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[Morgan19d]

I would love a 289 street car!! The 427's are amazing machines and absolutely beautiful, as well as the body lines on the 289 FIAs, but everyone who has a replica has one and that strikes me as a little over done... However I dig the 289's because of the simplicity of the design, not to mention appearance of the original 289's is just flawless IMO.

[68GT350CV]

I love driving CSX 8289.  The car is very dependable, but I drive it almost weekly.  The weather has very nice lately and I drove it to work everyday for the past 2 weeks.  It does fine in traffic and has more than enough power.  I have a 289 HiPo, 306 HP, and a tremec TKO500.  I have had the car on the road course and the dragstrip several times at Mid-America.  I highly recommend the car!!
Shane

[Morgan19d]

I have never actually checked into it, but what does a roller slabside run? I know complete cars from the dealers can be up there depending on engine choice, etc... but just for a basic roller package from SAI or one of the dealers? That may make a good retirement project in a few years, lol

[CSX4833]

I had a CSX 4000 series with the Shelby 427 aluminum block and although somewhat different than the 289 FIA I think there are also similarities. I sold the CSX as it was not really practical as it took a long time to get up to operating temp before driving, and would "beat" me up after driving a long time. It was very hot with the heat from the 427. On the plus side, it got a lot of looks and turned a lot of heads. It was loud and the torque was unbelievable!  There are a lot of replicas and it was a constant source of discussion. No computers monitoring the engine's performance. In this case, less is more. Less electronics, more maintenance. I enjoyed driving the car but the inconveniences outweighed the joy (at least at my age).

[GT500-07]

CSX4833, on 07 November 2012 - 12:36 PM, said:

I had a CSX 4000 series with the Shelby 427 aluminum block and although somewhat different than the 289 FIA I think there are also similarities. I sold the CSX as it was not really practical as it took a long time to get up to operating temp before driving, and would "beat" me up after driving a long time. It was very hot with the heat from the 427. On the plus side, it got a lot of looks and turned a lot of heads. It was loud and the torque was unbelievable!  There are a lot of replicas and it was a constant source of discussion. No computers monitoring the engine's performance. In this case, less is more. Less electronics, more maintenance. I enjoyed driving the car but the inconveniences outweighed the joy (at least at my age).

ditto

[MY500SS]

Morgan19d, on 07 November 2012 - 06:38 AM, said:

I have never actually checked into it, but what does a roller slabside run? I know complete cars from the dealers can be up there depending on engine choice, etc... but just for a basic roller package from SAI or one of the dealers? That may make a good retirement project in a few years, lol

It's been 4 years since I shopped it but I say a pretty good guess would be 60-70k for fiberglass and 90-100k for aluminum.

[sfm6s1675]

Actually they're now $84,995 for a fiberglass roller.  I've been working with the area distributor but the price is a lot higher than what I expected.  Plus you have to add the engine, tranny, installation of such, and everything to make it a turn-key car.  Price zoomed up well over 100K pretty quickly.

The distributor did let me drive his 427.  That car was a beast.  I now understand when people say driving one is simultaneously the most fun and most uncomfortable time driving a car one can have.  Hot, loud, rough, but what a blast.  I now see that this car would beat you up in no time.

The 289 should be a lot more docile.  Anyway, am strongly considering buying one.  Thanks for everyone's thoughts, they were very helpful.

[MY500SS]

sfm6s1675, on 16 February 2013 - 04:20 PM, said:

Actually they're now $84,995 for a fiberglass roller.  I've been working with the area distributor but the price is a lot higher than what I expected.  Plus you have to add the engine, tranny, installation of such, and everything to make it a turn-key car.  Price zoomed up well over 100K pretty quickly.

The distributor did let me drive his 427.  That car was a beast.  I now understand when people say driving one is simultaneously the most fun and most uncomfortable time driving a car one can have.  Hot, loud, rough, but what a blast.  I now see that this car would beat you up in no time.

The 289 should be a lot more docile.  Anyway, am strongly considering buying one.  Thanks for everyone's thoughts, they were very helpful.

Wow, that's a pretty hefty jump since I ordered mine......but if you've got the funds