bought a saleen coupe last night

Bottlefed83 · Jan 16, 2008

I'm sure alot of you saw it and called last night, but I was able to go pick it up. What a smokin deal. it said 87 saleen but really it is a 89 saleen coupe #348 it is one of 20 made in the coupes. It has been wrecked, and messed up the roof pretty good. Here are some pics of it.

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jordanvraptor · Jan 16, 2008

A little polish and that will buff right out....

wythors · Jan 16, 2008

Sweet! What are your plans for it?

Check out The Saleen Club of America forum for lots of good info.

Welcome to the "Few".

Bottlefed83 · Jan 16, 2008

wythors said:
Sweet! What are your plans for it?

Check out The Saleen Club of America forum for lots of good info.

Welcome to the "Few".

I don't know what plans are yet. It wasn't wrecked so bad I would fix it and sell my 2000. but it may be going on ebay. But I do love this car and it looks sweet.

bigblockgt · Jan 16, 2008

WoW! A little messed up but a special car - Congrats -

Bottlefed83 · Jan 16, 2008

bigblockgt said:
WoW! A little messed up but a special car - Congrats -

Thanks, Yea it is a good one, I just wish it wasn't messed up at all. It would make this alot easier.

davidj · Jan 16, 2008

Bottlefed83 said:
I'm sure alot of you saw it and called last night, but I was able to go pick it up. What a smokin deal. it said 87 saleen but really it is a 89 saleen coupe #348 it is one of 20 made in the coupes. It has been wrecked, and messed up the roof pretty good. Here are some pics of it.

Neat car!

89-0348 is the only white Saleen coupe with a blue interior. Vehicle was also a radio delete and left Saleen Autosport with an SVO shift knob.

Contact Pati at Team Saleen for production info: http://www.saleen.com/membership_info.htm

Contact Greg when you start to look for parts or general history: http://www.saleenls.com/

Lastly, pick up a copy of The Saleen Book by Brad Bowling: http://www.bradbowling.com/

Great car, good luck!

Bottlefed83 · Jan 16, 2008

davidj said:
Neat car!

89-0348 is the only white Saleen coupe with a blue interior. Vehicle was also a radio delete and left Saleen Autosport with an SVO shift knob.

Contact Pati at Team Saleen for production info: http://www.saleen.com/membership_info.htm

Contact Greg when you start to look for parts or general history: http://www.saleenls.com/

Lastly, pick up a copy of The Saleen Book by Brad Bowling: http://www.bradbowling.com/

Great car, good luck!

WOW!! Thats cool, thanks for the info. I will check that stuff out for more info.

Brother · Jan 17, 2008

Nice score du. Rod told me bout her today. Bet you could kill parting it out! Hee Hee. Just kidding. Sounds like its already got a little spot in your heart. The blue interior is gorgeous. Cheers.

Mike Honcho · Jan 17, 2008

Very nice, did you get it for a good price? Is there something special about the body or could you find a straight 4cyl car and start from scratch and build swap everything over?

wythors · Jan 17, 2008

Mike Honcho said:
Very nice, did you get it for a good price? Is there something special about the body or could you find a straight 4cyl car and start from scratch and build swap everything over?

The "something special" is having the VIN match the Saleen build number. If it doesn't, the car will be worth no more than half of what it would if all the numbers match. You could still do it and it would walk like a Saleen and quack like a Saleen, but it still wouldn't be a Saleen.

Bottlefed83 · Jan 17, 2008

wythors said:
The "something special" is having the VIN match the Saleen build number. If it doesn't, the car will be worth no more than half of what it would if all the numbers match. You could still do it and it would walk like a Saleen and quack like a Saleen, but it still wouldn't be a Saleen.

Well said, If I really can't fix it which my buddy that works at a body shop is leaning towards the not fix side becasue of the roof, Then It will be on ebay for someone else to clone another car with this car. I dont want a clone.

wythors · Jan 17, 2008

Can I ask how much you paid for it?

saleenster · Jan 17, 2008

Bottlefed83 said:
Well said, If I really can't fix it which my buddy that works at a body shop is leaning towards the not fix side becasue of the roof, Then It will be on ebay for someone else to clone another car with this car. I dont want a clone.

One side looks great

Steve, before you decide to sell it, please call me first. 241-1800

Bottlefed83 · Jan 17, 2008

wythors said:
Can I ask how much you paid for it?

$1300.

Bottlefed83 · Jan 17, 2008

saleenster said:
One side looks great

Steve, before you decide to sell it, please call me first. 241-1800

Yea I will call you when if it happens.

Bottlefed83 · Jan 17, 2008

Brother said:
Nice score du. Rod told me bout her today. Bet you could kill parting it out! Hee Hee. Just kidding. Sounds like its already got a little spot in your heart. The blue interior is gorgeous. Cheers.

Yea I love this car, I even had considered sell my 00 saleen to keep and fix this one. But I dont know because I hate selling stangs. But no I will not part this car out. I will sell it to someone to hopefully fix, or clone another coupe, before I will.

wythors · Jan 17, 2008

Bottlefed83 said:
$1300.

You suck!

Bottlefed83 · Jan 17, 2008

wythors said:
You suck!

Yea and If I would of had the money I could of had the 87 saleen coupe 1 of 10 cars that was on craigslist also for $2500, because I saw it right after it got listed. Then the saleen president guy who came from seattle to look at that car low balled the guy, so he kept it and listed it on ebay ang got $6500 for it. But this car is way nicer than that one.

sema88 · Jan 17, 2008

Now now now...no dissin' on the Saleen guy.

Time to set the story straight:

I was the first to call the guy on the SSP Saleen. He had listed the car at $2500. He didn't know what he had or what it was worth. I drove my big 10mpg truck all the way to Oregon City. When I got to Oregon City, I called the guy to get the final directions to his house. It was then that the guy (a Portland cop) tells me that he has an offer of $3500 on the car. I didn't reply to his comment, but proceded on to his house. I viewed the car for over two hours and decided that the car was basically totalled and way more of a project than I wanted to take on. I thanked the guy for his time and left. Apparently he had a bunch of calls on the car and they were bidding against each other. He then realized that the car he had was worth a few bucks and decided "the only fair way to sell the car was to put it on ebay". I don't think he would have sold me the car for the original $2500, the price that it was when I left my house that morning. So he already had jacked the price $1000 by the time I got there. And that is the rest of the story.

Notchback Saleens are very rare and SSP's even more rare. I love to see a true Saleen lover get one.

So congrats on your purchase, but ease up on the Saleen guy from Seattle. I'm one of the good guys

By the way you can get in touch with many Saleen owners at:
http://www.saleenclubofamerica.com/

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