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Carrozzeria Gransport

Carrozzeria Gransport was a small Modena coachbuilder that built the bodies for five of the six Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes. Little else about the firm is documented in the sources found; its founding, owners and closure are not recorded there.2,1

Shelby American Cobra Daytona Coupe
Shelby American Cobra Daytona Coupe
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC0 1.0
2Cars bodied
4Individual chassissee each car

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Key facts

Headquarters
Modena, Italy1,2 Independently researched

History

Carrozzeria Gransport was one of several small carrozzerias in Modena, and was engaged through Alejandro de Tomaso after Shelby asked him to find a shop to build Daytona Coupe bodies. Chassis built in Venice, California, were flown to Italy for completion at Gransport, with only the first car built entirely in California. Pete Brock recounts that the Gransport craftsmen departed from his drawings. The firm's founding date, ownership and later history are not documented in the sources consulted.

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Milestones

  1. 1964
    CSX2299 became the first Daytona Coupe to have its body built at Gransport, finished barely in time for Le Mans.1,2

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

  1. 1
    Chassis history of the six Daytona Coupes by Pete Brock Level C VeloceToday
    • "the first to have its body constructed at Carrozzeria Gransport"
    • "Carrozzeria Gransport in Modena build the bodies"
    • CSX2287 built entirely at Shelby's in Venice, California
    Accessed 2026-11-11
  2. 2
    Peter Brock: Building the Daytona Coupes in Modena Level C VeloceToday
    • after the February 1964 test; "barely finished in time for Le Mans"
    • one of "several small carrozzerias in Modena"
    • de Tomaso arranged the work; chassis "flown to Italy for completion at GranSport"; deviations from Brock's drawings
    Accessed 2026-11-11

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