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Thanks to everyone who is sharing photos from SAAC-49, for those of us who can't be there in person.

But it would be great if people could add the chassis IDs where they have 'em.

From the photos above, I believe I've identified the following Cobras:

• CSX2129
• CSX2285
• CSX2386 - interior and engine bay
• CSX3010

[The collection came to us with about 100,000 images in already-digital format]

can you please post a weblink? thanks

...One of the gems to be found in The Henry Ford's archives is the Dave Friedman auto racing collection, particularly covering racing from the 1960s through 1990s. The collection came to us with about 100,000 images in already-digital format, and we've been adding these to our digital collections over time. We've just added 600 images documenting the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race, including the one seen here, showing not only the racecars in motion, but also the more general racetrack environment of fans in the stands and corporate logos/mascots in the background. With the addition of this latest race, 11,518 items from the Friedman collection are now available on our collections website. Browse just the latest set added, or peruse all the Dave Friedman imagery, by visiting our digital collections.

that episode dates back to 2014

[COB6113]

looks to me like COB6113

Cool photos!

Those look like S/C fender flares on the 427 Cobra.

Can you make out the car's license plate on your photos/negatives? The watermarked pics you shared are too low-res to read.

[$6.3 million USD]

SOLD at a hammer price of $6.3 million USD plus buyer's premium

[CSX3232]

it's CSX3232

Not sure of the VIN

[Terry Bagley]

no, she's Terry Bagley, not Angie Dickinson

I think that that is Angie Dickinson. Google "Angie Dickinson Cobra". Those pictures and more, were likely taken at Riverside.

[CSX2009]

Looks like CSX2009, assuming this is from the 1963 race

[P/1028]

Pretty sure that's P/1028

[P/1052]

Unless I'm mistaken with my chassis identification, P/1052 is set to cross the auction block at Mecum Kissimmee, Jan 2-14, 2024.

According to the catalogue description, this original MkI road car hasn't been seen publicly in nearly 30 years and was just restored by RUF Automobiles.

See Lot R799.2 at: www.mecum.com/lots/1106987/1966-ford-gt40-mki-road-car/

[CSX3349]

Sorry to say that I found a couple boo-boos in the latest edition of The Shelby American magazine.

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1. This short article about the 427 Cobra that Peter Klutt showed at Pebble Beach last month erroneously refers to the car as the one Barn Find Hunter Tom Cotter uncovered in 2018. That particular car was CSX3278. The car Klutt showed at Pebble was CSX3349 (not CSX2249), the Penn Brothers drag car.

You can watch the Hagerty Barn Find Hunter episodes featuring CSX3278 here:

• Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlRKSmHgzdE
• Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4aO-XuUHY
• Part 3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnU9jcOEE2o



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2. This short article tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe had been interested in buying a pink Cobra shortly before her tragic death. Now I can't say whether or not the text/story is true, but the accompanying image definitely isn't. It's a joke photo I created back in May 2021. I had modified a real photo of Marilyn reading the script to "Niagara" to look like the cover of the AC Cobra chassis manual.    This joke photo has gone mildly viral. I've since learned it was also used on a cover of the AC Owners Club magazine last year.

I don't see how removing post counts will change anything regarding jerk behavior.

[reminds of the GT40 shots in the French film A Man and A Woman.]

FWIW

reminds of the GT40 shots in the French film A Man and A Woman. The Man is a test driver and one of the cars he drives is a GT40. It was released in 1966. Don't know if this could be the same. Nevertheless the film has some of the best car-to-GT40 shots ever imho.

Ford France was a subsidiary before Ford of Europe was formed.

For the french language challenged, ecurie on the door is french for stable

You got it! P/1007 is the same GT40 used in that film.

[The 'Klutzmobile' is the original Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (chassis #CSX2287).]

I watched an old tv show and found some nice Shelby Daytona Coupe video.  "The Monkees Race Again" "Leave the Driving to Us"   February 12, 1968
Davy drives the Monkeemobile in an auto race when the British entry (owned by an old friend of Davy's grandfather) is sabotaged by Baron Von Klutz (David Hurst) and his Klutzmobile.
The 'Klutzmobile' is the original Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (chassis #CSX2287).

I did a deep dive on this a couple years ago and determined that the car in that episode was CSX2299, not CSX2287. Ned agreed with my analysis.

In fact CSX2287 is the easiest of the coupes to eliminate from contention due to its unique door cutline.