the other night i was bored and decided to check out craigslist.com. i searched for "Shelby" in the Denver area and found '87 Shelby CSX #667 for sale. there were no pics in the ad, and the description simply said "runs good, needs work, high miles, $1000/obo." i had NO intention of buying a car but i called a few times out of curiousity that night and got no answer. i just assumed it had already sold. the next morning the owner called me back and my brother and i decided to go down and check it out. the car turned out to be wayyyy nicer than we were expecting. unfortunately she didn't really want to take less than $1000 despite the ad claiming "obo" but i eventually got her to take $950. i didn't mind though since it was in much nicer shape than i was expecting anyway. it has 185,xxx miles but sure doesn't look like it. all of the Shelby specific items are there except the Centurion wheels. right now it has Cavalier Z24 wheels with 205/60s (ugly!) the interior is really clean but the front seats are kind of worn. the dash looks near perfect, the rear seats look like no one ever even sat in them, the headliner doesn't sag at all and the carpet and door panels will clean up pretty easy. there isn't one dent in the car and it was repainted a few years ago. no cracks or damage to the bumper cover or grille either. there is one good sized rust hole on the trunk floor right above the muffler....which is strange because the rest of the car is utterly rust free. even the area near the e-brake cable and under the doors, hatch etc. have absolutely no signs of rust. it's completely bone dry except that one spot
after we looked at it a few days ago we had to come back home and pay for the car via paypal and then we went back down today to pick it up after the paypal cleared. i just got home with the car a few minutes ago. it ran great the whole way, engine runs really smooth, shifts perfect, clutch feels great, brakes feel nice etc. it definately needs a new passenger side motor mount, new tires and shocks/struts and a basic tune up but nothing major.
anyway, here are some pics from the other day:
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03808.JPG
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03809.JPG
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03810.JPG
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03811.JPG
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03812.JPG
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03813.JPG
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03815.JPG
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03816.JPG
http://www.turbosedan.com/shelbycsx667/DSC03817.JPG
btw, the car had been sitting next to the previous owner's house for 2 years. the Colorado plates expired in 2006!
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Joshua Mitchell
'91 Dodge SPiRiT R/T
'87 Shelby CSX #667
'98 Buick Regal GS