What would it be like to pick up a brand-new Dodge Shelby Omni GLHS? This one is likely your best chance to get that experience–at least until the time machine is working.
Showing just 23,000 miles, the GLHS features a known history since new and is accompanied by several original items in…
Ooohhh, love it!! I'm working for Mecum at Kissimmee, maybe I'll get to drive it across the block. That'll keep me from raising my hand and bidding... maybe.
Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng.
If I recall correctly, the "GLH" stands for "Goes Like Hell" and "GLHS" stands for "Goes Like Hell Some(more)" or something close to that.
This one is a tasty little nugget that is completely stock. It would be like traveling back in time to drive this, because the car is close to being "new" for the most part. It's too bad more of these didn't survive through the decades. Only once did I get to ride in one and I was really impressed with the performance at the time. It seemed to handle well and was functionally designed. Gotta love a hot hatch.
This was a bit before my time, but I'm curious how the Omni and Chevette would do head to head.
In reply to J.A. Ackley :
Fortunately I'm a old fart still kicking and got to drive both, well GLH not GLHS, and unless you're referring to a base Omni there's no comparison. The Chevette on the boring utilitarian side (slow and garbage handling) of the car sportiness spectrum and the GLH version was a peppy sprite handling car. One of my old college roommates got a red GLH after graduation which he regretted getting rid of. Seems a common theme......
Wow, that's a nice example. This one and a Mazda 323 GTX would look good in a garage together. I love sporty little hatchbacks.
In reply to Coniglio Rampante :
That would be a cool pairing: ’80s turbocharged, upright-ish compacts.
Also, how crazy that JG prepped a GLH for our initial $1500 Challenge?
In reply to David S. Wallens :
$1500 in 1999 is equal to about $2840 today.
Estimated value for a GHLS, according to Hagerty?
$10,200 to $49,000, depending on condition.
Damn. Looks like my plan to bid $10,300 may not be enough. I'll have to borrow another Benjamin to be considered a serious player.
But yeah, depending on who shows up this could easily/should easily be an "all the money" car.
They were quick, but time paints the rose on the lenses of your glasses.
Numb power steering. Vague and notchy cable shifter. Seats that have about as much support as a pickup bench seat. Interior material quality stuck in the 1970s. Not saying they weren't fun to drive, but they definitely had shortcomings.
ddavidv said:They were quick, but time paints the rose on the lenses of your glasses.
Numb power steering. Vague and notchy cable shifter. Seats that have about as much support as a pickup bench seat. Interior material quality stuck in the 1970s. Not saying they weren't fun to drive, but they definitely had shortcomings.
The years certainly smooth over the rough edges we forget about, don't they? Nevertheless, this car intrigues me.
In the flesh... it's NICE!!
DavyZ said:If I recall correctly, the "GLH" stands for "Goes Like Hell" and "GLHS" stands for "Goes Like Hell Some(more)" or something close to that.
This one is a tasty little nugget that is completely stock. It would be like traveling back in time to drive this, because the car is close to being "new" for the most part. It's too bad more of these didn't survive through the decades. Only once did I get to ride in one and I was really impressed with the performance at the time. It seemed to handle well and was functionally designed. Gotta love a hot hatch.
There were only ever 500.of them, but yeah they didn't have a good survival rate at all.
ddavidv said:They were quick, but time paints the rose on the lenses of your glasses.
Numb power steering. Vague and notchy cable shifter. Seats that have about as much support as a pickup bench seat. Interior material quality stuck in the 1970s. Not saying they weren't fun to drive, but they definitely had shortcomings.
Those have a rod shifter linkage (which is actually worse). My dad had one that he bought new, he liked it, but it went through several alternators and power modules, and I think 2 cylinder heads and 2 transmissions by the time he sold it with 175k miles and got a Neon ACR that he still has.
I appreciate the reminder of the shortcomings.
I don't want to list that much for something I have no chance or business buying.
The base Omni with a 2.2 and a five speed was a pretty fun car. In no galaxy could a Chevette keep up with it. I ordered a new Omni with sport seats a year out of college. Should've sprung for the GLH. 2.2 is a fairly big motor for a light car with a five speed. It would scoot. Unfortunately, I rolled it into a ball late one snowy winter night…
J.A. Ackley said:This was a bit before my time, but I'm curious how the Omni and Chevette would do head to head.
They were both crapboxes. Fun crapboxes, but let's not pretend they were great cars. They were noodly and had slow steering and indifferent brakes and spartan interiors that fell apart quickly.
I got to drive a GLH rally car (apparently it was built from a body on white) and what it lacked in handling it made up for with absurd amounts of straight line speed. The general idea was to just keep the front wheels pointed where you wished the car would go and boot it. It didn't rotate much so it was like paddling a small boat from the front.
Imagine an early Rabbit with a 1.8t engine but turbocharged with 80s turbo tech for glorious amounts of lag.
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