Chassis No. CSX2711

In March 1963, Shelby American arrived at the 12 Hours of Sebring with high hopes and three specially prepared Cobras. While the team's assault on the Florida endurance classic yielded a sobering outcome-two cars retired early with mechanical problems, while the third, driven by Dan Gurney and Phil Hill in chassis CSX2128, finished 29th overall and 22nd in class after completing 163 laps-the Sebring Cobras themselves would prove instrumental in shaping the Cobra's competition legacy.

Gurney's chassis CSX2128, wearing distinctive yellow hood stripes that he reportedly applied himself with a rattle can before Sebring, would go on to achieve significant success later that season in the hands of Dave MacDonald, securing a string of wins and podium finishes in SCCA Regional and USRRC competition. The car would later be sold to Coventry Motors in August 1963, where it was successfully campaigned by Allen Grant in a yellow-with-black-stripes livery designed by then 19-year-old film director George Lucas. The Cobra continued to see success after returning as a Shelby American team car in 1964 with Ken Miles taking a further three victories and a second place at Laguna Seca. While its Sebring debut might have been disappointing, CSX2128 ultimately concluded its competition career with an impressive nine first-places, six seconds, two thirds, and just two DNFs.

In 2017, Superformance and Shelby American announced they would produce 15 special Sebring Edition Continuation Cobras paying tribute to these historic racers. Each car would receive a CSX continuation chassis number and feature exacting period-correct details including a third hood latch, front and rear brake ducts, rear fender flares, an FIA-style fuel filler cap, and authentic Cobra badging. The cars were equipped with a 14-gallon fuel tank, aluminum radiator, shrouded oil cooler, Shelby disc brakes, and a Salisbury limited-slip differential with a 3.54:1 gear ratio. Period-correct "kidney bean" pin drive 15-inch wheels completed the authentic appearance.

The cars were offered in distinct liveries matching significant racing versions of CSX2128-the black-and-yellow Gurney livery from Sebring, the same chassis in its later Dave MacDonald configuration wearing race start number 198, and the yellow-and-black Allen Grant version (A fourth livery replicated the Ken Miles/Peter Brock Sebring car chassis CSX2002). The example offered here, CSX continuation number 2711, is car number 12 of the 15-car production run and wears the coveted black-and-yellow Sebring livery of chassis CSX2128 with Gurney's race start number 15. The car was also configured with the optional 435-horsepower 289 cu-in V8 performance engine package with a period-correct aluminum block and heads, matched with a Tremec TKX five-speed manual transmission. As configured, the Cobra cost $218,850 when new.

This Sebring Edition Shelby Cobra Continuation, chassis CSX2711, artfully bridges motorsport heritage with precision engineering from Superformance. Honoring the legacy of Dan Gurney's chassis CSX2128-one of the most successful early competition Cobras-it represents an exacting recreation of its 1963 12 Hours of Sebring specification. With a mere 61 delivery miles since completion, this essentially new example would be ideal for vintage competition or show, offering an exceptional opportunity to acquire and experience a factory-authorized continuation of one of American motorsport's defining machines.