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Deals and Appeals => Up For Auction => Topic started by: Mikelj5S230 on May 08, 2026, 05:08:33 PM

Title: Malaise era Shelby classic
Post by: Mikelj5S230 on May 08, 2026, 05:08:33 PM
One you don't see often......https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-dodge-shelby-charger-3/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Model_Update
Title: Re: Malaise era Shelby classic
Post by: Bob Gaines on May 08, 2026, 08:58:58 PM
A better working link.    https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-dodge-shelby-charger-3/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Model_Update
Title: Re: Malaise era Shelby classic
Post by: owenkelley on May 08, 2026, 09:10:26 PM
These are actually a lot of fun to drive....
Title: Re: Malaise era Shelby classic
Post by: rhjanes on May 08, 2026, 11:41:22 PM
I had a blue/silver one.   It ran like a scalded cat.  Drifted on freeway exits was fun.   But at 20,000, it turned into a pumpkin.   Driving home one night, almost total electrical failure.   Only the engine was running.  It started the next day and I waited for day light to drive to the dealer.   They kept it all day.  The R&R list was about 2 pages long.  Over $4000 in repairs, no charge to me.  But new alternator, new coil, new electrical this and that.   About 6 or 8 weeks later, it did it again while driving to work.  But this time the electrical system was totally failed.  Car quit on the road to work.   This time it was 3 pages long and something like $5000 in repairs.   I traded it in for a new F150.   I have a 1969 Mustang with the original alternator still in it.....
Dodge seemed to me to be the Prince of Darkness.