Seen the gas prices? I don't get it, my Shelby dak with a new muffler got 25
MPG average. Sometimes I got over that on the highway. Thats doing REALLY
well for a truck with a V8.
As for the rest of the BS. The Little Red Express is a total POS and real
slow, the Shelby will blow there doors off without much effort. They are
ugly with red neck BS slapped all over them and twin stacks with a gas
engine? They also were one of the worst Dodge trucks made, Dodge took a dive
off a cliff when they went to the 72' truck. The L Red also is a late 70s
smog motor truck.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Other-Pickups-Dodge-Lil-Red-Express-little-1979-Rare-Fully-Optioned_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6197QQihZ015QQitemZ250107276901QQrdZ1
A non stock smogged out truck, aftermarket carb and wheels.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Other-Pickups-Dodge-1-2-ton-Little-Red-Express_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6197QQihZ011QQitemZ320106674499QQrdZ1
another smogged out 79' with a bunch of mods, and mud.
The V8 Mopar crowd will buy the truck in time and the Shelby people will
too, so the Dak has more in its favor. In 1990 I was loking to buy a
Challenger. I looked at a mint, 1970 R/T 383 car, red and perfect on a pot
lot. Gas was a $1.04 gal here. I also found a mint 72 340 Rally for $2,200,
it sat for 3 months and never sold. I bought my mint R/T SE 440 triple black
with white and black checker board seats and 4 speaker FM AC car for a
wopping $4,000. It had 75,000 origanal miles on it, never saw rain or snow.
Today has ZERO rust or body damage and still wares origanal paint. The guy
felt bad selling it for that outragous price, but he needed that much for a
POS 78 Chevy he liked. I was later offered $105,000 for the car, and I still
own it. Getting a new engine this year infact.
So toss them out the door, part them out, I need parts lol. Get rid of them
because you don't want to preserve them. But when I was a kid guys in there
30s loved muscle cars big time and today they have money and they spend it.
Today guys in there 20s love compacts with turbos and many others love the
Shelby name. It is a matter of time. The more of them you fools throw in the
trash and part out the nicer and more rare mine become. And like the fool
next door to me, you'll cry buckets in time. The guy next door parted out
and took a real Shelby GT 350 to the shreader. He needed $10 for gas and
some guy offered him $100 for the engine, boy did he really make out when he
needed the money =P Now is the time to find a nice dry spot to park one and
gather the origanal parts it needs to be restored. Soon the parts will dry
up and there won't be extras or remakes. When time warrents restore the car
and bring it out when people can't find them anymore, which won't be long.
Then refuse to give the car away, this is what happens with cars and makes
them worth it. My grandpa loved the model T and for manys years even working
for NASA could never afford one, that generation left and the price dropped.
The Shelby Dodge compact generation is too young, but they will get older
soon.
Rob Walsh
86 GLHS 76
87 GLHS 306
89 CSX 187
84 DC Shelby Rampage
89 Turbo Caravan
86 Military issue Reliant turbo K wagon
70 R/T SE 440 Dodge Challenger
In a message dated 4/23/2007 6:03:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Boy, I am really disappointed at what my Shelby Dakota bid up to on Ebay.
These vehicles are pretty under-appreciated these days. I would be better
off
parting the truck out! There was a truck that finished just before mine
and it
bid up to only $1750 dollars. It's got a lot of miles, but still a nice
truck. There is a light bar on there now that is over $500 and it has 4
days to
go. How does that compare? I don't know what to do, I want to sell my
truck,
but I'm not going to give it away. Maybe it should go "piece by piece".
Anyone have any ideas?
Rob
You seen those gas prices? definatly one factor
That and its a Dakota, not a GT350..
Chris Pauluk - Modesto CA
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