Talk about rags to riches, great story and restoration
Talk about rags to riches, great story and restoration
~Bryan
1985 Mustang GT w/ T-Tops, Original Paint, 160,XXX miles
Mods: 600cfm Carb, Underdrive Pulleys, Subframe Connectors, 4pt G-Load Brace, MM Strut Tower brace, 8.8 rear w/ 3.55 gears & LCA's
Pics from production of "The Saleen Book"
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http://mustangworld.com/ourpics/News/select1271.htm
1985 Mustang GT Mild 331 4bbl 5 spd, 1985 SEFI LTD LX AOD.
Cardomain: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/565542
Mid Size LTD LX Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/groups/233213650060739/
That car was in pretty poor shape. Not much Saleen left to it. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing the story and pics. How about letting us know how you made the headlight covers? I would be interested in knowing what you used and how you went about it. I'm sure other people would be interested in that as well. Thanks for the info.
1982 Dominator GT
*1st Dominator ever sold and
autographed by Jackie Stewart *
1993 Corvette
2005 Roush Mustang
2008 Escape (DD)
Awesome car, great story. Hopefully i'll have a story of my own someday.
WOW!!! Jack of all trades. Awesome work man and great story!!
WOW! What an amazing transformation! I love it!!
1985 Mustang GT, owned since 1989
2000 Expedition XLT 219k miles
2011 Expedition XLT
I knew you guys would enjoyed reading this thread. Thank you. Yeah Im glad I saved this Saleen and was brave enough to take the risk and drove it across half of the country in this condition.
Quite a story and what a great end product!!
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ALL BLING & NO ZING MAKE RICKY A RICER !!
82 5.0 GL
74 F100 Custom 302/auto
67 Volvo 122S
RichV,
It might be the fastest full blown resto you have see in here.
I found this Saleen up for sale in Jan. 2010. I made deposit in Jan to hold the car for 2 months, in March we picked up the car. Between March to Sept. I collected all the parts that the Saleen needed for full resto. In Sept. 2010 I pulled the engine out of car and started the progress. In Jan 2011 the resto was completed.
From the begin to end I spend same amount as black Saleen 86-049 was for sale and it was in need of resto.
Your old #97 looks a lot like mine. Im not going to let it go for long time.
Curtis,
When Saleen was new and sold in Los Gatos, CA near San Jose and grew up in northern Cal. When the owner bought it was already in that condition in Stockton, CA in 2005 and he drove it around his block then parked it and it sat there until I bought it. He collected many Saleens and he was planning to resto all of his Saleens but he never got around to it.
Dan, cant say it enough. You are lucky to have found her and I know she appreciates all the love you have given her. Gorgeous car.
Stan
1986 Ford Mustang Saleen #80 Gray/gray
1986 Mercury Capri ASC McLaren Coupe#20 Black/silver, gone.
1985 GT Silver/gray T-top car, gone
1985 Canyon Red Turbo coupe, gone
Bull-vette,
I have no problem sharing how I custom made the headlight covers. First of all use cardboard cut to fit in your headlights. Just need one piece of cardboard cut out that can be flipped over for both headlights. Then get clear Lexan plastic from Home Depot. I traced with black marker from cardboard on the plastic. Once you do that you MUST put masking tape on the line where black marker is so it wont crack when you cut it. I just used a jig saw and used a bench vise grip to hold the jig saw upside down and leave it running, you just take your time to rotating the plastic to the shape you need. I used the black rubber seal from any spare hatchback deck lid under the rear glass. The seal is hard to put on so I put it in hot water and boiled it for 5 minutes. It turn so soft and very easy to put it on the lens. I made the bracket out of metal and painted it and put some double sided tape to hold the bracket.
that is an awesome story of the acquisition of the car and a beautiful restoration. congrats on a very nice saleen.
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.
Absolutely incredible…awesome job! Great story too. Thanks for sharing.
Mike
1986 GT Convertible. Owned since 87. 189,000+ miles
Medium canyon red metallic with custom charcoal grey/black two-tone leather interior
Original stock 5.0 H.O. and T-5 manual
Eibach pro-kit convertible springs
One hell of a job, That car looks absolutely incredible. I just had to crack a smile when I seen the finished photos.
That thing is beautiful. How exactly are the headlight covers affixed?
Last edited by Drunkonunleaded; 09-30-2011 at 02:10 AM.
All i can say is wow and great story. The car looks great
very cool story and great job on the restoration
wow I have to hand it to you man, I would have sold that thing because I dont have the patience to take on a project like that. You have done an awesome job now its time to enjoy all your hard work.
A bunch of 85gt's
DUDE that's friggin' awesome. I love white Saleen's too! Amazing story, amazing car! Congrats and well done!!!
=Mike=
86 AscMcLaren Capri #026/114 | 11.2@123
86 Mustang SVO - 9L | 14.0@97 | 19psi
My Website (New and Improved)
Custom Wheel Center Caps, Vinyl Decals Racing #'s etc.
Dude, you are the man!!!!! Many lesser people would not have had the gumption nor the foresight to do what you did.
Congrt's on a great rebuild and thanks for sharing.
Black, 85 GT, T-top, 5sp, ......SOLD WAH!!!
68 F100, 4x4, 390, 4 sp.
68 Bronco, Roller 302, injected, auto, being modded!
2010 Raptor, SCAB, 6.2.......
2012 Focus, little motor.
I can't believe that is the same car! Outstanding work!
I saw that car a few years or so ago on a craigslist ad and thought it was close to being written off! Nice save!
1986 (2A) Saleen #120.
I am the one that sold Dan the car, after I bought it, and just let it sit doing nothing but neglect it more. I am just amazed every time I see it, he does incredible work. I had 5 86 Saleens back in 2005, 177 was the roughest, and the plan was to build it into a replica of one of the 1986 Saleen race cars. I guess luckily I never got to it, and it is now all back to original. I still have 85-0015, 86-0102, 86-0156, 86 SSP coupe, and a 86 GT T-top. I have always loved the 86 Saleens since I was lucky enough to drive one all the way through high school. I currently have a 1991 Mustang GT that has been and open track car since new, it will be getting the full 87-89 Saleen race car treatment in the near future.
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