Starsky & Hutch 1987 GLHS

[ShelbyMotorsports]

Well since tm.com doesn't have a Whittier car section and since I don't want to see this get "pruned" in the lounge I guess this is the best forum for this.

On that well known auction site is a 1987 Shelby GLHS that was repainted by the dealer before being sold new. I'm not going to post details as I don't want this thread moved to the auction forum but it's easy enough to find.

I named them the Starsky & Hutch GLHS's because of the paint scheme. I came across these cars (yes more than one was painted this way) back in the 1990's.


Somewhere in storage I have a bunch of pics of this car including the details on the paint scheme.

Steve

Here is a pic from the auction:

[looneytuner]

Multiples would be right. "The Italian Job" destoyed over 30 cars in making the movie. They don't show that part.

[GLHS592]

I'd call that the "reverse A Team" scheme.

[cordes]

It did not seem to list any details of the paint on the acution, and this is the first I have seen one of these. Any one care to shed some light on the situation.

[ShelbyMotorsports]

Any one care to shed some light on the situation.

Not too much light to be shed

Just another dealer that tried painting the cars to move them off their lot. I'm sure you've seen the red glhs's painted by another dealer who couldn't move the cars.

[2.216VTurbo]

I used to drive by Anaheim Dodge every day on my way to work, they had and sold quite a few 87 CSX's before they could move all 6 87 GLHS's that sat, and sat... My car was there almost two full years before I went in to purchase it. I knew I wanted one but the $324/month payment on my 87 Shadow ES was pretty tough on my salary of the day. Time was running short and they were down to just 2 S cars when I had enough saved for a down payment in August of 88.

I saw two on a Friday and when I went down there the very next day, there were none I asked a salesman about it and he said they had sold one yeasterday and to try to get the last one to move off the lot they had it in the paint shop! I wasn't thrilled about a non-stock color at the time but the red was pretty hard to resist They tried to gouge me $1100. for the new paint job but in the end I think we split it in the middle. There were no other red S cars from Anaheim Dodge but there was at least one more from a California dealership. Don't remember which

[cordes]

Not too much light to be shed

Just another dealer that tried painting the cars to move them off their lot. I'm sure you've seen the red glhs's painted by another dealer who couldn't move the cars.

I did not know that they had trouble selling them, or that the red cars were painted at dealerships. Thanks for the info.

[BadAssPerformance]

Nice find Steve! I'm guessing you already checked the VIN to the car number for legitimacy?

I agree we should not move this thread to the auction forum, and wonder if we should have a whittier turbo car sub forum under the original turbo mopars forum?

[ShelbyMotorsports]

Nice find Steve! I'm guessing you already checked the VIN to the car number for legitimacy?

Yes Alan's car is legit

But seriously yes it is/was a real GLHS. I ran across it in the 1990's when the previous owner was selling it. Even though the price was fair the condition it was in forced me to pass on it.

It's in much worse condition now especially with all the missing parts

[ScottD]

Wow, that's pretty ugly. I saw that car and thought that a previous owner had done that, not the selling dealer.

How many red GLHS are there? I know there is the one without a sunroof that was of much debate, the history of which I can't remember, but either way it was a very sharp looking car.

[ShelbyMotorsports]

I know there is the one without a sunroof that was of much debate, the history of which I can't remember, but either way it was a very sharp looking car.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Not the sunroof delete car.

Not sure if that thread is still around. Even though it seemed like we spent a year trying to convince that guy he did not have a sunrof delete car, he spent a year telling anyone that would listen he did, it brought a smile to my face when one day he found where a replacement roof had been welded on.

It amazes me how people will stick to a "story" they heard when so much evidence shows otherwise.

Please nobody bring up the "factory" rollbars

[ScottD]

I remember that it turned out it did have a sunroof welded in. Was this car one of the red ones mentioned in this thread or did it turn out it was just repainted when it was put back together? Is the red one in this thread owned by Alan 1/2 red, didn't one dealer paint them half red?

There are always rumors out there, I've heard that there was one CSX-T that had a sunroof in it from the factory and it was for the president of Thrifty's daughter. Any truth to that one?

I still can't believe the car in the ad that started this thread was painted that way intentionally to try and sell it. Ack!

[paisley_pirate]

"factory rollbars"

Funny you should mention those...

I was talking with one of the kids that works for my company, and he was commenting that when I finally get another GLHT or S, he'll take his Cavalier (heheh) and add a supercharger and all kinds of other "factory" stuff to it... and I told him the story about "factory rollbars" (and the intercooler kit for the regular glh-t) since he was calling those add-ons he wanted "stock" for his car...

Getting closer to getting one back... got rid of one of the volvo's Saturday... 2 to go, then some other stuff taken care of, then the car... heheh

[GLHS592]

Not sure if that thread is still around. Even though it seemed like we spent a year trying to convince that guy he did not have a sunrof delete car, he spent a year telling anyone that would listen he did, it brought a smile to my face when one day he found where a replacement roof had been welded on.

I remember that. He was convinced. Everybody told him to check under the interior plastic and some even offered to do it for him. He acted like he was so mistreated over that when all we wanted to know was the truth. I think he was scared he didn't have a real GLHS. Did he actually check or did somebody do it for him? Whatever happened to that guy? I think his name was Levi.

Speaking of non-sunroof 1987 GLHS. How about the one in the dealership brochure that had no sunroof but had the armrest? What's the deal with that one? Was it a factory prototype? Was it crushed? Did it even exist?

[ShelbyMotorsports]

Was this car one of the red ones mentioned in this thread or did it turn out it was just repainted when it was put back together? Is the red one in this thread owned by Alan 1/2 red, didn't one dealer paint them half red?

Not sure if it was the same car but that was another stupid rumor about how Chrysler ran out of black paint and that Shelby had to repaint some of the cars black. Totally false and was proven by the paint code on the fender tag. The 1/2 red car(s) are something completely different.

There are always rumors out there, I've heard that there was one CSX-T that had a sunroof in it from the factory and it was for the president of Thrifty's daughter. Any truth to that one?

I've come across no documentation on that sunroof CSX-T. Same thing with it being for the presidents daughter. I did run a CarFax on it years ago and can't remember off the top of my head what I found so the jury is still out on that one.

I still can't believe the car in the ad that started this thread was painted that way intentionally to try and sell it.

If you think that's bad I remember back in the early 80's dealers were painting DeLoreans to try and move them off their lot. Some were painted a bright canary yellow. Ummm one of the DeLoreans selling points was that it had a stainless steel body that never needed painting but hey it probably worked.

Speaking of non-sunroof 1987 GLHS. How about the one in the dealership brochure that had no sunroof but had the armrest? What's the deal with that one? Was it a factory prototype? Was it crushed? Did it even exist?

All the brochures were printed in advance of the cars going into production so yes you could call them prototypes. Every Shelby brochure has some sort of "mistake" in them. I can't say if they were all crushed as some of them ended up being donated to schools.

[Birddog]

If you think that's bad I remember back in the early 80's dealers were painting DeLoreans to try and move them off their lot. Some were painted a bright canary yellow. Ummm one of the DeLoreans selling points was that it had a stainless steel body that never needed painting but hey it probably worked.

That's also a good way to tell if a DeLorean got body damage!

Cool thread.... Guess I won't be trying to pass my Omni off as as a GLH delete eh??

[BadAssPerformance]

That reminds me of the story about the guy who polished his Delorean and ended up having to paint the hood black so he could see while driving, LOL

[2.216VTurbo]

I remember that it turned out it did have a sunroof welded in. Was this car one of the red ones mentioned in this thread or did it turn out it was just repainted when it was put back together? Is the red one in this thread owned by Alan 1/2 red, didn't one dealer paint them half red?

There are always rumors out there, I've heard that there was one CSX-T that had a sunroof in it from the factory and it was for the president of Thrifty's daughter. Any truth to that one?

I still can't believe the car in the ad that started this thread was painted that way intentionally to try and sell it. Ack!

Yeah, it was easier and cheaper for the dealership to just pull off the beltline stripe, then measure down 1/4" and paint the top half red, then restripe with no obvious seam in the paint. Presto, a 'half red' GLHS This is me and the car at Mopars at the strip this year.

[BadAssPerformance]

Neat. What car number is that Alan?

[ScottD]

Alan - thanks for posting the pic. That looks great with the black pumpers on it.