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The Shelby American Tiger ran at least two different hoods during its 6 months of competition in 1964. The first was similar to those used on the Cobra Daytona Coupe which was developed months before the Shelby Tiger first hit the racetrack. The final Tiger version is shown below. In the wide shot you can see Ken Miles resting his hand on the trunk lid. The zoomed in view shows the 427 hood scoop better. (Tiger car chief Ted Sutton built Shelby's first 427 Cobra about the same time he set up the Tiger for racing.) I do not see any vents in the hood in this picture.
The next two pictures show Don Sesslar testing the Sports Car Forum Tiger in April, 1965 and show what I believe is the first LAT hood. notice the two vents running across the hood. Perhaps Doanne came up with this design but I have not seen any pictures of the HSC Tiger this early in the season. Like the LAT hood, the SCF Tiger uses the Cobra Scoop and not the T-Bird scoop that Doanne copied for the Hollywood Tiger. The HSC scoop is taller and has a more triangular top view while the Cobra is more rectangular.
BTW, The hood on the SCF Tiger is the exact same hood that's on the yellow Shelby Tiger. Today it is stored in my garage. It has some rust spots and still carries the patina of countless races. In places where the paint is chipped you can still see yellow testimony to its heritage. Today we run a LAT hood built by Kent Wilcox with a pop-riveted Cobra hood scoop like the scoop shown in the 1964-5 pictures.
bt
at the beach
The next two pictures show Don Sesslar testing the Sports Car Forum Tiger in April, 1965 and show what I believe is the first LAT hood. notice the two vents running across the hood. Perhaps Doanne came up with this design but I have not seen any pictures of the HSC Tiger this early in the season. Like the LAT hood, the SCF Tiger uses the Cobra Scoop and not the T-Bird scoop that Doanne copied for the Hollywood Tiger. The HSC scoop is taller and has a more triangular top view while the Cobra is more rectangular.
BTW, The hood on the SCF Tiger is the exact same hood that's on the yellow Shelby Tiger. Today it is stored in my garage. It has some rust spots and still carries the patina of countless races. In places where the paint is chipped you can still see yellow testimony to its heritage. Today we run a LAT hood built by Kent Wilcox with a pop-riveted Cobra hood scoop like the scoop shown in the 1964-5 pictures.
bt
at the beach
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