1988 Saleen Mustang #516

A Saleen you can get a Sunburn with! This is #516, 1 of 137 Saleen convertibles produced in 1988, and has just 14,000 original miles. Subject to change, of course, when the sun is shining.

1988 Saleen Mustang #187

This Saleen is one of just 708 total Saleen Mustangs produced in 1988. It is a 3-owner California car sold new at Citrus Motors in Ontario, California. Bone stock, it still wears its original paint, decals, interior, factory-installed exhaust, and even its original now- unobtainable Saleen Pioneer stereo and EQ. It also has the added […]

1988 Saleen Mustang #01

For many reasons Steve Saleen’s Fox-bodied Mustangs are the Shelby Mustangs of my generation. After the 1970s and early 1980s, where the best performance cars made due with 180HP and were lucky to wheeze their way to 60 MPH in under 12 seconds, when the 5.0L Mustangs hit the scene they were the cars we […]

1987 Saleen Mustang #180 

In 1987 I watched the road test of a white with blue stripe Saleen Mustang on the TV show MotorWeek. As a result of that I now own this- a white with blue stripe Saleen Mustang. In this case it is a low-mileage 1988 version, serial number 180, wearing 100% of its original paint. But […]

1987 Saleen Mustang #45

1987 Saleen Mustang #45. 1987 was the first year of the “real” Saleen conversion with four-wheel disc brakes, 5-lug wheels, and the Flofit interior. 239 Hatchback Saleens were builtin total for 1987. #45 is one of 2 black fastbacks and 1 of 1 with a factory sunroof for 1987. Another bone stock, low-mileage example of […]

1986 Saleen Mustang #80

This “Four Eye” Saleen is 1 of just 201 total Saleen Mustangs produced in 1986. It is also unique as it is an original radio delete unit and Dark Grey making it one of a kind.

1985 Saleen Mustang #16 “Big Wing”

Steve Saleen was a racecar driver before becoming a manufacturer of Ford-based performance cars, just like Carroll Shelby in the ‘60s. Saleen Autosport was formed at Steve Saleen’s dinner table in 1983, with concept drawings for his logo and Mustang-based car sketched on napkins. Saleen then went on to start hand building the very first […]