The Monkees Season 2, Episode 21 Daytona Coupe from 1968

[kkupec02]

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). 

[pchmotoho]

Can never get enough of that video. Griffith Park I believe.

[deathsled]

Found it. Never saw this before.
https://youtu.be/S7_lUTB5Hf4?si=Ak0t5C286pCgAFxv

[Side-Oilers]

Yes, Griffith Park. Lots of TV shows like Highway Patrol, Mannix, Adam-12, Emergency and more were regularly shot up there. It still looks much the same today.

I like the "start/finish" line conveniently located outside the studio sound stages.

Classic TV car flubs: 

#1:   0:41.  Tach at 1000 rpm while Davy's got it floored.  (Happens agains at 1:33.)

#2:  Stunt driver is much taller than Davy.

#3:  Davy "power shifts" his 2-speed Powerglide transmission twice.

#4:  The butterflies on the blower scoop never open.

#5: The spare tire from the Cobra that gets rolled out the door is a 5-lug whitewall. Probably came out of the trunk of a studio transportation guy's personal car.

There are more, but this is a fun clip, and not a car documentary.  I like the starter grabbing the girl's skirt/panties as she walks by, to use it as the flag.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Was it Specters car then or still Jim Russells? Some shots it's very shiny and the closeups they put the dulling stuff on to stop the glare.
What's the CS tie to the Monkee Mobile? Dean Jefferies built it and he was sent by CS with Phil Remington to redesign the J Car after Miles was killed. It took them only 2 weeks from arrival in Detroit for the finished wind tunnel tested MK-IV body to be completed. Later Dean Jefferies was there with Foyt and a GT40 caught his eye. One of Ford's more benevolent deal was granted him.

https://www.motortrend.com/vehicle-genres/c12-0511-dean-jeffries-interview/
https://www.carthrottle.com/news/one-two-surviving-ford-gt40-roadsters-being-auctioned-and-we-want-it
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2018/11/08/ford-built-five-gt40-roadsters-but-only-one-raced-in-the-24-hours-of-le-mans
I think they ruined it returning it to "stock". He first put it together with the Indy motor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3RqU4ZQomk

[SunDude]

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.

[FL SAAC]

Found it. Never saw this before.
https://youtu.be/S7_lUTB5Hf4?si=Ak0t5C286pCgAFxv

Great clip!

[propayne]

Dean Jeffries put the first paint job on the first Cobra. Shelby gave him a Weber equipped 289 hi-po as payment that Jeffries used in his Mantaray custom, which is also in this episode. Someone stole the Webers off the Mantaray when it was being stored outside at his shop, so for awhile it sported the 4 bbl it had at the time of filming.

An earlier thread with some detailed pics -

https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=9643.0

- Phillip

[98SVT - was 06GT]

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.

If you ever get the chance stand by Pete Brock while there are any original Coupes in sight. He can tell you the CSX number and race history of each of his children from 50 feet away just by the different nuances the Italians hammered into each of the 5 bodies. His biggest peeve is they didn't get the leading edge of the roof as flat as he designed it.

Propayne: Dean Jeffries put the first paint job on the first Cobra.

I had forgotten about that. Jefferies mentioned it in one of his interviews - didn't he also do the extra paint jobs on it too so everyone got a "different" car to test?