Where Is 1986 GLHS #053?

[BadAssPerformance]

Nice!

[boostinfreak]

Had a visitor come by the house tonight.such a sweet car and looks like it runs darn good too!!
Good to see #53 on the road...

[MILKCARTON]

I really like it, Now I have to get #279 off the lift so I can drive them both and see them sitting together

[85boostbox]

What was all done to 053? Outside of the complete restore it, was there anything else that was really done or was it a factory restoration?

[MILKCARTON]

What was all done to 053? Outside of the complete restore it, was there anything else that was really done or was it a factory restoration?

see the first post in this thread....

[MILKCARTON]

amazing weather in colorado springs this weekend, drove 053 everywhere, what a nice car, it has a few cosmetic issues but overall a very presentable car and handles like its on rails, gonna put some +40's in it and switch it to E85 though and build a nice 3" exhaust for it, other than that not change a thing.

[2.216VTurbo]

amazing weather in colorado springs this weekend, drove 053 everywhere, what a nice car, it has a few cosmetic issues but overall a very presentable car and handles like its on rails, gonna put some +40's in it and switch it to E85 though and build a nice 3" exhaust for it, other than that not change a thing.

Riiiight, gonna quote you on that

[nemiro]

So, why did the last owner park the car?

[MILKCARTON]

When I looked at it and tried to start it had no oil pressure, after making a deal and getting it home I pulled the valve cover to check to followers and lifters, everything looked new, then I pulled the oil pan/pick up tube and oil pump, everything looked new, put it all back together with new oil, no oil pressure, then pre-filled a new filter and it picked up and has great oil pressure now with no noises, that dude that owned it was one weird dude, I have no idea why he stopped driving it, but I don't think he ever washed it or cleaned anything on the inside, I had to get it away from him and out from under the tree where it was sinking into the ground, I wish I would have found it a couple of years earlier.......

[nemiro]

Bizarre. Still a VNT?

[MILKCARTON]

Bizarre. Still a VNT?

Yes still VNT, I do not see anything on the car that has been changed....

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It did come with another computer in the trunk, it and the comp in the car have different numbers but both come back as 1990 VNT....

[MILKCARTON]

Might sell if anyone is interested, check ND performace website for the build, needs paint now....719-963-9208 Tracey

[MILKCARTON]

WOW, nobody interested????

[MILKCARTON]

Got 053 back from paint, cutting and buffingAttachment 58044Attachment 58044Attachment 58045

[86Shelby]

Looks great!

[mopar-tech]

BTW- This was discussed before, the "intercooler" decals on #53 are not correct for the vehicle. I knew the original owner and have several pictures of it after Neal purchased the car.

Gary Donovan.

[MILKCARTON]

BTW- This was discussed before, the "intercooler" decals on #53 are not correct for the vehicle. I knew the original owner and have several pictures of it after Neal purchased the car.

Gary Donovan.

well, I just want to put the car back to how it was when I found it, I messaged Neil, hopefully he will chime in

[nemiro]

Pic from Cecil County! (1993?). Brings back memories! Thanks!

I bought the car with no decals, but the outline of the decals were burned into the paint. That pic above was indeed after I purchased the car and put OE decals on it. Intercooler was original, and plainly readable in the burned in paint. To be honest, I thought very little of this at the time, but when I went back and rebuilt the car in 2000, I made some phone calls to various people in the know, and was told that the first few cars made (#053 was Invoice #102, second production car built) had a few different variations. Most of it was in hardware and bracket differences, but 053 also had some wiring differences. None were functional differences, more like a few wires were way too long for what was needed, and then taped back into the harness. So, after many phone calls, I had this documented from Shelby in the form of a letter, and that documentation went with the car when I sold it, 14 years ago.

So, in summary, I bought the car from the original owner, Richard Peck of Mystic, CT, who had removed all of the decals a couple of years after buying it new. I put OE decals on the car very soon after I purchased it in 1992, but they did say Intercooled. Very minor detail, but per the burn in to the paint, and documentation received from Shelby, I went ahead and had Positive Impressions make me the decals that said Intercooler when I repainted the car later on.

[MILKCARTON]

This car is such a ham for the camera...

[iTurbo]

Wow, beautiful car. The first picture looks like it might be out of a sales brochure.