You may recall that last year we brought you the bizarre saga of the lost Daytona Coupe, CSX2287. One of eight Daytona Coupes built by Carrol Shelby, CSX2287 raced at Le Mans and Daytona, finished first in class at the 1964 12-Hours of Sebring and set 23 national and international speed records at Bonneville in the hands of Craig Breedlove.
After hiding in a storage unit for some 35 years, the car reappeared last February when the owner set herself on fire under a freeway overpass and died from her injuries. The result was a litigious dispute between a host of putative owners including, the deceased’s mother, a friend of the deceased (Kurt Goss), record producer Phil Spector and a prominent collector, Dr. Fredrick Simeone, who thought he owned the car after paying $3.75 million to the deceased’s mother for it. Hey, the National Enquirer has nothing on us!
After nearly a year of legal wrangling, it appears that the ownership question has finally been settled with Goss receiving a cash settlement of $900,000 and Simeone retaining ownership of what is certainly the most expensive Cobra of all time. After an extensive restoration, plans are for it to go on exhibit at the Shelby American Collection Museum in Denver, Colorado.
