Denbeste Motorsports the newly appointed Shelby dealer in the bay area has a wonderful collection of classic Shelby's, a trip to his facilities is absolutely worth your time.

Bill and Lori Denbeste are now the proud owners of a Limited Shelby 85th Commemorative Edition

           

Carroll Shelby Takes Delivery of his Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe

On Monday, April 21, Shelby Automobiles and Shelby Distribution USA presented automotive legend Carroll Shelby with a custom Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, painted in the same “Guardsman Blue” of the original cars.

Carroll’s Daytona Coupe also features the number 98 that represents chassis #2300 that Shelby himself owned up until 1999. Power comes from a Shelby prepared block that was finished off by Roush 427SR V8 with 480 horsepower and 515 lb-ft torque. Unique to Carroll’s Daytona Coupe is a shifting system that utilizes paddles and buttons on the steering wheel. Developed by MasterShift of San Diego, the Art Carr 2004R 4-speed automatic transmission can be up shifted via paddles and downshifted using two buttons on either side of the steering wheel. Installation of the transmission and paddle shift system was handled by Exotic Auto Restoration of Costa Mesa.

Our new commemorative GT40 will now be featured on HOT ROD TV, be sure to watch the SPEED channel at the following times:

Saturday, March 01, 2008, 9:30am

Friday, March 07, 2008, 3:30am

Saturday, May 31, 2008, 9:30am

Friday, June 06, 2008, 3:30am

"The legendary GT-40 is coming back to life. Follow a team of builders as they turn that dream into reality. The team builds an exact replica of the GT-40 to surprise Carroll Shelby on his 85th birthday. Aesthetically perfect, dimensionally correct and as reliable as the original. It's a ride that's going to get a little more than attention on this episode of Hot Rod TV."

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Le Mans and sports car racing legend Alan Mann received the keys to his GT40 Continuation at the Pistonheads Show on Thursday 10th January. The GT40 Continuation car, made by Superformance, livered in the famous red body and gold and white viper stripes and instantly recognizable as the Alan Mann racing livery, was handed over to Alan by the managing director of Le Mans Coupes Ltd, Nigel Hulme, the UK importer of GT40 Continuation and Shelby Daytona Cobra cars and himself a well known classic sports car racer. Also present was Alan's son, Henry, and a number of the mechanics who have worked for Alan Mann Racing Ltd since the Le Mans period right through to the present day preparing cars for him. The final touch to adorn Alan's new car was the Alan Mann Racing Ltd decal placed on the car by his own mechanics.
Nigel Hulme, MD of Le Mans Coupes, said "it is an honor to handover the first customer GT40 Continuation car in the UK to a genuine Le Man and GT40 legend and a testament to the quality of the GT40 Continuation cars produced by Superformance". Alan himself was delighted "the car is superb, my son is already looking to get a drive before I do!".
Editorial notes
Alan Mann Racing Ltd supplied three of the nine GT40's that raced in the 1966 Le Mans, with GT40's famously finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The livery of the GT40 handed over to Alan at the Pistonheads Show is based closely on the livery of the lightweight GT40 developed by Alan Mann Racing which incorporated a number of elektron lightweight alloy panels. The original car, in this livery, competed at Reims in 1967 driven by Nelson and Liddell, the 1966 Sebring 12-hour race and at the 1966 Le Mans Test Days driven by Sir John Whitmore, car number #16.
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On 11 - 20 January 2008 Superformance and Shelby Distribution along with Rosh attended the Barrett Jackson auction as a vendor. We had an awesome display and examples of all of our products. Thanks to all of our dealers who were able to assist potential customers and make this show an amazing success. Doug Reed from Louisiana brought through his GT40 which represented the original car number 1015 which was raced by Ken Miles. This stunning Continuation was on display in the Shelby hosted bidders bar and got a lot of attention. A Solid Black roadster which had been finished with a tan interior attracted a lot of attention as did the red MKIII show car that was specially built for the SEMA car show in November last year.