“Honey, I can explain. The car that’s about to do a piledriver on our checking account could really be worth a lot someday. I know it looks like a worthless 30-year-old Dodge crapbox but trust me, because it has compressed air shoved through it and a bunch of SHELBY badges slapped on it, it’s a […]
In 1986 and 1987, Shelby Automobiles modified about 500 Dodge Omnis in their California based factory for shipment and sales directly through Dodge dealers around the country. The Omnis were outfitted with a modified engine, upgraded wheels, brakes and suspension and given a factory Shelby VIN. Today, they are econobox legends. Find this 1986 Shelby […]
The Dodge Omni was a FWD compact car developed by Simca in France, and in the US it was turbocharged from the factory to create the Omni GLH (Goes Like Hell). At the end of production Carroll Shelby purchased the last 500 cars from the assembly line and took them to his California factory for […]
We are going to highlight another limited production turbocharged hatchback ’80s machine because they are cheap and fun! The ’80s Dodge Charger was a Dodge Omni masquerading as a Charger – an emasculated version of a once brutal tire burning muscle machine…until Carrol Shelby got his hands on a number of the “Chargers” and made […]