SALEEN (US) 2001-2007 (?)

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SALEEN (US) 2001-2007 (?)
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DaWeber	Nov 1 2009, 09:13 PM Post #1
Station Wagon Posts: 1,310 Group: Members Member #96 Joined: December 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Favorite Car Chevy Cruze	Saleen Incorporated of Troy Michigan was founded by former racecar driver Steve Saleen in 1983. He began operations by modifying Ford Mustangs into high performance cars for both street and track applications. The S7 Supercar was introduced and totally manufactured by Saleen in 2001. In 2005 Saleen contracted with Ford to produce the new Ford GT cars. Steve Saleen left this firm in 2007 and founded SMS Supercars. Saleen Inc was acquired by MJ Acquisitions and a new company Saleen Performance Vehicles was formed to continue production in 2009 . However Steve Saleen has sued his former company and their owners to stop using his name on their products. It was recently reported that all production at the Saleen Inc firm has ceased. I could not determine when the last S7 was produced from the data available. Small scale diecast models of this Supercar have been made by Motor Max, Hot Wheels and most recently Kyosho. Also in 1996 a model of the Saleen Mustang Racecar was issued by Johnny Lightning. Saleen' s new company SMS Supercars is now reworking new Dodge Challenger "570s" , similar to what he formely did for Ford.



Swifty	Nov 2 2009, 12:15 AM Post #2
The Mustang II is a Mustang too! Posts: 47,821 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Yat Ming Location Pennsylvania Favorite Car Ford Mustang & Toyota Celica Supra	DaWeber Nov 1 2009, 09:13 PM Saleen' s new company SMS Supercars is now reworking new Dodge Challenger "570s" , similar to what he formely did for Ford. They're doing Mustangs and Camaros also.



ChFalkensteiner	Nov 2 2009, 01:23 AM Post #3
Subcompact Posts: 69 Group: Members Member #1,559 Joined: December 10, 2008 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Location Linz, Austria Favorite Car Citroen DS	Over here Saleen products mostly appear in the shape of racing versions. This one was on display at the 2009 Techno-Classica in Essen, Germany: Attached to this post: F090403_173.jpg (70.76 KB) Edited by ChFalkensteiner, Nov 2 2009, 01:25 AM.



Swifty	Nov 2 2009, 02:33 AM Post #4
The Mustang II is a Mustang too! Posts: 47,821 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Yat Ming Location Pennsylvania Favorite Car Ford Mustang & Toyota Celica Supra	MotorMax Side note- Hasbro has just issued a Saleen S281 Mustang in their 1/64 (non-transforming) Transformers line.



Snowowl	Nov 13 2009, 10:08 AM Post #5
Minivan Posts: 2,745 Group: Members Member #1,566 Joined: January 24, 2009 Gender Male DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Favorite Car One that runs	We had one of the Saleen Mustangs go through the auction yesterday similar to this picture. I don't know what it went for.



Swifty	Nov 14 2009, 03:14 AM Post #6
The Mustang II is a Mustang too! Posts: 47,821 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Yat Ming Location Pennsylvania Favorite Car Ford Mustang & Toyota Celica Supra	Snowowl Nov 13 2009, 10:08 AM We had one of the Saleen Mustangs go through the auction yesterday similar to this picture. I don't know what it went for. I saw one of those in a Saleen store while in SoCal. They had their own store in a mall! That was a bit shocking for this Northeasterner. But I really did love the vintage Trans Am look of this car. I was also jealous of the parking spots those cars had.



ivantt	Nov 15 2009, 11:24 AM Post #7
New casting? Quick! Take it apart! Posts: 7,334 Group: Members Member #575 Joined: January 6, 2008 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Preferred Brand Hongwell Location Rural Nevada. Yes, we have strange lights and sounds at night. Favorite Car Saleen S7, Mustang, Crown Vic PI	I'd like to see the Kyosho version. I have plenty of the smaller ones by HW and Motormax, and larger scale versions by other diecast makers. Great car.



James	Nov 15 2009, 09:13 PM Post #8
Mr.Bowtie Posts: 10,550 Group: Members Member #355 Joined: October 14, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Favorite Car Impala	This Bay and the threads in it are one of the reasons that SWIFTYS GARAGE is the best across the board diecast site on the net. I absolutely love this aspect of Swifty's



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