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 of 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.