Adrian_Thompson wrote: Thinking outside the box.
DO WANT
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Thinking outside the box.
DO WANT
Adrian_Thompson wrote: I know they sold Fuego's here, did the turbo come here?
We got Fuego Turbos, but I don't think they were intercooled.
Devilsolsi wrote:Adrian_Thompson wrote: Thinking outside the box.DO WANT
Agreed. Despite Dr. Hess' experience and reports of multiple Loti attempting to take his life, I still want one of these and an Elise. 
Devilsolsi wrote:petegossett wrote: Renault R5 Turbo?That was my thought as well..
drool......
Don't think they were intercooled like their big brothers, but I'm posting anyway for a trip down memory lane to Buick's 80's glory days. There was a T Type for EVERY model.
Something about this thread makes me want to come up with a web page set up like the old TV game show "Concentration" where you have to guess the car based on momentary glimpses of small sections of a larger photo...
Mystery solved! It was a 1987 Shelby Charger GLHS. I've never actually seen one of these in person, but it turns out they're pretty interesting cars. They have no markings to identify them as Chrysler products, only graphics that indicate "Shelby" which were stripped off of this one and, yes, two "intercooled" badge on the passenger side hatch and hood blister. (excuse the stock image, it was raining pretty hard today so my photo is even worse than this.)
They made an intercooled Charger? I was not aware of that.
Still wish I woulda bought that Shelby back in '97ish. It was cheap, it was regulation silver with blue stripes, and it had no traction in 3rd gear.
Knurled wrote: They made an intercooled Charger? I was not aware of that. Still wish I woulda bought that Shelby back in '97ish. It was cheap, it was regulation silver with blue stripes, and it had no traction in 3rd gear.
http://www.shelbyregistry.com/1987glhs.html
Yep. It was the last gasp of the 2-door Omni platform as the last 1000 production Dodge Shelby Chargers were converted to the Charger GLH-S in Whittier by Shelby's team. A better intake manifold, intercooler and update ECU code and they made 175hp versus the 146hp of the regular Shelby Charger Turbo. The ECU's revised the amount of boost allowed depending on vehicle speed to save the fairly weak transaxles and open diffs.
After 87, only the 4-door Omni/Horizon would soldier on until it stopped selling. No turbo Omni's were built after 86. The replacement, the Shadow/Sundance was already in the dealership (and the 87 and 88 Shadows also received the Shelby treatment in the CSX and CSX-T) and available with turbo or V6 drivetrains. Of course the Omni sold well enough for Chrysler to retool them and sell them until 1990 when they lost the molds in a fire and they ended the car line completely.
Of course Chrysler wouldn't sell the cars for Shelby to convert in "white" or in anyway except fully built and Shelby had to buy them at full price. Then Chrysler would use better parts in their own versions, further pissing Shelby off. Needless to say, he finally walked away in 1990. However his favorite car was his own personal 4-door GLH-S (with the infamous Hans Hermann dual-cam headed turbo 2.2 producing around 400hp to the front wheels.)
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