Anyone know, remeber or have any stats on this car ?

[Michael Beard]

Definitely Rusty's old car, which Junior later bought. I believe Rusty had told me that it was the first Shelby, which was the rotisserie show car used by Chrysler. Fans would always refute that, because it didn't have the Shelby stitched in the headrest, but as the first car, it didn't have that. A quick search on DRC shows that it typically ran 15.20's when Junior was racing it.

Pic from the 1998 Dutch Classic at Maple Grove


Rusty helped me a great deal when I was first getting started with my similar '85 Turismo. They're both 2.2L carbureted cars (2bbl Holley Weber), and they're a ton of fun to drive. Mine's come a LOOOOONG way, thanks to Billy Nees, from winning in its very first night on track, despite a best of a 20.45...


...to today, where it's run a 15.26 @ 88 mph, and won three bracket races. While mine's not a historical car like Rusty's, it too is for sale. Lots of potential, as it's still heavy for the class, and I haven't run go-fast oil in it yet. Tons of fun, just have too many toys already.



Questions: 1) If you're running it as a Shelby or 2.2, can you run it without the spoiler? 2) Anybody know where you can get the lower air dam? Seems to be made of unobtainium.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Questions: 1) If you're running it as a Shelby or 2.2, can you run it without the spoiler? 2) Anybody know where you can get the lower air dam? Seems to be made of unobtainium.

I remember at Cecil one day when Rusty took the spoiler off . The car picked up more than 1 mph.
Have you tried the shelbydodge forum or turbomopars.com?