After all that work and finally seeing it come together your selling your baby.
Ok tell us the truth the x-charger blew the engine and now its gonna cost you to much to repair it and your cutting your losses. Or your not happy with the whole V6 w/ x-charger performance and you want a V8. Or the wife wants you to sell the sports car (stop being such a kid) and buy a family mini van.
Or you are suffering a moment of temporary insanity and need to take your medication.



Say it is'nt so.....
Your Shelby Conversion is one of the best.

 

Seems like there is a rash of Shelby GT 500 conversion owners that have wanted/needed to sell their recent creations.

 

Seems to be a trend. Wonder whats going on? Any other Shelby converted want to chime in?

 

Well, at least no one can say that you half-a$$ed it.

 

....Just moving on to what ever my next challange may be! LOL.....

Have any thoughts on this yet? If not, here's an idea: Take a factory 190-hp rated car and make it into a GT500 beater.... oh wait, I've already done this!

Seriously Dave, you haven't had time to enjoy everything you've done. Can you tell us why you've had such a change of heart so suddenly?

Willie

 

....Any other Shelby converted want to chime in?

Sure. I'm not selling mine! I've done everything except the hood which will be soon.

Willie

 

lol...... hey guys, well... what can i say, maybe it's just the winter blues about to set in, can't even play with it now! It's lived in the garage all this time and now it's there to stay for another 5 to 6 months! Seriously tho, na, my son is going to start driving next year and i promiced him a car, so i'll need the 3rd bay in the garage for his car..... in reality my wife and i were looking to trade in the Mercedes for a BN Lexus SUV, sooo, i figured i would grant both their wishes, i had my fun, so somthing's got to go.... figured now's the time while this look is still "in".......

Willie, your car looks sick! Great Job man!

Ohhh, and trading up for a GT, No Way, the X-Charger is just ridiculous power! More than enough to satisfy my needs, Doug's tune along with the X really turned this thing into a whole new ride! I am more than happy with the end result, i guess now that it's all finished, i'm bored! LOL!!

 

What did you use to extend the fog harnesses and adding the correct plugs for the fogs ?
Am in the process of performing my Shelby Conversion next week.

 

....maybe it's just the winter blues about to set in, can't even play with it now! It's lived in the garage all this time and now it's there to stay for another 5 to 6 months!

.... Willie, your car looks sick! Great Job man!

Dave, maybe you need to consider moving to the great southwest!! I'm just now starting to enjoy my cars, including my 1987 Z28 convertible, which sees less than 50 miles per year; all with the top down of course!!

and thanks on the compliment. I'm picking up my last part, the hood, this week!!


What did you use to extend the fog harnesses and adding the correct plugs for the fogs?

I bought all my parts from Kevin. He included this complete wiring harness of which you'll only need the two foglamp connectors!! It seems like such a waste... All I did was cut the existing lamp pigtails off and used the new connectors with about one foot of wiring. I used solder and heat shrink for the best connection!!


If you've got further questions on the conversion or if you run into any snags while doing it, feel free to call me. PM me your number and I'll call you with mine... Nothing is worse than to be stuck because of not understanding ONE thing. This kind of happened on the rear bumper for me because I did not find any kind of write-up on what to expect. I found more rivets than expected on a wiring "stiffener" brace that needs to be transferred to the new bumper cover. I also found the lower center retainer "brace" needs some sort of angle bracket -- it's too short and 90 degrees off..... I ended up fabbing a bracket.

Willie

 

CAR HAS BEEN SOLD AS OF 3/30/07
Thanks TMS for all the hospitality!!!!

Shelbywanabe is now officially shelbywantedto be.... LOL.......

 

How much did you wind up getting?

 

$28K Took a loss but that's what i asked for it to try and drum up a quick sale.....

 

Wow thats a great price, you made out IMO. I couldn't sell mine anywhere near that :\

 

Well.... the fact that i set out about 35-36K in the car, i don't feel like i made out, but i am glad it's all behind me.

 

It's like they say, you pay to play.... Mod'ing is expensive and adds NO value but it makes you feel good. Sell the car and get what you can and count the loss as the price it cost to have a nice car that was differant for a while.

Glad to didn't get screwed too bad