Roush 89 Notch Saleen

[bill89saleen304]

Hey does anyone recognize this car ?
It's for sale on e-bay
Check it out,


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...168330440QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320168330440


See Ya Bill

 

[SVT Saleen]

This looks very much like the Saleen I saw for sale in the car corral section of the Pomona swap meet in 1990-91. I attended the meet for the 1st & only time with a co-worker of mine & a couple of his friends when he was looking for parts for his '55 Chevy Bel Air street rod daily driver.

I remember a dark shadow blue Saleen that someone was selling for what I considered a ridiculously high price & I asked the guy selling it why he thought he'd get so much for it. He rather haughtily replied that because it was such a low serial number & the first one available to the public & was also a coupe that it made it particularly "rare" even though it was only a year or two old.

I just dismissed it out of hand because I already owned #0408 & didn't think the coupe was a particularly desirable body style compared to the convertibles or hatchbacks even though I knew Saleen didn't convert many of them.

How little I knew then...

 

[marcus95]

I believe that car was still here in So Cal only a year ago. ???

My memory is going bad.

 

[97speedster]

I sold him the rear deck lid SALEEN sticker he has on it.

 

[BobV]

Neat car, but that has to be one of the worst descriptions I've ever (tried to) read.
My wife would give my left nut for a Blue, auto Fox-body Saleen...

Seems to be that it would've been better without the mods too.

Oh BTW, Marcus, It looks like you sold him the rims(?)

 

[S351R"Animal"]

I sold him the motor out of a S-351 I parted out awhile ago. Its a nice car. I would be curious to see what it goes for. I'm going to guess around 12-13K

 

[Saleenjunky]

89 Saleen Coupe

That car was all original and on Ebay about a year ago.I don't understand the transmission mods he describes.I would have kept it original if I was him.

 

[marcus95]

Yea.

I sold him those wheels not long ago. They look good huh? I have too many parts laying around.

OK, Yea, that car was on Ebay and was here in Los Angeles about a year ago. It was 100% original then.

True, probably everything he did to it could be returned. If someone is smart, they will buy it and put it back stock and sell all of the mods for a few grand. The intake is worth 900-1 large by itself.

He is actually a really nice guy. Maybe he is having money problems.

 

[rcantu]

not for $5000 right?

Yea.

I sold him those wheels not long ago.

 

[Onefine88]

379rwhp thru an AOD ain't too shabby. Probably pulls good with those 4.10's. However, IMO too much gear for the HWY I'm sure even with the AOD. I noticed from the limited engine pics "Careful", that there looks like something funky done with the heater hoses. And, the A/C has definitely been removed. It does have some nice brakes, wheels, and intake. But other than that it's a high mileage car that has been tinkered with quite abit.

 

[BobV]

not for $5000 right?

More like $1100

Amazing how Marcus' $1100 rims became "the wheels are stern off of a 1993 spider Saleen these wheels go for about $5000 " once they were mounted on this car...

 

[2000xp8]

not for $5000 right?

That's what i was thinking, geez he claims 5k, but got them for 1100.

And is it me, or is this another guy that didn't vacumm his car before he took the pics?

Not to sound cruel, but it sounds a little like a sob story, then he ends it with sorry about my spelling i'm a mechanic, it probably took longer to type that sentence than it would of to just run spell check or proofread it.

 

[SVT Saleen]

I should have said "deep shadow blue" instead of "dark shadow blue."

I also seem to recall that when I saw this car in Pomona it had the dark gray 5-spoke ARE wheels.

If Marcus remembers this Saleen being around a year ago, perhaps he can confirm my vague memories about it (I haven't checked my Saleen Book).

 

[Metalcop]

The listing was pulled?? Maybe a backdoor bargain?! (not!)

 

[bigwingsaleen]

And then it dissapeared!!!!

 

[S351R"Animal"]

The only reason ebay pulls something is if the type of title or the title history is wrong. It could have a clea rtitle but at some point have a salvage or wrecked history and this would not allow you to list it as a clear title. Usually if the person who lists it it will still show up. It will just say item is no longer available.

 

[JOEZETA]

its back up again, the seller said he had the wrong Vin # on there and someone reported it.....

Anyway, this car was on ebay little less then a year ago....i was very interested in it, and lost it by one Bid.

Now i email this seller a few questions , and asked for some engine bay pics.....i get a response similar to what his description is - a tough read . Also no pics .

Id really like to have this car and nurse it back to health....its just what ive been looking for.

i emailed again asking for pics.....i wish it were closer...im in NY , car is in Nevada.

Joezeta

 

[SVT Saleen]

Yep, it's been re-listed but the spelling/grammar hasn't improved:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1FAB...oryZ6236QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You would think that someone who owns a truly unique Saleen like this would at least take the time to compose a comprehensible description.

Yeesh!

 

[Saleenjunky]

89 coupe

JOEZETA,Do you remember what the car sold for last year?

 

[saleenboy87146]

I really like the pic of the cabinets.