In 1964, this car was one of the four Cobra team roadsters built for the European FIA events, participating in every event in which the roadsters were entered and winning the last two - the Freiberg and Sierra Montana hillclimbs.

In 1965, this car was one of the Shelby American - Mann entered European cars and the only roadster on the Shelby team in this year of the world championship. CSX 2345 started and ended its final season with victories and ended with more FIA races (7) and victories (5) than any other single Cobra roadster.

Perhpaps the most desireable of all Cobras, the five "FIA" roadsters, in conjunction with the six Cobra Daytona Coupes, were responsible for winning the World Manufacturers Championship in 1965 - a first for an American car. Of the original five "FIA" Cobras, only two remain in existance today. CSX2345 remains the only unrestored team car. The car is virtually in the same condition as when it won Rossfeld in 1965.

CSX2345 was shipped back to Shelby American in Venice, CA, where it was sold in the fall of 1965. It was stored unaltered for the next nine years. In 1974 the car was taken out of the storage, lubricated, tuned, and washed and waxed. It remains unchanged today. The museum does not intend to restore CSX2345 because it is the sole remaining original-condition example of a Cobra Team car of any type. It is, however, still running strong - as though the 1965 season had never ended - and Rossfeld was just another victory...