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HeilSvenska
09-10-2005, 09:23 PM
I went to Saleen Car Show at Saleen HQ in Irvine, CA today. Predictably the most cars there were Saleen Mustangs. There were other Ford products and many classic cars, including Shelby Cobras and surprisingly, a Ford Capri. I have seen the most Ford GTs in one place, at least 4, and the highest concentration of S7s anywhere. There was a rare S7R competition tub (i think, because it practically had no rear cabin window), and the limited edition Tungsten Ford GT.

front - Ford GT
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7707/saleencarshow2005gt2ml.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005gt2ml.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8571/saleencarshow2005gt62de.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005gt62de.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3684/saleencarshow2005gt13ib.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005gt13ib.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5336/saleencarshow2005gt22kn.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005gt22kn.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9452/saleencarshow2005gt46uh.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005gt46uh.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8571/saleencarshow2005gt51ix.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005gt51ix.jpg)

front - Saleen Mustangs
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9457/mustangf9kt.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustangf9kt.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3817/mustang7so.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustang7so.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4059/mustanga9ny.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustanga9ny.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3929/mustangb6zw.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustangb6zw.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3842/mustangc8gr.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustangc8gr.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6899/mustangd6px.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustangd6px.jpg)

center - the main collection
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/275/mustangh0ph.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustangh0ph.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1199/mustangi2mx.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustangi2mx.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3473/mustangj6nz.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustangj6nz.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7785/oldb5xm.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oldb5xm.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8797/oldc2pl.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oldc2pl.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4146/oldd1xg.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oldd1xg.jpg)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1039/olda7th.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=olda7th.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2686/saleencarshow2005shelbycobra5n.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005shelbycobra5n.jpg)ht tp://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2279/cobra4au.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cobra4au.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1844/mustange2cp.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustange2cp.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4999/capri4xb.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capri4xb.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/658/focus9qi.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=focus9qi.jpg)

the factory - Ford GT Tungsten
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6992/gt5qw.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gt5qw.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5470/gtc9ra.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtc9ra.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2189/gta1yg.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gta1yg.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8329/gtb3ga.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtb3ga.jpg)http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2586/gtd4qp.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtd4qp.jpg)

factory - the "assembly" line
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8357/saleenh7qi.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenh7qi.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/177/saleene7bo.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleene7bo.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/6350/saleenc4ih.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenc4ih.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7310/saleend6rq.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleend6rq.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/6412/saleeng0vz.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleeng0vz.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5844/saleenf7sc.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenf7sc.jpg)
*addedhttp://img390.imageshack.us/img390/457/saleen0uw.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleen0uw.jpg)http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7411/saleena1ju.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleena1ju.jpg)http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/552/saleenc4qw.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenc4qw.jpg)http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/5849/saleend7qp.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleend7qp.jpg)http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/2162/saleene8am.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleene8am.jpg)http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/1792/saleeni7fq.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleeni7fq.jpg)
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7314/saleenf0wv.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenf0wv.jpg)http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/505/saleeng8yy.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleeng8yy.jpg)http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/1241/saleenh8lb.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenh8lb.jpg)

factory - S7 showcase
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8899/s7c8gv.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7c8gv.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/2848/s71mp.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s71mp.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7793/saleena3lh.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleena3lh.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7499/s7a2hk.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7a2hk.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7413/cbs70oa.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cbs70oa.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8275/s7b9hv.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7b9hv.jpg)
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/1434/s7e1xg.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7e1xg.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/838/s7d8gl.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7d8gl.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/9573/s7f8ya.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7f8ya.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5429/s7s0yd.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7s0yd.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/3089/s7r7af.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7r7af.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/6022/s7p7wd.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7p7wd.jpg)
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/2310/s7q4xh.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7q4xh.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4643/s7h0dz.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7h0dz.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7296/s7g7fv.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7g7fv.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8429/s7i5mw.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7i5mw.jpg)
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/3972/s7o7gq.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7o7gq.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/9826/s7m5fs.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7m5fs.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/6922/s7l2fh.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7l2fh.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8838/s7k4nf.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7k4nf.jpg)

inside the factory
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4784/s7n5oo.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7n5oo.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5321/saleenb5zc.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenb5zc.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/1968/saleenl4wy.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenl4wy.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8871/saleenm5ox.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenm5ox.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5066/saleenn8fh.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenn8fh.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8854/saleen3il.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleen3il.jpg)
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4923/saleeni1bt.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleeni1bt.jpg)http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8199/saleenj2hc.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenj2hc.jpg)

oddities/curios I found

-the Cafe Le Mans in the factory
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/4793/saleenb3qj.th.jpg (http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenb3qj.jpg)

-a Saleen Mustang with a glass roof
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5665/mustangg1bv.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mustangg1bv.jpg)

-an 80's Mustang with Ferrari 360 wheels
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/2062/saleencarshow2005ferrarimustan.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005ferrarimustan.jpg)

-the Irvine Police...to keep people from stealing expensive cars, i suppose
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7366/saleencarshow2005irvinepolice5.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005irvinepolice5.jpg)

-Panoz AIV Roadster
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/3268/saleencarshow2005panozroadster.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleencarshow2005panozroadster.jpg)

-a Saleen S7R competition tub? note the tiny hole in the back of the cabin and extra bracing around the cabin
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8317/s7r4ja.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s7r4ja.jpg)

-random Ford GT bumpers in Saleen offices
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8651/saleenk2qq.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenk2qq.jpg)

-Mr. Saleen's hair-do, a great man though, signed me two posters
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8406/mrsaleen1an.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mrsaleen1an.jpg)

that's it for now.

Speedracer38
09-10-2005, 09:55 PM
Awesome i cant wait to see the rest of the pics!! BTW i know there were some S7 TTs there :twisted:

HeilSvenska
09-10-2005, 10:07 PM
^ most of the S7s were indeed twin turbos, with their gigantic pipes feeding the engines.

* well, they weren't really gigantic, but rather dramatic looking. beautifully done

tigerx
09-10-2005, 10:49 PM
and who is that asian woman next to mr. saleen? his wife?

btw awesome picture. i love the ones inside the shop.

HeilSvenska
09-11-2005, 12:19 AM
some more pics added.

those 360 rims on the ford are very wierd
and like a Ferrari, it wears Bridgestones!!!

TT
09-11-2005, 04:54 AM
That's a nice report, thanks :)

I just love the white GT :love:

Xploded
09-11-2005, 07:29 AM
Wow thats some nice photos ..... some very cars that are there.

Wutputt
09-11-2005, 11:00 AM
Impressive! Great to see some inside pics. Some nice GT's and and some great S7 shots.

corvette97
09-12-2005, 09:55 AM
thanxs for all those pics they are great, they will be a great ad toa a new photo collection! :P

stmoritzer
09-13-2005, 04:19 AM
Very intersting coverage of your trip! Thanks dude
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