The Shelby CSX-VNT Owner's Thread

[Shadowjake]

Agree, Looks like Jake's (Shadowjake).

Jeesh.. I can take a hint.. I need to get one... DAM GUYS! FRONT AIR DAM!

[denviola]

Jeesh.. I can take a hint.. I need to get one... DAM GUYS! FRONT AIR DAM!

Don't sweat it, Jake! Doesn't matter how pretty it is if it doesn't go! You have your priorities in order, in my opinion. Someone spotted your ride and posted it. Gotta admit you don't see very many of these. Keep up the good work.
UNK D

[turbojerk]

HOLY SCHITT! Hold the phone!!!!

Wal-Mart has full sets of 89 CSX decals on the shelf for $49.99 on rollback (reg. $59.99)... I'm gonna grab a few sets today on my way home! Going to use one set to dress up my Cub Cadet in a “Shelby” scheme… BAD ---!

[turbojerk]

Carlisle 2012

[street_racer]

Here are a couple quick pics of my CSX. I've swapped the wheels out already, replaced the front rotors, replaced the door handle bezels, arm rest buttons, window cranks, radio, defrost switch, and passenger A-pillar trim.

Making the 6 hour trip home:


Sitting on all four ugly wheels:





I'll post more pics in a few days once I get a few more things sorted out.

glad to see my old car is getting a new lease on life, you guys should have seen the farm this car came out of when i got it, my friend got stung by a hornet as there were 3 nests in the car from sitting. happy that we were able to save this one, I will post picks of 329 that I have now when i get a chance

[denviola]

Well, schoooot, grab me a set wile yer there, heah!

Will we see Troy as one of the featured creatures on peopleofwalmart.com? Probably not, he has too many teeth, no brown poop stains and no rolls of flesh hanging uncovered.....I think.
If you haven't checked out that website, you're in for a treat!

[Shadowjake]

Don't sweat it, Jake! Doesn't matter how pretty it is if it doesn't go! You have your priorities in order, in my opinion. Someone spotted your ride and posted it. Gotta admit you don't see very many of these. Keep up the good work.
UNK D

I was just playin Slowly but surely. It's cool that folks even remember seeing it. I guess it stands out a little

[2.216VTurbo]

I got a call last night from a bud out here in SoCal that works for a government agency. Seems as part of a routine trailer stop one of the cars in Cargo was CSX VNT #70. Get this, he said its the most original VNT he's ever seen(he's seen plenty) the milage you ask? Get this, 800 miles The cargo according to the paperwork is heading for China Presumably some speculator in China figures since Carroll has passed...

[cordes]

I got a call last night from a bud out here in SoCal that works for a government agency. Seems as part of a routine trailer stop one of the cars in Cargo was CSX VNT #70. Get this, he said its the most original VNT he's ever seen(he's seen plenty) the milage you ask? Get this, 800 miles The cargo according to the paperwork is heading for China Presumably some speculator in China figures since Carroll has passed...

Wow, that's pretty wild. Thanks for sharing.

[turbojerk]

....and no rolls of flesh hanging uncovered.....I think.

Just one Uncle D,... just one!

[PentastarBooster]

I got a call last night from a bud out here in SoCal that works for a government agency. Seems as part of a routine trailer stop one of the cars in Cargo was CSX VNT #70. Get this, he said its the most original VNT he's ever seen(he's seen plenty) the milage you ask? Get this, 800 miles The cargo according to the paperwork is heading for China Presumably some speculator in China figures since Carroll has passed...

Very interesting. '89 CSX #70 was the one that sold at the January 2011 Jackson-Barrett Auction for $7975. The mileage at that time was listed as being 7,513 miles. It was bought by an Aberdeen, North Dakota classic car sales company called XL Motors. It was listed for sale for $16,500 until sometime this spring, when it was jacked up in price to $18,500. Then, shortly after Carroll Shelby died, it was again boosted in price to $20,500. Several weeks ago, there was a "Pending Sale" notice in the ad for it on the autabuy.com web site where it was listed. The ad link for it now shows as being removed, but if anyone is interested, here's a link to a cached version of the ad for it shortly before it was sold:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&client=safari

I was curious as to who bought it, and am a bit surprised that it is being shipped to China. Alan's probably right that it's another speculator. The only other one I am aware of being sold and shipped overseas is '89 CSX # 431, sold to Sweden's King Gustaf. He was said to be personal friend of Carroll Shelby, according to an article on Allpar.com. Does anyone know of any other Shelby-Dodges that were sold to foreign buyers?

[turbojerk]

I'm selling my CSX to the current ruler of Abu Dhabi for a cool Million!

[tryingbe]

Wait until the surprise hit when the new owner of the #70 finds out his car isn't worth 1/4 of $$$ of what he paid..

[Badger]

found out today when I took my car in for smog that I have the rear cat for a dodge truck on there! I have no idea why the p.o. would do something like that but can someone give me the dimensions of the exhaust right before/right behind the cat so I can get the correct one on there.

[1BADVAN]

found out today when I took my car in for smog that I have the rear cat for a dodge truck on there! I have no idea why the p.o. would do something like that but can someone give me the dimensions of the exhaust right before/right behind the cat so I can get the correct one on there.

well if someone has put on a custom CAT you are going to have a custom exhaust size most likely. So you probably need to go measure yours to find out. I am glad I don't live in CA, those emission rules would drive me nuts!

[Badger]

they do drive me nuts! Worse then this was trying to get my T2 rampage through smog. Had to go to the referee first and wow, was that guy an -------! but I digress........

[BadAssPerformance]

Anyone got any info on #371 from AZ? All I know is it was last for sale last November... SoCal Shelby Guy would like to know

[Shadowjake]

Rear ground effects are weird.

[rich tideswell]

Rear ground effects are weird.

Kaminari w/ naca ducts. it was the orginal design that never made it too production so they sold it aftermarket until the fire destroyed the tooling

there is also a Razzi kit, but i think its discontinued now
http://www.carid.com/1987-dodge-shad...FQXCKgodxQEA1A

[1BADVAN]

Rear ground effects are weird.

Same Ones used on the Birthday car