between them besides colors and size and underskin displacement. The Alfa's were red and the cobra's blue . Nevertheless the Daytonas were special in some respects and in a different game.

[@plantfeeder6677]

Which has the copy of the Ferrari 250 GTO which came out a year before the Alfa? Would you like a list of similarly designed vehicles throughout time?. Jaguar XK-E, Corvette(1968), Cobra Daytona, your Alfa, Ferrari 250 GTO, Datsun 240Z, Porsche 924/944, Toyota 2000GT. Those are just off the top of my head. I'm sure I've missed a few others.

[@caribman10]

Dan Gurney said that but for a valve gear problem he thought the Coupe could have won LeMans overall.

[@chrishamilton2559]

Was this filmed at Lord March's?

[@kdcobra64]

yes

[@simeonorive145]

Good wood.

[@ducky63]

Whatever happened to the Ford episode? Can’t find it on any of the playlists!

[@sergiolemus1260]

He drives it like he means it lol

[@j.d.b.pennamesonofharraant3367]

Technically crossover X

[@scottl.1568]

Yeah that's right...

[@deloreanfan81]

Close your eyes and you can hear Eleanor from gone in 60 seconds

[@MBSLC]

It would have won the championship in 1964 except that the last race of the season at Monza was curiously cancelled for some reason...Enzo Ferrari saw the writing on the wall obviously.

[@mchristr]

The race in Italy was cancelled? What an odd coincidence.

[@JamesSmith-ip5ou]

Ferrari got the FIA to make the last race a non points race. Ferrari the biggest crybabies in sports.

[@hootowl6354]

I thought the coupe had a longer wheelbase. He said it was the same chassis.

[@yankeetraveler1118]

same chassis. Longer wheelbase was one of the things Brock wanted to do but was unable to at the time. The Superformance Brock Coupe does incorporate a longer wheelbase.

[@MehLewH]

Ferrari: I... i swear that i was the best race car manufacturer in the 1960’s Shelby Daytona: You sure? Ferrari: yes ;(

[@jayive34]

I learned yesterday that this car wasn't the loser I thought it was. I thought it never beaten the 250 GTO where it counted. I was very wrong.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@jayive34 You had enough info to convince you it was a loser.......where the heck did you come up with that? It was the most famous Cobra built by the Shelby American group, and it not only beat the Ferrari 250 GTO at Le Mans, but it won The World Manufacturers Championship title too. The only American built car to do so, right up to today!

[@redmr2na]

Now these car were for me better then a 250 GTO Ferrari. Everyone says oh it's a 250 GTO....it's beautiful....yadda yadda yadda. Well in my opinion I always thought the 250 GTO was overrated.

[@redmr2na]

@@Loulovesspeed I won't disagree with it being successful, that is undeniable. As to the way it looks I always thought it wasn't Ferraris best effort in the styling department. It's all louvers and duct and lights. I don't think there is one clean panel on the whole car. To me the 250 Testarossa was the much better looking car. The 750 Monza, the 500 Mondial were all better looking then the 250 GTO. Even cars from other manufactors were more beautiful then it. The D type Jag, the Maserati 450 S, and the 300 SLR all better looking. Compared to all of these cars the GTO is overstylized mess. It definitely isn't worth 70 million dollars. It should be worth 60 million less. It should be worth right around 20 million like its other stable mates. That is my opinion.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@redmr2na Whatever the GTO is worth, the Daytona Coupe should be worth more since it is far more rare than the GTO, and it won the World Manufacturers Championship - the only American car to have done so to this day!

[@chejohnny3706]

rob dyson owned one. his sister was getting married at their parents home in millbrook ny. i thought it was a kit car when I helped move it to a barn. "no j... here's it's history"..oh how wish I a polaroid then

[@f2detaboada]

Oh my god 3:30

[@j.d.b.pennamesonofharraant3367]

Shelby was also Dodge

[@j.d.b.pennamesonofharraant3367]

AMX 3

[@j.d.b.pennamesonofharraant3367]

👍 Trans AM History

[@jollyjakelovell6822]

Hunts Horses

[@fngonuts]

...no seatbelt ??

[@jayive34]

Nope. These cars, as glorious and beautiful as they are, are deathtraps.

[@joeypierantonis7576]

i dont care if he was Micheal Shumacher, id be damned if id let him rip one of the rarest cars on earth, down a 200 year old european cart path like that. Pete Brock him self, only knows where 3 of the si;x are. Those 3 cars , that came out of Shelby racing, are the greatest cars ever bulit.. In my opinion

[@Loulovesspeed]

@Joey Pierantonis - Alain was an accomplished high level amateur racer for many years, and drove pretty much everything back then. He was taking it easy with the Coupe, not getting anywhere near red line. Shelby American did produce 6 examples and they are all accounted for.

[@joeypierantonis7576]

@@Loulovesspeed Thanks for the bio. I've never heard of him. Either way, obviously he's not red lining the car. A retired amateur, (your words) probably would not be able to red line that car in his prime, muchless down a 10' cobblestone road, w/ cobblestone walls. Hell, Ima amateur racer. As for "accomplished racer" , well the term itself, defines subjectivity dunnit? No, I understand what you are saying. Afterall, somebody let him. Im just saying, it would not have been me. I just watched a interview with Peter Brock, and he said three for sure, and the others he sort of knows the region where they can be found, but he's not exactly sure. I would consider him to be foremost expert on that subject.. But maybe not. He doesn't strike me as the type of man to let, some of the rarest, historic, winningest, sought after, valuable, as well as his greatest accomplishment, wander aimlessly about the planet,( after all there's only six. one was damaged in a wreck wasn't it?) seeing as he is drawn to tears every time he talks about the men who made it. I could be wrong.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@joeypierantonis7576 - Yes, I would agree that Peter Brock is the best source for pertinent information on the cars that he designed and helped create. However, he does not have any ownership in the 6 originals. I spoke with him at the Lime Rock Park Historic Festival in 2016 and he was quite gracious and still sounds like a man who is all business. Did you know that when the Daytonas were done with racing, they came very close to ending up in the ocean off the UK? Shelby American owned them at that time. The British tax man said the cars must be gone from the UK in 2 weeks or large taxes would be levied on them. Shelby did not want to pay the high shipping costs to get them back to the U.S. and instructed Alan Mann, the British Cobra racing Manager, to put them on a barge and toss them overboard once they were out to sea. Thankfully, Alan sent them back to the U.S. - and he paid the freight! What an incredible loss of one of America's most valued race cars that would have been. After they were back in Los Angeles, one of them went to the Bonneville Salt Flats and set several speed records. When they got it back to LA, Shelby looked at it, all covered and caked with salt and some pieces loose or falling off, he offered it to anyone interested for............$800. They all laughed at him and declined the offer! In 2015, all 6 were gathered at The Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK and were running on the track together. What a site!

[@joeypierantonis7576]

@@Loulovesspeed That is crazy! I heard a little about that. Did not know if it was true or not. Sometimes Shelby did not understand the weight of the moment. I dont think he really gave a shit about the 40 or the Daytona.

[@jcgabriel1569]

@@joeypierantonis7576 Maybe he is not that clear in describing Alain De Cadenet. De Cadenet is a racing driver, known for racing his own cars, in other terms, a privateer. He is one of the last privateers to fight, and occasionally win, against works and works-supported teams. In 1976, for example, he, along with Chris Craft, finished third overall at Le Mans, driving his De Cadenet-Lola T380 LM76... So, yeah, he's actually had quite a CV... He also, at the time, started racing in historic racing. In fact, with a bit of digging, it appeared that a number of cars featured in this program actually was once owned and raced by him in historic racing! For example, in the Ferrari episode, while driving a Ferrari 250 SWB, he casually said that he once owned one, the one Stirling Moss drove to win the RAC TT in 1961. One the Alfa Romeo episode, he also recalled that when he was still starting out racing, he really wanted an Alfa Romeo TZ1, but he couldn't afford it, *so he had to settle on racing an old, worn out Ferrari 250 GTO...*

[@fidgetsinner9502]

Looks like viper GTS

[@carguy99]

No seatbelt used?...silly boy

[@j.d.b.pennamesonofharraant3367]

GT H

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in EU :-( In Germany the Green party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on, by reducing petrol stations to only one station per city. :-(

[@yankeetraveler1118]

A tragedy.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

@@yankeetraveler1118 Today EU told that they will take all houses from poor people who are unable to renovate their homes to new climate neutral standards. We are ruled by Communists!

[@plantfeeder6677]

Time for a revolution.

[@timomomomo969]

Porsche is working on synthetic fuels

[@Schlipperschlopper]

No that ended a few months ago because Eu government does not accept it@@timomomomo969

[@davidcordes9283]

What is not mentioned is that douchebag Ferrari fixed the race season so that it finished early so that Shelby had no chance. Most Europeans diminish the American efforts in their backyard but until we showed up pitting took yeeeaars and our stock car race pitting had a major influence. Now F1 practice pitting down to an art.

[@billrichter8871]

Alain's facts are all wrong, but a nice view of the car.

[@plantfeeder6677]

Man this is what happens when the Brits make a show about American history. They always get the facts wrong or they somehow twist it to make it about themselves.

[@theant9821]

I like the way they call it an American car, more than half is British and the rest is about equally split between Italian and American.

[@willgeary6086]

I wouldn't say that, there was barely anything of the AC Ace it was based on, and while it's true the bodies were made on Italy, that was it, mostly cause Italian couchbuilders were the least expensive at the time to contract out to.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@The ANT - The Auto Carriers fan base is unwaivering! Lol

[@mickclarke4579]

Alain Decadanet is a great driver and presenter, he used to do shows on TV regular, if there are any TV people reading this... get the man back on telly !!

[@RBOJCK]

They copied the 62 Ferrari 250 GTO just look at it.