Your car looks great! I really like the 4-eye Saleens.
Your car looks great! I really like the 4-eye Saleens.
Very nice. Well done. Looks great!
Rob
Thank you for all of the kind words. I love this car and had a lot of great help from members on this forum and the entire Saleen community.
Took it to it's first show over the weekend and brought it home. Had several neighbors and friends come over just to see it
More pics as requested
The blue California license plates look great on Sinnamon. I believe 86 was the last year California used those plates. Hows that 331 so far? I'd like to build a 331 or 347 in the near future.
Current Cars:
1979 Mustang Ghia Coupe 5.0 3J Bright Blue
1984 GT T top 306 5 speed "Black Mamba"
1986 Saleen Black with Silver Stripes 86#009
1986 Mustang GT Medium Canyon Red 5 speed 5.0
1999 Mustang GT Convertible 35th anniversary 69K miles.
2002 Nissan Maxima 6 Speed "Daily Driver"
2009 Corvette 6 speed LS3
1998 Cobra 71k miles Canary Yellow "Nana" SOLD
I think you are correct on the plates. I scored this one from Ebay for 10$ and it even has an 87 registration sticker on it.
The 331 is awesome so far but I have not drove the car very much yet. Saving my gas money for the 3 hour drive to Carlisle
331 + 410 gears + 180 mile 1 way interstate trip = GULP GULP at the pumps!!
It looks like the blue plates ended in 1982. From there they went to the white plate with the sun logo. They are offering new vintage plates [the yellow with black characters (50's), black with yellow (60's), and your blue and yellow (70's)], but sales for each have to hit 7500 before they will issue that style. The deadline is January 1st. So far the black plate with yellow characters is the only one close to the order requirement with 7100 ordered. The other two are only around 1000-1500 each ordered, so if you want one of those styles you might be s.o.l.
It's pretty cool that they are even doing this. They are called Legacy Plates if anyone is interested. Your Saleen is awesome btw!
Cheers!
Mike (TopGear85)
Have:
85 Saleen #73-GT,2R,TuTone,Cruise,Pos,5spd,Charcoal
***August 2015 ROTM Winner!***
Had:
79PC-San Jose #2890
86GT-9L,TuTone,5spd,T-Tops,Sand Beige
86GT-9L,TuTone,5spd,T-Tops,Charcoal
90LX-Oxford Wht,5spd,Sunroof,5.0 Hatchback
90GT-Oxford Wht,5spd
Actually '86 was the last year for blue plates and first year for white plates. The white plates were a couple extra bucks at the tag agency and most people opted for them instead. A couple people from California have confirmed as does the dmv. Plus #26 still wears it's original blue plates as confirmed by pictures. They look great though, the car is beautiful.
1986 Saleen #26 - Saugus Pace Car
1988 Range Rover Classic - The Shop Truck
well I finally scored a vintage Saleen jacket from Ebay
86-64
2002-168
Sweet jacket! I love stuff like that, especially vintage Motorsport or Saleen jackets. I would love to find an original Saleen "Members Only" jacket from back in the day. I've seen a couple guys on here that have been lucky enough to buy cars from owners that kept everything from their Saleen purchase....I wasn't so lucky. If I ever find one of those Saleen "Members Only" jackets I imagine the cost will be insane.
Your car is amazing btw...I love the upgrades you went with (SVO sails, hurst shifter, etc). I hope mine looks half as good someday.
Cheers!
Mike (TopGear85)
Have:
85 Saleen #73-GT,2R,TuTone,Cruise,Pos,5spd,Charcoal
***August 2015 ROTM Winner!***
Had:
79PC-San Jose #2890
86GT-9L,TuTone,5spd,T-Tops,Sand Beige
86GT-9L,TuTone,5spd,T-Tops,Charcoal
90LX-Oxford Wht,5spd,Sunroof,5.0 Hatchback
90GT-Oxford Wht,5spd
Thanks Mike!
I would love one of the members only jackets or one of the red/white/black jackets also. I bought a Ford Motorsport members one style jacket off the back of a guy in my local library two years ago ---- my wife was embarrassed - I was excited because I bought it for $20. I love anything Saleen or Ford Motorsport.
Thinking of showing up at the next car show with that jacket, a top gun T shirt and some old acid wash jeans with some chuck taylors on
86-64
2002-168
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