I saw this car just last Sunday at the cruise & coffee off the hwy 101. It was jet black, had flared fenders in the back similar to an FIA Cobra, Webers, no side wastegates (air vents). I am surprised for such an early number (2nd car built?) a search on this forum did not reveal prior discussions but there is a big five page story on it in a magazine currently on the newsstand called Vintage Motorsport. One time in its racing career it had a hardtop that had a long rear roof, still squared off, that from the side view looked like a Ferrari 250LM. PS The greenies are talking about passing a law not permitting cars painted black.I wonder if this will be retroactive on all cars presently painted black?
There is also a feature story on CSX2001 in the Winter 2009 issue of SAAC's Shelby American, with vintage pics, modern studio pics and pics with the wacky hardtop. This issue is online for free viewing here: http://saac.memberlodge.com/Default.aspx?pageId=262940 It will go to members-only access when the Spring 2009 issue comes out.
Good story. I wish I could see it on the printed page, not too comfortable with having to access a story only online > Well there's always the Vintage Motorsport article. I guess the FIA style rear fenders were copied off FIA cars already existing--I will talk to the restorer here to find out if they had to "wing it" on how they look or had the wooden formers for the correct shape. Anyhow it's a great story and I congratulate the staff of the club magazine for bringing us these new discoveries.
The printed edition of the magazine is available for $15... ...you could always just print the article as you are reading it online (?) if you need the printed pages.
CSX2001 does not have "cut-back" doors like FIA cars. The rear of the doors are bent outward to form the wide hip flares. This should have been very noticeable when you looked at it a few days ago.
No cutback door I missed that detail. I think I was looking at how close the fenders go over the rear wheels which seemed really close. I wonder how much wheel travel a race car needs--I would think a couple inches between the fenders and wheels. Here's a more obscure thing I will ask when I meet the bodyman--I heard Phil Remington didn't like how big the trunk lid in the Cobra was, that it went down to far into the body and he shortened it up a tad making the body more rigid. I wonder if this car reflects that change? I guess the only way besides asking Phil is to park it next to CSX 2000 and measure the length of the rear trunk lids. Phil used to work for a small car company that had bodywork made in Italy so he probably learned there about increasing body rigidity.
CSX2001 is owned by Bruce Myers. Google it, there's tons of stuff about it online right now. Just finished a very long restoration. I can't wait to see it in a fwe weeks in La Jolla.
