86 Shelby Omni GLHS 9k orig. miles
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86 Shelby Omni GLHS 9k orig. miles
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Those things ROCK! I have always wanted one. They are basically the original SRT-4, only better. Imagine the handling cheracteristics of a first gen GTI, with 200+HP. Great car!
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Originally Posted by Lowend
I think that was the model Carrol Shelby designed as a bet... no really
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If someone local happens to buy that GLHS, I have some new (old stock) Mopar Performance heavy-duty transaxle parts and a new Centerforce clutch for a GLHS that I'll either let go for cheap or give away. I used to own GLHS number 391.
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The GLHS "Goes Like Hell Somemore" was the update of the first gen GLH "Goes Like Hell." So much fun and impossible to find in good shape.
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Originally Posted by mexicanpizza
How much will that thing go for?
i would so sell my wrx and buy that along w/ another daily driver car. hehe
Wingless: how much did you buy it for and sell it for if you don't mind me asking?
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I bought it brand spanking new from Swift Auto World (Dodge dealership) in Sacramento in 1986 for about $13k, I think. They had four on the lot at the time, out of a possible 499 - one of the first cars out of Shelby's Whittier CA assembly line was destroyed by a journalist at a road course.
I didn't actually sell the car. It was fraught with many problems during its last few years (out of 11) that I owned it. Lots of A/C system problems, ate batteries, charging system problems, then finally the shift linkage vibrated loose from the transaxle. I let the registration lapse along with the insurance and it sat in my brother's driveway for about a year. Then, my brother bought another vehicle and needed the driveway so I parked it on the street in front of his house, and put the car cover over it. Someone reported a real beater of a derelict car that was falling apart across the street from my brother's house but the police came out and towed both that car and my GLHS away for not being registered.
I tried to retrieve it from the towing yard but they informed me that since it was unregistered, they required proof of insurance and a valid registration before releasing the vehicle. Since the battery had long since died, I knew that fixing the shift linkage would not make the car driveable to a smog station. As the storage fees were $100 per day, I was forced to make the painful decision to sign over the pink to escape further charges.
The car had about 131,000 miles on the clock at this time. The body had been hit by someone who backed into me in a library parking lot, although it was not too badly damaged. The paint was faded on the roof and hood. Mechanically, other than the shift linkage, the car would run like a champ and used hardly any oil between changes. Even at over 100k miles it could still turn 14.7s at the drag strip at about 97 mph.
Still had the original OEM clutch and it never showed any signs of wearing out or slipping even after an approximate 100 drag strip passes on the car. I also broke the 3rd to 4th gear shift fork (a known weak spot in the A525 transaxle and replaced under warranty) and had to drive around San Francisco starting off in 4th gear on steep hills, then drive home to Sac. This was before the 70k miles mark and the clutch never wore out! Among the GLHS replacement parts, I have a hardened heavy-duty 3rd-4th gear shift fork and hardened spider gears for the front diff.
All cars I own are daily drivers and the GLHS was one of the best. Even in 1986 dollars, it was money well spent for so much fun. It cost a few thousand bucks less than a Mustang GT or LX 5.0 and could beat them at the drags and probably the autocross, too. I bought the optional Autopower roll cage over the counter from Mopar, as well as replacement front end bushings made of urethane. Mopar had a vast catalog of hop-up parts for the GLHS and they sold them at 'racer net' (retailed at a steep discount) pricing over the counter at most Dodge dealerships.
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I didn't actually sell the car. It was fraught with many problems during its last few years (out of 11) that I owned it. Lots of A/C system problems, ate batteries, charging system problems, then finally the shift linkage vibrated loose from the transaxle. I let the registration lapse along with the insurance and it sat in my brother's driveway for about a year. Then, my brother bought another vehicle and needed the driveway so I parked it on the street in front of his house, and put the car cover over it. Someone reported a real beater of a derelict car that was falling apart across the street from my brother's house but the police came out and towed both that car and my GLHS away for not being registered.
I tried to retrieve it from the towing yard but they informed me that since it was unregistered, they required proof of insurance and a valid registration before releasing the vehicle. Since the battery had long since died, I knew that fixing the shift linkage would not make the car driveable to a smog station. As the storage fees were $100 per day, I was forced to make the painful decision to sign over the pink to escape further charges.
The car had about 131,000 miles on the clock at this time. The body had been hit by someone who backed into me in a library parking lot, although it was not too badly damaged. The paint was faded on the roof and hood. Mechanically, other than the shift linkage, the car would run like a champ and used hardly any oil between changes. Even at over 100k miles it could still turn 14.7s at the drag strip at about 97 mph.
Still had the original OEM clutch and it never showed any signs of wearing out or slipping even after an approximate 100 drag strip passes on the car. I also broke the 3rd to 4th gear shift fork (a known weak spot in the A525 transaxle and replaced under warranty) and had to drive around San Francisco starting off in 4th gear on steep hills, then drive home to Sac. This was before the 70k miles mark and the clutch never wore out! Among the GLHS replacement parts, I have a hardened heavy-duty 3rd-4th gear shift fork and hardened spider gears for the front diff.
All cars I own are daily drivers and the GLHS was one of the best. Even in 1986 dollars, it was money well spent for so much fun. It cost a few thousand bucks less than a Mustang GT or LX 5.0 and could beat them at the drags and probably the autocross, too. I bought the optional Autopower roll cage over the counter from Mopar, as well as replacement front end bushings made of urethane. Mopar had a vast catalog of hop-up parts for the GLHS and they sold them at 'racer net' (retailed at a steep discount) pricing over the counter at most Dodge dealerships.
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