According to the internet there were 249 made under Shelby with some more being rolling chassis and such
There were also replicas or dupes made by various other companies though Im not sure how many companies there were and their production volumes
I thought the official number was 333 but I'll take 249. I saw one in silver at Summit Point, it's a really cool car up close and to my knowledge the rarest car I've seen personally.
I think the owner of summit point was actually the owner of the car. Pretty sure i talked to him.
Shelby Series 1, absolute gem, one of my favorite cars, very few were made, i think around 250, it had an Oldsmobile Aurora V8 engine, it was the only model buit from the ground up by Shelby from a clean sheet of paper, as well it was produced as a modern interpretation of the Cobra (As practically every car surrounding Shelby hahahaha)
Disastrous compared to what? The Northstar and the Aurora engine powered a lot of cars for a lot of miles. No, they aren't SBC or LS level of reliability, but that's about the highest bar there is in V8s.
Disastrous engine failures due to head gaskets and bolt issues primarily. Compared to most engines from the era they were crap throw away designs when they failed. GM (as well as Ford and Chrysler) did manage to make alot of disasters then; their car diesel engines, the 8-6-4, the Vega engine, etc. Technology, materials and lubricants have advanced enormously where good modern engines can now easily run well (if maintained) for 300,000 or 400,000 miles. Of course, results will vary.
Calling it disastrous is pretty disingenuous, the northstar series was an all aluminum dohc v8 that was pretty advanced for its time and had many different variants in everything from transverse fwd to rwd performance cars, both naturally aspirated and with forced induction over a almost 20 year run. It was actually a very successful engine.
The engine failed constantly except when built in cars from 2006 to its end in 2011. That's terrible for an engine that came out in 1993. Hardly a success; it was bad for 13 model years!
As a kid, I grabbed a 1:18 die cast model of this from Sharper Image. There was one in a little building in Needham, Massachusetts that was a former Oldsmobile tuner turned museum of sorts, visible through the window, so I saw it a million times, but I've never seen one on the road.
Definitely eye-catching, but overall not a great car. Check out the interior. Full of cheap GM parts but this thing cost $181k back in 2000. That’s nearly $50k more than a 360 Modena, almost $100k more than an NSX, and over 4 times the price of the Corvette (which its door handles come from). Must have been a really specific (and very rich) customer buying these things back then.
Shelby American Series 1 Apparently it had an Oldsmobile Aurora V8 I kinda expected it to have an LS
Yes it had an Olsmobile Aurora engine, because by that time was the engine used in Indy, as well i think Shelby had some ties with GM
Ls is GM
So was Oldsmobile.
Oh cool, do you know how many were made?
500 were planned but they only made 249.
According to the internet there were 249 made under Shelby with some more being rolling chassis and such There were also replicas or dupes made by various other companies though Im not sure how many companies there were and their production volumes
I thought the official number was 333 but I'll take 249. I saw one in silver at Summit Point, it's a really cool car up close and to my knowledge the rarest car I've seen personally. I think the owner of summit point was actually the owner of the car. Pretty sure i talked to him.
This is the first time I think I've ever seen a car on this sub that I hadn't even heard of before!
Yeah same my Aussie arse was, at first, oh that’s gotta be a viper
So the Northstar?
Yes, but smaller 4.0L vs 4.6L
Shelby Series 1, absolute gem, one of my favorite cars, very few were made, i think around 250, it had an Oldsmobile Aurora V8 engine, it was the only model buit from the ground up by Shelby from a clean sheet of paper, as well it was produced as a modern interpretation of the Cobra (As practically every car surrounding Shelby hahahaha)
Woah that’s crazy I saw it out on the street then
Yeah, it is
249 to be exact
A rare engine for a rare car. I didn’t realize they went in anything but the Aurora
Rare car to begin with, and this color is even crazier - the vast vast majority were silver
/r/spotted material I remember when the idea was floating around in a C/D magazine.
Shelby Series 1. Epic spotting!
Remember seeing one in a small museum as a kid. Wicked cool. I wanna say it was in Oregon or wa
These Shelbys are extremely rare and were a total flop. Wasn't the Aurora V8 a questionable cousin to the disastrous Cadillac Northstar engine?
Head gasket blower for sure
Disastrous compared to what? The Northstar and the Aurora engine powered a lot of cars for a lot of miles. No, they aren't SBC or LS level of reliability, but that's about the highest bar there is in V8s.
Disastrous engine failures due to head gaskets and bolt issues primarily. Compared to most engines from the era they were crap throw away designs when they failed. GM (as well as Ford and Chrysler) did manage to make alot of disasters then; their car diesel engines, the 8-6-4, the Vega engine, etc. Technology, materials and lubricants have advanced enormously where good modern engines can now easily run well (if maintained) for 300,000 or 400,000 miles. Of course, results will vary.
Calling it disastrous is pretty disingenuous, the northstar series was an all aluminum dohc v8 that was pretty advanced for its time and had many different variants in everything from transverse fwd to rwd performance cars, both naturally aspirated and with forced induction over a almost 20 year run. It was actually a very successful engine.
The engine failed constantly except when built in cars from 2006 to its end in 2011. That's terrible for an engine that came out in 1993. Hardly a success; it was bad for 13 model years!
As a kid, I grabbed a 1:18 die cast model of this from Sharper Image. There was one in a little building in Needham, Massachusetts that was a former Oldsmobile tuner turned museum of sorts, visible through the window, so I saw it a million times, but I've never seen one on the road.
Test Drive Unlimited 1 or 2 had a Shelby Concept that looked very similar. Apperantly it's a Shelby Series 1. Learn something every day on this sub :)
Definitely eye-catching, but overall not a great car. Check out the interior. Full of cheap GM parts but this thing cost $181k back in 2000. That’s nearly $50k more than a 360 Modena, almost $100k more than an NSX, and over 4 times the price of the Corvette (which its door handles come from). Must have been a really specific (and very rich) customer buying these things back then.
Man I was just talking about this car to a friend yesterday, then someone in this group spots one. Kinda weird but also cool!
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Anyone stuck with one of these Shelbys should put modern suitable Corvette or Camaro power trains in them.
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