Johh Willment was an english car builder/racer. He was best known for building successful race cars (including cobras) that campaigned in Europe during the 1960's.
After Carroll Shelby's success with the Daytone Coupe, Willment contacted Shelby to purchase a pair of coupe bodies. By this time Shelby had stopped producing the Daytona body and had moved on the GT40 program. Shelby offered tooling and personell to assist Willment. Willments company produced 2 coupes. 1 was outfitted with a 289 cu.in engine, the other would be outfitted with a 427 cu.in engine. This car would be known as a "Super Coupe".
This car on display here at the museum is the body/chassis of the super coupe. As you can see the project was never completed and remains today the same as when it left John Willments shop. The engine on display was built for this car but was never installed in the body.
The 289 Willment Coupe was completed and successfully raced during the mid 60's, finishing on the podium many times it also is owned by Larry Miller and is on display at the Shelby American collection museum in Boulder Colorado.
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