Carroll Shelby International

Carroll Shelby International nasdaq|CSBI was formed by Carroll Shelby in 2003 from Shelby American. The company is based at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Clark County, Nevada.

Shelby American currently manufacturers component automobiles including the small block Cobra, the big block Cobra, and the Shelby Series 1. Shelby was to debut a new car, the Shelby Series 2, in August 2006, but no reports have been issued about the vehicle.

Carroll Shelby International is currently working with Texas-based Unique Performance to create new Mustang-based Shelby cars such as the GT350SR and GT500E.

History

Shelby American was founded by Carroll Shelby. Some of the automobiles produced by Shelby American were the Ford Mustang based Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT500. Shelby American also created the legendary Shelby Cobra which was an AC Ace with a Ford V8.

Shelby-American provided support for Ford Motor Company for their successful campaign to win Le Mans.

Shelby American moved in 1995 to Nevada becoming the first automobile manufacturer in Nevada and began production. The line included:
* 427 S/C Cobras
* CSX4000-series
* CSX7000-series
* CSX8000-series
* Series 1'In 2003, the CSX1000-series was added and the company name was changed to Carroll Shelby International, Inc. and it was taken public.

Museum

The Shelby Museum is located on the site. Free tours are available at 10:30am Monday through Friday of both the museum and the Cobra production facility.

The museum is always changing and includes some of the most famous cars ever produced from the first Cobra CSX2000 to prototypes of Series 1 and some of the latest creations.

Cobras

Total Cobras Built 1,003

helby Mustang production totals 1965-70

1965
*GT 350 515
*GT 350R 36
*GT 350 Drag Cars 9
*GT 350 Street Prototype 1
*Competition Prototype GT 350 1

Total 1965 Shelby Mustangs 562

1966
*GT 350 1,370
*GT 350H 1,000
*GT 350 convertibles 6
*GT 350 Drag Cars 4

Total 1966 Shelby Mustangs 2,380

1967
*GT 350 1,175
*GT 500 2,048
*GT 500 Notchback Prototype 1
*GT 500 Convertible Prototype 1

Total 1967 Shelby Mustangs 3,225

1968
*GT 350 1,253
*GT 350 convertible 404
*GT 500 1,140
*GT 500 convertible 402
*GT 500KR 933
*GT 500KR convertible 318
*GT 500 Notchback Prototype 1

Total 1968 Shelby Mustangs 4,451

1969 & 1970
*GT 350 935
*GT 350 convertible 194
*GT 500 1,536
*GT 500 convertible 335
*GT 350 Hertz Cars 15
*Prototype Test Cars 3
*Cars updated to 1970 est. 789

Total 1969-70 Shelby Mustangs 3,294

Shelby Cars Totals

Shelby Mustangs 13,912

Cobras 1,003

Total Shelby cars produced 14,915

External links

* [http://www.shelbyautos.com/ Carroll Shelby International Inc.]
* [http://www.mybimmer.com/gallery/ShelbyMuseum--LasVegas/ Carroll Shelby Museum-Las Vegas]