Dave, My truck #54 was one of the early trucks....... My Vin is 1B7FL 96 Y7 KS 095, 2_ _ Your junkyard find truck is 1B7FL 66 X7 KS 073, 267 This truck was made way before mine..... Most likely I would believe the truck just used for paint but if it was never was sent to CA or Detriot...... I would think it's someones clone....... Just my thought on it..... Post some pics to photobucket so we can take a look...... BTW Shelby Dakota useless trivia....you can tell an early truck by the lightbar...... It does not wrap under the edge of the side of the rail..... Look at the photos of the press truck..... compared to a later production one.... Different bar.... Tim > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ShelbyDodge Digest, Vol 2, Issue 18> To: > [email protected]> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:00:41 +0000> > Send > ShelbyDodge mailing list submissions to> [email protected]> > To > subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> > http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge> or, via email, send a > message with subject or body 'help' to> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You can reach > the person managing the list at> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > When replying, please > edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of > ShelbyDodge digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. A Shelby Dakota mystery > (David Salamone)> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > > Message: 1> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:12:36 -0500> From: "David Salamone" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: SD> A Shelby Dakota mystery> To: "Shelby Dodge > Mailing List" <[email protected]>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > A local friend of mine told > me he spotted a 1989 Shelby Dakota in a local junkyard. He was able to grab a > handful of unique parts that were left on it. I went out there with him today > to check it out and what I found was quite unusual. > > First off the body > was in excellent shape with the red paint still looking reasonably good. The > Shelby decals (of which I'm quite familiar with :) were erased (or polished > off) only leaving only a phantom image effect where they used to be on all > the areas they should have been. The only decals that were not used or > removed were the black overlay decals over the rear tailgate "Dodge" letters. > > > The front grill, nose & foglights were was missing and the places on the > bed where the light bar would be had holes where it was previously mounted. > > > Here comes the unusual part, upon a closer look we discovered that red was > not the original paint color, instead it was black. We found the original > black paint on the inside of the doors (my friend got the damaged outer > panels), under the upper section of a replacement bedliner and under > scratched sections of the paint. > > Otherwise it gave the appearance of a > "real" 1989 Shelby Dakota since traces of most of the unique items were still > intact except the steering wheel which was replaced with a burgundy stock > version. It has a badly faded windshield decal which was hard to say whether > it was original due to it's heavy deterioration. > > Here's a couple more > very unusual details. It did not have the special "modified by Shelby > Automobiles" decal on the inner door jam next to the original one. The > original one was pretty faded out so that I could only make out the > manufacture date of 11-1988. > > The other main unique label (which I was > hoping to cut off and keep) was the underhood emission/vacuum label. It > wasn't the special Shelby Automobiles version (label #CS1282) that shows a > 5.2 liter 318 engine. It read as a 1989 Chrysler label for a 5.9 (360 > engine). > > Another huge surprise was under the hood. The engine was still > intact and looks pretty original, but it was NOT the 318 V-8 that should have > been there it was instead a stock Chrysler 3.0 V-6 instead. It was also using > the regular V-6 radiator fan instead of the special low profile dual electric > fans the Shelby Dakota used. > > There wasn't alot of paperwork left in the > truck but it appeared to be used by someone that did house painting in > Lakeland, Florida. I did write down the VIN number so someone could do check > it with the list of numbered Whittier built vehicles for me. > > It reads > 1B7FL66X7KS073267> > I had someone run a CARFAX report and it spent most of > it's life in Lakeland, Florida followed by Melbourne, FL before being retired > here to the junkyard here in Jacksonville. > > It's pretty unusual (and > expensive) for someone to replicate one and unless he bought a reproduction > decal package from me since it's extremely hard to find a NOS bedside decal > being they've went completely out of stock since before I opened in 1997. > > > Most likely it was a well done clone, but I'm thinking that it could have > been some kind of a Chrysler (Shelby) pilot or prototype vehicle. At Whittier > they did alot of experimentation creating mocked up versions of upcoming > models to try out paint & decal schemes. It would pretty unusual to see one > this far from the west coast but it could happen. > > Anybody know anything > about this unusual truck? > > David Salamone> Positive Impressions> PO Box > 441761> Jacksonville, FL 32222> 904-388-4040> www.unleashedbyshelby.com > > > ------------------------------> > > ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________> ShelbyDodge mailing list> > [email protected]> > http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge> > > End of ShelbyDodge > Digest, Vol 2, Issue 18> ****************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________ ShelbyDodge mailing list [email protected] http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge
