Carroll Shelby International and DenBeste Motorsports have announced that production of the highly anticipated 427 Shelby Cobra Competition racecar is going full throttle with three cars finished and four more in process. The authentic turnkey racecars will represent the final cars available from the original Competition big block Cobra series that started in 1965. Identical to the handful of original roadsters manufactured in the 1960s, these racecars are built to order in California, as Carroll Shelby did 50 years ago. The program was announced by the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust and DenBeste Motorsports in 2014. Since then, DenBeste Motorsports has refined the production process and taken orders for customers worldwide. The Shelby 427 Cobra Competition program has a well-documented history. In 1964, Shelby American and Ford developed a new evolution of the existing small block Cobra. It featured an entirely new suspension and a stronger frame to accommodate more power from a 427 NASCAR based big block engine. The Cobras were so different that they were assigned a new VIN series, beginning with CSX3000.