1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby

i just got it picked up. to whom ever spotted one at the junk yard. please look into a front bumper and drivers fender for me

 

ok. problems so far. needs door hinge welded. trace down why window motors arent working. leaks oil only when running(oil filter maybe). needs new battery. at 1/4 to 1/2 throttle it begins to cut out. gotta trace vacuum leak.



pictures come tomorrow. friggin wind is too much and we got back too late.

 

here are your pics ladies and gents

 

Doesn't look too bad.

 

it lives. clogged vacuum line. sweet action right. little smoke. in the end we still have some bugs but nothing bad.

 

YEEEEUCK sorry just my opinion poor poor quality cars! Also what idiot would jack up a front driver ( on that Charger? ) I had an 83 turismo ( its the same car guys just not a turbo) bought new had a cracked head the day I took it home.. I'll not go down the list of thingsd that where wrong wiht that car. Sorry might be a fun car to wip until something breaks// and it will. just my opinion, I do remember all the movie theaters having adds for those "Doge Daytona Turbo Z's" nice adds , but ahem, notice they didn't stay in production.. theres a good reason . Yeah DONT feel guilty for That trade,, but really think hard why they would trade a car for rims.. they Know what they have.. LOL

 

dont hold back dude. if i get angry enough with it ill sell it to some ricer in town

 

Not a bad looking car. You should be able to get the biggest part of that dent out of the fender if you take it off and work on it slowly.

 

first things first.get the door welded so it quits hitting the fender. coolest thing I've learned is I have the car from the wraith

 

Thats about the ugliest butchering job to a charger Ive ever seen...thank god its not a Shelby

This is what a Shelby Charger looked like stock(exactly like the one I had), dont let them fool you, these things are FAST



Thats a nice looking daytona, you should look into this forum if you're serious about fixing it, some bad cars on there

http://www.turbo-mopar.com

 

Yeah, they were under-appreciated here's one I saw at a junkyard today. I guess people wanted the huge coke bottle.

 

What a shame, those cars will be worth a lot of money some day.

As far as the chargers go they ran from '84 to '87, in 1987 sales dropped off so much that Carroll Shelby bought the last 1000 Chargers, beefed them up more, and released them as a limited edition numbered "Shelby GLHS", to supercede the Shelby GLH which was based on the Omni body style.

They were offered in...I think 5 different color combinations, and each one was only produced at a count of 3000, meaning only 15000 were produced per year for 4 years...the Shelby GLH and GLHS were only offered in black.

The Shelby Omni GLH(meaning "Goes Like Hell") and Shelby Charger GLHS(meaning "Goes Like Hell Sommore"...really!) is actually one of the only Mopar cars actually built by specifications set forth by Carroll, the others (Shelby Charger, Shelby Daytona, etc.) was just branded with Shelbys name per licensing deals, Carroll actually had no part in designing these cars.

 

actually shelby on the daytona was suspension. not engine or tranny performance

 

The Daytona Shelby had a inter-cooled Turbo II engine, and the stock transaxle was replaced with an A555 transaxle with beefier gears, normal Daytonas were not offered either(regular Daytonas could get the Turbo I engine), in 1990 the Turbo II engine was replaced with a Turbo IV but had issues that ultimately led to the pulling of Shelby licensing from the Daytonas.

The '89 Daytonas were offered with the 2.2 or the 2.5, hopefully you have the Garrett turbo too, which is better then the Mitsubishi turbo they used alongside the Garrett, it should have an A555 transaxle unless its been replaced with an older one.

If you do get the car, heres a forum just for them:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/index.php

Im a member under the same screen name, lots of great info and people willing to help.

 

I say paint it black and put some 235 or 245s up front with the biggest meats that'll fit out back.