OK, so what's up with the 'Klutzmobile'?

[BGlover67]

Considering the year, this has to real, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46UgqF8GVA

Fast forward to 3:24 if you aren't fan.  I'm sure someone here knows the story on this one.

[propayne]

Yeah, it's real.

That's from an episode of the Monkees.

Apparently the studio needed a race car they could rent for that episode and the Daytona Coupe was available.

And I'm a fan of both 

- Phillip

[BGlover67]

CSX2287?

[propayne]

I'm going to go out on a limb and comment without digging through my resources - I'm sure an expert will chime in and set the record straight.

But I'll say yes, CSX2287 the first of prototype coupe aka the Phil Spector coupe.

In fact, maybe it was Spector who lent it to Raybert Screen Gems.

Is my memory faulty, doesn't Dean Jeffrie's Mantaray show up in that episode too?

Jeffries of course designed and built the Monkee Mobile and also painted the first Cobra.

Personally I love how all these things dove tail.

- Phillip

[SFM66H]

CSX2287?

Brian, I say no. The dead giveaway is the width of the cowl strip between the door and the front clip. 2287's is the only one of the six Coupes that has a very narrow strip. All the other five Coupes have a much wider strip. Without consulting my photo files for a guess, that's all it would be if I offered one here. There just isn't enough of the car showing to do so.

[SFM66H]

Note the narrow cowl strip between the door and the front clip seen here on 2287, as compared to the one in the Monkees episode:

[mark p]

great find Brian 

[honker]

Bit more here ? don't know how correct the information is ?

Mike

https://cobra-authority.com/1964-shelby-daytona-cobra-coupe-csx2287-vs-the-monkeemobile-tv-show-the-monkees-68/

[propayne]

Hmm, well, incase my guess was a "swing and a miss", I'll make up for that with some stills I took from my Deluxe Monkees DVD set in 5.1 Surround Sound.

- Phillip

[propayne]

More -

- Phillip

[propayne]

And still there's more (Todd Rundgren reference).

- Phillip

[propayne]

And here is a shot with Dean Jeffries' Mantaray in it.

You can see the 289 Cobra engine that Shelby gave Jeffries as payment for shooting the custom pearl yellow paint job on the first Cobra.

Also note the color of the Mantaray, which ended up being silver. Looks kinda like a pearl yellow or gold.

- Phillip

[2112]

I don't recall seeing a valve cover like that on the Manta Ray before.

[mark p]

And here is a shot with Dean Jeffries' Mantaray in it.

You can see the 289 Cobra engine that Shelby gave Jeffries as payment for shooting the custom pearl yellow paint job on the first Cobra.

Also note the color of the Mantaray, which ended up being silver. Looks kinda like a pearl yellow or gold.

- Phillip

... and thanks for that info, I wondered if I "should have known" that other car, plus couldn't read the valve cover on the small screed.

[2112]

Is my memory faulty, doesn't Dean Jeffrie's Mantaray show up in that episode too?

Jeffries of course designed and built the Monkee Mobile and also painted the first Cobra.

Personally I love how all these things dove tail.

- Phillip

Found some pictures