Well my dad bought an Omni GLHS new and drove it daily for years, although with 175k miles it was totally worn out, and he ended up selling if for a couple hundred dollars 15 years ago and buying a Neon ACR. I had an 85 Shelby Charger, and I drove it for 3 years, but it wasnt very reliable, and replacement parts (other than remanufactured chinese junk and stuff from the junkyard) were way harder to get even than parts for my Alfa. I think mine was particularly bad though, so who knows.
rob_lewis wrote:Why not just buy a Rampage?Probably because they're as rare as hens teeth to find anymore. And if you do fine one, it's probably so beat down you'd still have to spend a ton of dough getting it in driveable shape. -Rob
Maybe it's a regional thing. They pop up here all the time. I've seen a couple CLEAN ones go cheap. This one, maybe not so clean, but 62,000 miles, runner, and some new panels is probably a really good start for under a grand:
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/1702805643.html
Needs more Shelby:
Ooooooooooh mama.
Here's a picture of some in my yard 
Those are probably rust-free too.
You won't find many rust-free ones up here in the north.
Hey Vigo,
the last brand new Rampage I saw was at a small central Texas Chrysler dealership. It sat there for nearly a year, or at least it seemed that long.
Hey Travis, I think we've established before that your car was pretty thrashed when you got it and short of a full restore wasn't going to be reliable.
As for your Dad's GLH-S, considering it was originally a 146hp Turbo 1, converted to 175hp T2 at Shelby's factory, including the lightweight connecting rods, poor deck cooling, lack of oil cooler and closed off hood vent (all of which Shelby wanted fixed but couldn't) I'd say it did just fine and most of the Turbo 2.2 motors tend to last to around 150-200K and need to be rebuilt, just a fact of life as the rings and bearings just can't take that kind of abuse forever.
The motors are pretty damn strong/reliable as far as handling power. The one thing they usually cant take is being driven with blown headgaskets until they lock up or spin bearings.
The problem with 2.2/2.5 motors at this point is that they've been pounded on and neglected for 20 years by the time you get them. I've been driving and racing them for the last 13 years or so, and other than dealing with prior owner neglect, they've been amazingly resilient.
Give them a little attention at the front end, throw some fresh gaskets on there and address prior owner induced damage and you're good to go....for a long time.
That is true of most cars. I find that a lot of Americans (This group excluded) don't do the maintance to keep there cars going dang near forever. If you can't just keep oil and change tires to keep it moving then it is a POS. Many performance cars would last much longer if the average people that bought them would just take care of them.
poopshovel wrote: OR Swap in a turbo 2.4 and run 10's:
This is awesome, and hilarious. The slicks look like they're on the wrong end.
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