Carroll Shelby International

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Carroll Shelby International Headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada

The Carroll Shelby International is an American automobile manufacturer in 2003 from the super sports car manufacturer Shelby American , was born when its founder and owner, Carroll Shelby brought the company to the stock exchange and in addition the branch Shelby Automobiles founded for the production of car parts. In 2009 Shelby Automobiles was officially renamed Shelby American again, so that the 45th anniversary of the AC Cobra and the Shelby GT350 could be celebrated under the original company name. Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. is the second wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International and is located at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Clark County, Nevada .

The company currently provides ready-made automobiles, such as the Cobra small block , the Cobra Big Block and Shelby Series I forth. The Shelby Series II was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October 2018 and series production started in summer 2019.

The company previously worked with Unique Performance in Texas together to Mustang -based Shelby cars like the GT 350 SR and GT 500 E bring out. On November 1, 2007, a police raid was carried out on Unique Performance due to overlapping of the chassis numbers. As a result, the company had to file for bankruptcy, whereby the further production of the Shelby was stopped.

history

The first Shelby Cobra, CSX 2000, in the Shelby Museum
Shelby Series II at the 2018 Paris Motor Show

The company was founded in 1962 by Carroll Shelby and built tuning parts and tuned cars for private customers. Some of the cars made by Shelby American were the Shelby GT 350 based on the Ford Mustang and the Shelby GT 500. Shelby American also designed the legendary Shelby Cobra , an AC Ace with a Ford V8 engine.

The company was also heavily involved in racing; Shelby cars won many races on the drag racing track and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , as well as the sports car world championship for the first time for a US car in 1966 . In 1966, the same year that Shelby American helped American win the World Sports Car Championship, Shelby American also helped them win the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 1995, the company moved to Nevada and became the state's first automaker there. The model range consisted of:

  • 427 cu.in. S / C cobras
  • UK CSX1000 series frames and aluminum bodies (modern production)
  • CSX-4000 series Various manufacturers, with GRP and aluminum bodies
  • CSX-6000 series Continuation of the CSX-4000 series
  • CSX-7000 series FIA Cobra roadster with 289 cu.in.
  • CSX-8000 series 289 cu.in. road racing car
  • CSX-9000 series Cobra "Daytona" Coupe, introduced in 2009.

In 2003 the company name was changed to Carroll Shelby International, Inc. and the company was floated on the stock exchange. Shelby Automobile was founded as a branch of the new company.

On December 15, 2009, the company announced that Shelby Automobiles would be renamed Shelby American to mark the 45th anniversary of the Cobra 427 and Shelby GT 350.

Shelby Museum

The Shelby Museum is also on the company's premises. It can be viewed together with the production facilities free of charge Mon – Fri at 10.30 am.

The exhibits vary and include some of the most iconic cars ever made, from the first Cobra CSX-2000 to Series 1 prototypes and some of the most recent creations.

Cobras

COMPLETE PRODUCTION OF THE COBRA 1962–1965
Cobra 260 cu.in. Road racing vehicles 62
Factory racing car (initially 260 cu.in., then enlarged to 289 cu.in.) 4th
Factory competition vehicles (initially 260 cu.in., then increased to 289 cu.in.) 1
Independent competition vehicles 7th
"Dragonsnake" (initially 260 cu.in., then enlarged to 289 cu.in.) 1
Total number of Cobra 260 cu.in. 75
"Flip-top" prototype
FIA Roadster 289 cu.in.
1964 Daytona Coupe (CSX 2299)
USRRC Roadster 289 cu.in.
Competition Roadster 427 cu.in., "Ollie the Dragon" (CSX 3009)
Cobra 289 cu.in. COMPLETE PRODUCTION OF THE COBRA 1962–1965
Road racing vehicles 455
Standard competition vehicles 2
Sebring Cobra 3
Le Mans Cobra 3
Prototype 427 cu.in. 1
Prototype 427 cu.in. "Flip top" 1
FIA Roadster 5
Daytona coupes 6th
USRRC Roadster 6th
Total number of works racing cars 29
Factory competition vehicles
Standard competition vehicles 2
Le Mans prototype 1
Le Mans replica 3
USRRC roadsters 5
Independent competition vehicles 21st
"Dragonsnake" cobra 2
COB / COX * road racing vehicles 60
COB / COX * racing cars 1
Total number of Cobra 289 cu.in. 580

Total number of small-block Cobra 655

  • (COB - Cobras for Great Britain)
  • (COX - Cobras for export to other countries (except Great Britain))
Big-block cobra with coil springs COBRA PRODUCTION TOTALS 1962-65
Road racing vehicles 260
Prototype competition roadster 2
Series competition roadsters 19th
Semi-competition roadster 1
Daytona Super Coupé 1
chassis 3
COB / COX Cobras 32
1965–1967 Cobra 427 cu.in. and 428 cu.in. 348

Total number of Cobra 1,003

Shelby Mustang 1965-1970

1965

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

1965 total for Shelby Mustang: 562

1966

  • GT 350 1.370
  • GT 350H 1,000
  • GT 350 Cabriolets 6
  • GT 350 Drag Cars 4

1966 total for Shelby Mustang: 2,380

1967

  • GT 350 1,175
  • GT 500 2.048
  • GT 500 notchback prototype 1
  • GT 500 Cabriolet Prototype 1

1967 total for Shelby Mustang: 3,225

1968

  • GT 350 1,253
  • GT 350 Cabriolet 404
  • GT 500 1.140
  • GT 500 Cabriolet 402
  • GT 500KR 933
  • GT 500KR Cabriolet 318
  • GT 500 notchback prototype 1

1968 total for Shelby Mustang: 4,451

1969 & 1970

  • GT 350 935
  • GT 350 Cabriolet 194
  • GT 500 1.536
  • GT 500 Cabriolet 335
  • GT 350 Hertz Cars 15th
  • Prototype test vehicles 3
  • Cars taken into 1970s production approx. 789

1969–1970 total for Shelby Mustang: 3,294

Total numbers for Shelby automobiles

Shelby Mustang 13,912

Cobras 1.003

A total of 14,915

Results

Victories in the sports car world championship

year run vehicle Driver 1 Driver 2
1965 Daytona 2000km race Ford GT40 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ken Miles United StatesUnited States Lloyd Ruby
1966 Daytona 24 hour race Ford GT40 Mk.II United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ken Miles United StatesUnited States Lloyd Ruby
Sebring 12 hour race Ford X1 Roadster United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ken Miles United StatesUnited States Lloyd Ruby
Le Mans 24 hour race Ford GT40 MK.II New ZealandNew Zealand Chris Amon New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren
1967 Le Mans 24 hour race Ford GT40 MK.IV United StatesUnited States AJ Foyt United StatesUnited States Dan Gurney

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b About Us ( Memento from February 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b c Shelby Autos Becomes Shelby American Inc. Shelby American Inc., December 15, 2009, archived from the original on March 2, 2012 ; accessed on February 24, 2017 (English).
  3. ^ Shelby American Inc. - Internet site: Shelby American Inc. - About Us. At: www.shelbyamerican.com , archived from the original on February 17, 2015 ; Retrieved January 12, 2013 .
  4. ↑ FormaCar: Shelby Series 2 suddenly appears at the Paris Motor Show. In: formacar.com. Retrieved October 13, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Unique Performance Raided by Local Police . Autoblog, November 6, 2007
  6. ↑ Successes in the sports car world championship 1965 ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Successes in the sports car world championship in 1966 ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Successes in the sports car world championship 1967 ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )