For sale Cobra Daytona Coupe #15 Bob Bondurant / Jo Schlesser - Sebring 12 Hour 1965.

Made by Exoto

1/18th Scale

The car is mint with no marks, no scratches, no paint blistering, no discolouration and has been on display in a non smoke room. The car was in a car display box in a glass cabinet.

PLEASE GET IN TOUCH BEFORE YOU BUY TO SORT OUT SHIPPING.

IF IN THE UK AND NOT TO FAR I CAN DELIVER OR YOU CAN COLLECT.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

Exoto 1:18 Cobra Daytona Coupe No. 15 Sebring 12 hour 1965 

Made by Exoto

Accurate scale model of the 

RLG18015 Cobra Daytona Coupe racing car

With opening parts

• Doors
• Bonnet
• Boot

Great addition to all Exoto and Daytona diecast collections

Winner, 1965 Sebring 12 Hours, driven by Bondurant/SchlesserJo Schlesser (left) and Bob Bondurant (right) being interviewed after the race.Mar. 27, 1965

By 9:45am it was uncomfortably hot in Sebring. The Shelby crew had been careful to warm up the Cobra Daytonas and GT40s before the race to avoid racing on cold motors. This careful planning, however, would work against them. Two of the four Daytonas refused to start because of fuel delivery problems brought on by the searing heat and humidity. Fortunately, the other two made it away without incident.

The Bondurant/Schlesser and Johnson/Payne cars took the GT class lead right from the start while the other two Daytona Coupes made a charge to regain the ground they lost at the start of the race. Running like clockwork, the four Coupes held the first four places in the GT class by 3:00pm.

As dinnertime approached, the skies opened up and the Sebring airfield, used annually for the 12 hour classic, was transformed into something resembling a lake! The Shelby team had to punch holes in the Cobras floors to drain the water that had collected in the cockpits.

The torrential downpour eventually ended and the 'lake' drained away. The pace resumed and all four Daytona Coupes were still running strong. Bondurant and Schlesser took fourth overall and won the GT class, leading a sweep of the GT class!

I am selling my dads whole collection of model cars, he adored and looked after his collection, The whole collection ranges to his favourites like the GT40s, Cobra Daytona's and Ferraris of that era. He knew his stuff about racing and was a perfectionist when it came to his models. Not only did he collect old sports car racing he was a Nigel Mansell fan as well as the old racing legends like Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart,Graham Hill etc. He has NASCAR as well as the sports car and F1. Get in touch if you want to maybe buy a bundle. I cherish the collection because they were my dads, so they won't be under valued.

MAKE AN OFFER AND WE SHALL SEE!!!