Cobras and Shelby Mustangs Production
I’vet included total production so you can see how rare these cars really are.
COBRA PRODUCTION TOTALS
1962-65 260 Cobras 
Street Cars 62
Factory Teams Cars (initially 260 engines then updated to 289)4
Factory Prepared Competition Cars (initially  with 260 engines then updated to 289) 1
Independently-prepared competition race cars 7
Dragonsnake (initially 260 engine then updated to 289) 1
Total 260 Cobras 75
289 Cobras 
Street Cobras 455
Standard Competition 2
Sebring Cobras 3
LeMans Cobras 3
427 Prototypes 1
427 Prototypes ‘Flip-Top”1
FIA Roadsters 5
Daytona Coupes 6
USRRC Roadsters 6
Total Factory Team Cars 29
Factory Prepared Competition Cobras
Standard Competition 2
LeMans Prototype 1
LeMans Replica 3
USRRC Roadsters 5
Independently-Prepared Race Cobras 21
Dragonsnake Cobras 2
COB/COX* Street Cobras 60
COB/COX* Race Cobra 1
Total 289 Cobras 580
Total small block Cobras 655
(COB – Cobras for Great Britain)
*(COX Cobras for export other than to Great Britain) 
Coil Spring Big Block Cobras
Street Cars 260
Prototype Competition Roadsters 2
Production Competition Roadsters 19
Semi-Competition Roadsters 1
Daytona Super Coupe 1
Chassis Only 3
COB/COX Cobras 32
1965-67 427 & 428 Cobras 348
Total Cobras Built1,003
SHELBY 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 Mustangs562
1966 GT 350 1,370
GT 350H (Hertz rental cars)1,000
GT 350 convertibles 6
GT 350 Drag Cars 4
Total 1966 Shelby Mustangs2,380
1967 GT 350 (289 engine)1,175
GT 500 2,048
GT 500 Notchback Prototype (coupe)1
GT 500 Convertible Prototype1
Total 1967 Shelby Mustangs3,225
1968 GT 350 (302 engine)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 Mustangs4,451
1969 & 1970 GT 350 (351 cid engine)935
GT 350 convertible 194
GT 500 1,536
GT 500 convertible 335
GT 350 Hertz Cars 150
Prototype Test Cars 3
Cars updated to 1970 est 789
Total 1969-70 Shelby Mustangs3,294
Shelby Cars Totals
Shelby Mustangs 13,912
Cobras 1,003
Total Shelby cars produced14,915

For perspective: The three bestselling years for Ford’s Mustang line came in 1965, 1966 and 1967, with sales of 607,500, 559,500 and 472,000 cars, respectively.

Source of information is SAAC (The Shelby American Automobile Club)