That was the "Birthday Car" It was an 88 Shadow/Sundance Turbo that built from prototype and pre-production parts for Carroll Shelby by his workers and presented to him on his birthday in 1988 (there was an Autoweek article about him and the car in 88). It isn't really an 88 CSX-T. More like an 89/90 CSX-VNT prototype. Eventually, this car had a 16-valve Lotus head motor and other parts and pieces and was sold at the Shelby Automobiles Auction. A while ago, it was found and restored by a couple of S-D folks. Very pretty car and a great job on the restoration.
BTW, they had 16-valve heads back in the early eighties as test mules and prototypes. 86 GLH-S number 1 has a head designed by Hans Herman. It is Carroll Shelby's personal GLH-S (and his favorite car to drive) The 88 CSX-T (T stands for Thrifty Car Rental) was produced to fill Thrifty with neat cars for rent. Much like the Mustang GT-350H (H is for Hertz) Stefan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian R. Downard Sr. Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SD> Does this look right? I came across this on the internet can this be true or is it a miss print? http://vnt.cbr929rr.com/vnt88.html Brian R. Downard Sr. 1987 Dodge Shelby Charger GLH-S #324 http://www.soulserpentmedia.com/DodgeShelby.html -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
