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    dlgourn- HOT mustang's that saleen gave me a chubby

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    26 years later 85 Predator/Twister2 returns to its birthplace at Solomon America headquarters in Topeka, KS. This is the building where the Solomon America warehouse was located. I have included some old pictures that were take when Predators were brand new with the building in the background this building is still in existence today. I decide to bring my car there to take as many pictures as I can before it gets too cold. I was a little disappointed, after an hour drive to get there the pass side quarter window glass wouldn't come down when the top and windows were put down for pictures at the old Solomon building. But I didn't let that stop me, went ahead and took a lot of pictures. I wish the old Solomon America sign was still there on the building, I bet the sign was long gone in '86 or so! Enjoy!





    Old picture in '84


    Curret picture.



    Old Pictures in early '84 with early Saleen fiberglass air dam.



    Curret Pictures.




    What a huge building! My car looks so tiny in this picture! It would be very cool to see an old picture of all the Predators in line when they were being built inside the building.

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    Dan, those are some great pics. Id love to get mine to the ASC factory for some pics. Thanks for posting. Such a sweet car.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 86asccoupe20 View Post
    Dan, those are some great pics. Id love to get mine to the ASC factory for some pics. Thanks for posting. Such a sweet car.
    Thank you! Yeah it will be cool to bring your ASC to factory and your McLaren such a sweet car too!

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    VERY COOL PICTURES!
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    1984 GT turbo t-tops

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    (In order of Preference as well)

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    great read and pics to boot + congrats
    the movie twister..i lived it big cabin oklahoma summer of '73

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    Dan, what exactly happened with Soloman? Shelby shut things down?
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    Thank you guys.

    Quote Originally Posted by STLPONDS View Post
    Dan, what exactly happened with Soloman? Shelby shut things down?
    We never know what exactly happened with Solomon. I think Orlando Hayward can answer that. My guess Shelby did shut them down.

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    Incredible shots Dan! Those look like they could have been in the Predator catalog when it was new!
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    Cool shots Dan! Your car looks great.

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    Really nice pictures...the red door with the red accents on the car and everything else somewhat black and white turned out fantastic. I especially like the picture where the back ground was black and whited! Did you get any pictures of the inside of the car?
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    Thank you. I did not took picture of interior that much. Predators interior is not much different between GT. Predators have roll bar, GT302 emblem on pass side dash panel. And walnut shift knob. Some got 140 mph speedometer. That is it. I have some interitor pictures in this thread page 2.

    Quote Originally Posted by bwguardian View Post
    Really nice pictures...the red door with the red accents on the car and everything else somewhat black and white turned out fantastic. I especially like the picture where the back ground was black and whited! Did you get any pictures of the inside of the car?
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    I can't help it. Here more pictures I want to sharing with you guys.















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    You have every reason to be proud. Very nice car, and a great job on the photography as well. Keep those pics coming.
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    I love seeing your car! Great pictures and documentation.
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    Thank you everyone!

    Here is an answer we just got from Orlando. What exactly happened with Solomon? He said that Solomon did not like EFI because he couldn't do ram air, and couldn't do cams and things like that that he liked doing. So he only built 27 (I think) cars in '86, didn't really care for them, and decided that it wasn't worth building them anymore.

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    figured i would post in this thread to update it. As of 9/2/2013 I am the proud new owner of this car. Thanks Dan for doing such a great job on the body and paint.
    Current: 81 Cobra T Top, 79 Cobra.
    Past Toys: 1964 Falcon Vert, 1966 Mustang(owned twice), 70 Conv, 1978 Mustang II(first car), 80 Cobra, 81 Cobra, 82 GT T-Top, 85 GT 3,900 miles, 85 Predator/Twister 5S-0149, 86 Saleen 177, 86 SVO, 86 Mustang GT, 86 Mustang GT Vert, 87 Mustang GT, 89 Mustang Notch, 2003 Mustang GT Roush Clone, 2006 Mustang V6(Stainless Works LT's, MBRP cat back, 3.73's, tb, cai), and my favorite 2002 Mustang GT MPH 302 stroker, KB 2.2, TKO 500 640rwhp/591torque.

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    She just keeps getting farther away from home.
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    Congrats Kerry!
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    On the picture of the engine, what are the two connections on the back of the intake manifold? One is electrical (gray and red), the other looks like vacuum connections (green). These are not connected in my car and have actually been cut off by the previous owner.

    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by STL79Coupe View Post
    She just keeps getting farther away from home.
    Don't worry, she will be well taken care of.

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    Congrats Kerry!
    Thanks Chris

    Quote Originally Posted by carlwcaglejr View Post
    On the picture of the engine, what are the two connections on the back of the intake manifold? One is electrical (gray and red), the other looks like vacuum connections (green). These are not connected in my car and have actually been cut off by the previous owner.

    Thanks.
    I will have to take a look. Just put the car up for the winter and covered her up. I will take a peak if i get a chance.
    Current: 81 Cobra T Top, 79 Cobra.
    Past Toys: 1964 Falcon Vert, 1966 Mustang(owned twice), 70 Conv, 1978 Mustang II(first car), 80 Cobra, 81 Cobra, 82 GT T-Top, 85 GT 3,900 miles, 85 Predator/Twister 5S-0149, 86 Saleen 177, 86 SVO, 86 Mustang GT, 86 Mustang GT Vert, 87 Mustang GT, 89 Mustang Notch, 2003 Mustang GT Roush Clone, 2006 Mustang V6(Stainless Works LT's, MBRP cat back, 3.73's, tb, cai), and my favorite 2002 Mustang GT MPH 302 stroker, KB 2.2, TKO 500 640rwhp/591torque.

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    Just stumbled across this thread. I miss owning 5s-0149. Love this pic however
    Current: 81 Cobra T Top, 79 Cobra.
    Past Toys: 1964 Falcon Vert, 1966 Mustang(owned twice), 70 Conv, 1978 Mustang II(first car), 80 Cobra, 81 Cobra, 82 GT T-Top, 85 GT 3,900 miles, 85 Predator/Twister 5S-0149, 86 Saleen 177, 86 SVO, 86 Mustang GT, 86 Mustang GT Vert, 87 Mustang GT, 89 Mustang Notch, 2003 Mustang GT Roush Clone, 2006 Mustang V6(Stainless Works LT's, MBRP cat back, 3.73's, tb, cai), and my favorite 2002 Mustang GT MPH 302 stroker, KB 2.2, TKO 500 640rwhp/591torque.

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    Would love to get some pics of 4S102 in front of the old building when I am out that way in August. Who knows how to get there?
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    I know where their factory was.

    Quote Originally Posted by forgotn View Post
    Would love to get some pics of 4S102 in front of the old building when I am out that way in August. Who knows how to get there?
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