{"id":36798,"date":"2020-01-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/automotive-art-13-shelby-daytona-coup-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-01T09:56:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T09:56:35","slug":"automotive-art-13-shelby-daytona-coup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/automotive-art-13-shelby-daytona-coup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Art 13 – Shelby Daytona Coup\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a prelude to the second year of the Automotive Art section Bill Pack shows us the elegant and rare Shelby Daytona Coup\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome back to a new part of our monthly Automotive Art section with photographer and light artisan Bill Pack. He puts a special spotlight onto the design of classic and vintage cars and explains his interpretation of the styling ideas with some interesting pictures he took in his own style. For the start of the year 2020 he shows us one of the rarest and most expensive racecars in the world, the 1964 Shelby Daytona Coup\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Into The Mind Of The Designer – by Bill Pack<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

It is easy to learn lots of facts and information about any automotive designer. We learn what great shops they worked for, what model of cars they designed and the innovations they have brought to the industry. We know about them, but we do not know them. With my imagery I attempted to get into the soul and spirit of the designer. By concentrating on specific parts of the car and using my lighting technique, I attempt to highlight the emotional lines of the designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelby Daytona Coup\u00e9 – Designed by Peter Brock<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

A Moveable Feast – I have had the rare privilege of being commissioned by the Phoenix Art Museum to travel the United States and create my Automotive Art imagery for the exhibition \u201cLegends of Speed\u201d. This exhibition runs through March 15, 2020 and features 22 iconic race cars. It stands the years 1911 through 1978.

Each car has been driven in significant races by iconic drivers. From Sir Stirling Moss to Dan Gurney and Mario Andretti, racing from Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 to the Italian Gran Prix and many more. The history is rich and storied.

My part of the story was a twelve thousand mile Gran Turismo that took me to all four corners of the Unites States and into some of the most coveted and significant private collections in the world.

One of these destinations was in a western state where I spent the day with Peter Brocks creation, the 1964 Shelby Daytona Coup\u00e9. Peter was born in 1936 in Northern California and grew up mostly in Sausalito. In 1951, Peter attended his first road race at Pebble Beach. It was here, that his passion for automotive design and racing began to emerge. Being too young to race, Peter began photographing and documenting the cars until he could get his license.

Brock enrolled in engineering at Stanford University, but soon realized his passion didn’t align with his course work. He drove to Los Angeles to enroll at the Art Center School. When he went to enroll he was told he would need a portfolio of his design to be considered for admission. Not really sure what a portfolio was, he went to his car and in a binder created several drawings. He went back and asked them if this was what they needed? He was admitted and the revolution quietly began.
At age 19, GM hired him. Brocks design was chosen for the successor of the 1957 Corvette SS concept car, resulting in the very first Corvette to be called a Sting Ray.

Racing, however, was in his blood. When he turned 21, he went back to California and got his racing license. He worked at Max\u2019s Hollywood Motors during the day and the night was given to his race car.

His next accomplishment was being hired by Carroll Shelby. This of course led to the design of the Shelby Daytona Coupe. As you view this portfolio of images, find the passion and emotion of the racecar-designer Peter Brock. You will find him in his lines of speed, the lines that ultimately lead to the defeat of Enzo Ferrari.
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