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Photo of a Shelby Charger at a June, 1983 slalom (autocross) in Carlsbad, California

Started by Frank S, Feb 15 2012 02:08 PM

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#1 OFFLINE   Frank S

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 02:08 PM

One of more than ten thousand vintage slides from the era:


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Posted 15 February 2012 - 03:51 PM

Cool! Wish we saw more of these on the road and at events.
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 09:43 AM

Funny, I was out looking at some cars last week for my son and this little rinky dink used car dealer had one exactly like the photo above in perfect condition in the showroom. I think it was his pride and joy. It was cool to see though.

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Posted 16 February 2012 - 09:46 PM

View PostMyBlueHeaven, on 16 February 2012 - 09:43 AM, said:

Funny, I was out looking at some cars last week for my son and this little rinky dink used car dealer had one exactly like the photo above in perfect condition in the showroom. I think it was his pride and joy. It was cool to see though.

Was it as clean live as it appears in the pix?
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Posted 17 February 2012 - 07:22 AM

View PostCali_KR, on 16 February 2012 - 09:46 PM, said:

Was it as clean live as it appears in the pix?

Sure was. I couldn't believe it. I had another pic from the side but there was so much light coming in from the showroom window the pic was bad. I even considered going to get more pics jut to put up on the site for others to see. It was nice to see one in this sort of shape. I loved these cars when they came out, a friend of mine had one and I was always envious.

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 12:23 PM

There's actually quite a bit of difference between the autocrossing car and the car in the show room. The A-cross car is a normally aspirated car which makes it an 83-84 1st gen of the Shelby Charger. The showroom car is a higher output Turbo I car with no sunroof which makes it an '85/'86. Looks like it had some paint work at least on the front since the Dodge decal is in the wrong place. It should not be center but should be to the right of center.
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Posted 17 February 2012 - 12:41 PM

View PostGLHS0136, on 17 February 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

There's actually quite a bit of difference between the autocrossing car and the car in the show room. The A-cross car is a normally aspirated car which makes it an 83-84 1st gen of the Shelby Charger. The showroom car is a higher output Turbo I car with no sunroof which makes it an '85/'86. Looks like it had some paint work at least on the front since the Dodge decal is in the wrong place. It should not be center but should be to the right of center

I'm guessing 1985 because of the blue seats. If I recall those colored seats were gone by 1986.

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 02:05 PM

I always liked the silver cars with the blue stripes. I have an early magazine with a test of one. It was a N/A '83 i think..
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Posted 18 February 2012 - 02:33 PM

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 07:06 PM

Nice condition. Most of those aren't nearly that clean (as if I've seen one myself).
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 08:13 AM

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 10:57 PM

I actually own a 85 blue and silver shelby charger.. 3 rd owner.. It's in pretty good shape to say it's up here in Canada, cleaning up a little and hoping to hit SDAC with it. These cars still get all kinds of head turns.. and questions lol

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 08:34 AM

I'm planning on making it to SDAC 22 too. I'm thinking I'll buy a tow dolly and tow my car to Detroit with it.
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 08:51 PM

View Postglhs0075, on 02 March 2012 - 08:34 AM, said:

I'm planning on making it to SDAC 22 too. I'm thinking I'll buy a tow dolly and tow my car to Detroit with it.

If you do I'll look forward to seeing your car :)
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