I bought this and am picking it up on Saturday (May 10th)

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Someone is selling me one of these for $200 with 60k miles on the engine/chassis. Its been sitting for a few years in storage as well as outside so it need some TLC. But I can't stand the thought of it being sent to a junk yard--I had to save it. And since its a Shelby Z someday it may be a collectors item. :D It needs a clutch, battery, new fuses, and some misc things to make whole again. $1,000 should get it road worthy enough to drive it to work daily. This could solve my daily driver gas mileage issue. It might pay for itself in a year or two. :D

1988 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z w/Turbo II C/S Pacifica package--what it looks like new:
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Actual pic of the car I'm buying:
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Shelby decided to up the suspension and handling bits of the car as well as the brakes to make it track worthy. Then they took the Chrysler K-series 2.2L I4 and dropped a turbo on it--so the car produces 174bhp and 200 torque. Not bad, the car weighs about 2800lbs too so its not heavy either. These can be made very fast very easily. But for my purpose I'm going to restore it to OEM factory trim as much as possible then use it to drive to work everyday. Its got power windows, power locks, leather, T-Tops, plenty of room for passengers, plenty of room in the boot, and it gets pretty good gas mileage @ 26/35 [est]. That leaves my Camaro to go the performance side of the equasion.
 
cool car, even better if you're saving it from storage, and besides, a Shelby anything for 200? come on, not even a VW Bug. turbo? pfeh!

Get it and give us pics of the rat-doo infested interior and all that.
 
More importantly I'm saving it from a retired life in a junk yard.
 
Nice work JCE, I look forwad to hearing about the new whacky adventures of JCE and his Shelby :sly:
 
You must love them lil Daytona's, JCE. But still, nice catch! The body seems to be in need of just a paintjob.
 
You lucky sob.

For a second I thought you got the one in the top pic for $200 and I was all like.. .OMGWTFBQQFODKSJOFNWHEOUIGW

Yeah so, can't wait :D
 
Paint, a rear bumper and rear taillights and she'll be good as new on the outside. Inside needs a good detail. I'm looking forward to driving it actually. I missed my Daytona--it was a comfy car.
 
I FINALLY DON'T HAVE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE CAR ON THE FORUMS!!!!!

Any-way, it looks like a rag...let's see what you do with it!
 
Jim Prower
I FINALLY DON'T HAVE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE CAR ON THE FORUMS!!!!!

Any-way, it looks like a rag...let's see what you do with it!
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I'm looking forward to restoring it enough to drive to and from work in it. Should cost me next to nothing to insure and run as well as the good MPG it gets.

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Oh and Boz Mon show me a Prelude in the condition that this Daytona is in for $200 and I'll buy it. :D
 
Jim Prower
I FINALLY DON'T HAVE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE CAR ON THE FORUMS!!!!!

Any-way, it looks like a rag...let's see what you do with it!
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You should hear what my parents did to me. They told me I'd get a brand new car for my birthday this past april. Well on the day of my birthday I come back from school and my dad says that he's going to pick me up, so im guessing they got me a car. They take me to a subaru dealership and my dad says "look at that grey one over there" pointing at a 07 STI. I was about to cream myself and as we walk towards it there was a hotwheels car sitting on the wall right next to the STI and my parents shout HAPPY BIRTHDAY. And I just stood there s*** faced.
 
For $200, even if it falls apart, at least you can tell the kids "I owned a Shelby."
 
YSSMAN
For $200, even if it falls apart, at least you can tell the kids "I owned a Shelby."
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Indeed. :D

Boz Mon
You are going to post more pics when you get it, right?
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Well DUH. :lol: I can't wait to start tearing into it and starting the restoration. This is in better shape than when I got the Camaro back form my bro. This only needs 30% of what the Camaro needed. The downside is that this car is nearly impossible to find good condition OEM parts for. But whatever, I look forward to it. :D
 
JCE
1988 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z w/Turbo II C/S Pacifica package -
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Cool. Mabye up the boost by a few pounds once you get it ship-shape?
I saw an Omni GLS recently... I did a double-take, after thinking it was an ordinary one. Too bad it wasn't a GLS-H

Cano
cool car, even better if you're saving it from storage, and besides, a Shelby anything for 200? come on, not even a VW Bug. turbo? pfeh!

Get it and give us pics of the rat-doo infested interior and all that.
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Woah.
Cano, it's been a while. Good to see you 'round these parts again.

Jim Prower
I FINALLY DON'T HAVE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE CAR ON THE FORUMS!!!!!

Any-way, it looks like a rag...let's see what you do with it!
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It may not be the cheapest, but it is by far the worst.
 

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