Lowest Year of Saleen Foxbody Production- 1992 Saleen

[@gregoryfranks7347]

wow!!! this car is SALEEN to me. being a foxbody guy. i grew up and started driving in the foxbody era. im looking at this and saying what in the hell is making it look different than i remember. 17" wheels!! now we live in a 20" and w cant go back. i had i 91' 25th gt that i converted to cobra spec. i couldnt find the wheels so i had sn95 gt wheels rounded 5-spoke full bolt ons and this same blower. isnt this the only non-gear driven centrifigal the made.i couldnt keep the boost pipe on the intake with any type of clamp but it was the closet thing my saleen dreams. the white with blue across the rockers w/ white penta's no ronal wheels plus gray recaro's holy shit!! thank you guys for being so generous and sharing these very very rare cars. i was a fan of the little scca ranger trucks steve did. they were too cool for school man. again keep this outstanding content spewing forth. you guys are hero's to your fans. belive that. rock on cheers

[@aaronkerry3299]

Great video as always!! I’m still piecing my 91-019 back together so I love learning on these 90-92 mysteries.

[@edwardthayer9386]

I had a chance in 2007 to buy a 1993 Calypso Green Saleen with 1200 miles and I didn't because we couldn't agreement on a price. I have nightmares about that now!🤦‍♂️

[@gregoryfranks7347]

had bunch of fox's like above. i also had a 93 calypso notch with no air. i just did a little suspension a an s trim vortech damn i loved that. had 2 blown fox's. saw your comment and you brought me right back to '97 bro. hell yeah. you made my goddamn day. thnk you for that. cheers

[@edwardthayer9386]

@gregory franks I'm so glad that was my time! Absolutely nothing like it. You couldn't buy what you could buy now. And the information and tuning were nowhere near as easy as it is now. The memories are priceless. I was fortunate enough to run a blower on the street when 95% of guys were only trailering cars with them. I've had several S-Trim in every stage but the A-Trim holds the soft spot in my heart. My first blower was a SN89 like the one on this car. It ended up being a blessing as the Paxtons are dead silent and the A-Trim sounds like it makes 30 pounds of boost. I was heart broken when I fired up my Paxton car but it allowed me to get and win alot of races that I wouldn't have got if I had a Vortech sounding like it was coming through the fender. I use to pop my trunk to show I didn't have any nitrous bottles and I just reeled them in from there. Thank you so much for your time and sharing your memories! I greatly appreciate them.👑🏆

[@PuristMotorsports]

I was dreaming of owning cars like yours with a Paxton or Vortech back in those days. I had to live vicariously though the magazines and a couple of friends who owned these cars. I agree, times are different now and keystrokes can give you the power that once was only done through head and cam swaps or a supercharger. Nitrous was the quick hit. Cheap an easy to install.

[@gregoryfranks7347]

@@PuristMotorsports well sir the tables have turned now I live vicariously through you how to get rid of my cars to buy a house in haven't been able to have another one yet I appreciate you and sharing this information and beautiful cars with us. I hope you get exactly what your Desiring

[@edwardthayer9386]

@Purist Motorsports you definitely get it and understand. The feeling of driving a foxbody in the mid 90s was insane! Especially if it had a blower on it. In 1995 I had Elderbrock Heads, 1993 Cobra intake i cut in half and ported then welded back together myself, B303 cam, 1.6 roller rockers Crane, Crane HI-6 ignition box, 70mm BBK throttle body, Pro-M 80mm mass air for 36 pound injectors, Vortech T-Rex fuel pump, Steeda fuel pressure regulator on Vortech Fuel rails on a stock short block with power steering and air conditioning Vortech A-Trim with a overdrive pulley that was giving me 9 pounds of boost. Mac long 1-5/8 long tube headers, Mac H-Pipe, 2 chamber Flowmasters with 3 inch tailpipes. Tremec 3550, Centerforce dual friction clutch, aluminum driveshaft, SVO 355 gears. Hurst short throw shifter. M&H Race Masters on Weld Drag Lights. I was going consistent 10.60s with a 93 coupe that I drove to the track and back home. I only bumped up my timing and put C16 in it. The feeling never changed on how awesome that was doing that when guys were trailering thier 12 second cars. I felt like a Great White Shark swimming into the bay pulling into the track. And was treated that way also. Only races I could get were street bikes! And i beat most of them.

[@vicchavez6570]

My first car was a 85 gt.

[@PuristMotorsports]

I drove an 85 GT daily from 2000-2007. Would have daily driven it longer but it had an electrical failure.

[@rickrivera2303]

What was the sticker price on this? $36k to $40k?

[@devengudinas1649]

60 k.

[@devengudinas1649]

60 k.

[@devengudinas1649]

60 k.

[@devengudinas1649]

60 k.

[@devengudinas1649]

60 k.

[@michaelyount3176]

As usual, I'm confused Bob. What is the difference between a supercharged Saleen sold by Bleakley and and supercharged Bleakley Impersonator?

[@PuristMotorsports]

Supercharger only on the former. The latter “Impressor” got other mods.

[@michaelyount3176]

@@PuristMotorsports - "Impersonator" - as usual, I come close, but missed it by just this much.....

[@michaelyount3176]

So Bleakley would have started with a car like #12 featured, added other changes and sold it as an Impressor?

[@PuristMotorsports]

Correct

[@ColAngus]

So mid 90-92 aren't built by Saleen....makes them more rare, therefore more desirable, valuable.... but given they aren't built by Saleen...wouldn't "real" Saleens be worth more...should they?

[@PuristMotorsports]

They were built by Saleen under contract with a 3rd party. It’s all about Saleen’s authority. Doesn’t make them any more real than another. They were just built in a different facility.

[@JohnBelknap]

It's bad I still rather have a Fox Saleen over an exotic except an air cooled 911 or F40.

[@gdb5448]

To own a car like that and then not maintain it properly is insane. Not changing the coolant for 30 years is nuts, the original owner must be a little on the dumb side. Thankfully he finally smartened up and sold the car to a deserving owner, glad to see it brought back to life.

[@PuristMotorsports]

I can see your point, but my perspective is that this car is in the shape its in because it was parked. At least the owner didn't go wild with modifying it to "repair" it at that time because its value wasn't exactly what it is today. So because it sat, it was preserved. Many owners would have gone wild with mods to make it fast. The original owner of this one didn't. So I applaud that because it kept it all original.