[Lee Stewart]

Willment Cobra Coupe (1964)

When Carroll Shelby refused to sell a Daytona Coupe to British team owner John Willment, the Brit decided to build his own on a Cobra chassis he had lying spare. Willment had already run a Cobra, with the famous registration 39PE, so he knew the standard car was not sufficiently aerodynamic.

Using drawings from Shelby, the Willment car looked very similar the Daytona Coupe but it had a lower roof. Other differences were the Willment car used Lucas electrical components and Girling brakes. It was finished in Willment’s favoured red with white stripes and it ran well in various endurance races, but it never made it to Le Mans.