A 1989 Shelby Dakota.

A neighbor of mine bought it for $200. He got it home and it wouldn't start.

It turned out to be some dealer installed alarm that was wired pretty extensively into the factory wiring. He didn't have a keyfob and I couldn't figure out what wire did what so I disconnected it and moved the terminal from 87 to 87A on the relay.......works like a charm.

I had never heard of the Shelby Dakota before today, turns out they only made 1500 of them......came with a 5.2 V8. Pretty neat to have a limited production car for $200.....The car isn't in that bad of shape either.

 

Was it like a Dakota truck? 5.2 thats a 318.Cool

 

Yeah. When i searched it i got a truck that said shelby on it.

 

It has Shelby EVERYWHERE, door sills, seats, doors, dash, steering wheel, grill, decals........

 

That was kind of a strange relationship that Dodge had with Shelby huh.

 

well at least something came out of that relationship....the viper

 

My very first car was a 1986 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z. Which if I recall, derived from the Shelby Z. I remember thinking that car was fast......

If I knew anything about cars then, (like ACTUALLLY I know anything now) I would have held onto it.

I do remember it having a wacky instrument panel with a diagram of the car and lights that would let you know if your door was open and such.

 

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