Need to research before you jump in on a Saleen. There is almost as much on these foxbody mustangs to learn about what makes one a real Saleen as there is a 1960s Shelby. A Saleens ford vin and the saleen vin can be provided to Saleen to verify authenticity, similar to Marti. In the pictures posted it is noted this is an 1989. It does look to have the 1989 Saleen Vin tag on the firewall. This 89 Saleen is wearing 1987-88 style lower body side stripes. There have been few 1989s that have these side stripes, so one should do some research here to see if this was an early 1989 that could possibly have these style stripes. Also car is yellow (color change?, there are no apparent vin labels on inner fender edges) and engine compartment black(color change on engine comp?, can also see onion tops, top of strut also got sprayed black. The beltline rubstrip should be the satin black color vs the body color. Saleen painted the beltline rubstrip to match the body color in 1990 on only the SC models. Again this could be something to check with contacting Saleen, as they also processed special order requests from their customers where this could have been painted by Saleen.
On the top inner shocktowers there are visible mounting holes for the oem Saleen Strut tower brace, which cannot fit when a Paxton is installed. Another item to check is the Momo steering wheel. There is a date code on the backside of the lower 6 o'clock spoke that should be an 1989 date. Another Saleen unique component you can see in these pics is on the underbody up towards front of the transmission is the 2 point K-Member brace.
On the top inner shocktowers there are visible mounting holes for the oem Saleen Strut tower brace, which cannot fit when a Paxton is installed. Another item to check is the Momo steering wheel. There is a date code on the backside of the lower 6 o'clock spoke that should be an 1989 date. Another Saleen unique component you can see in these pics is on the underbody up towards front of the transmission is the 2 point K-Member brace.
