Today's C/L Find

"GTI Sprinks" (gtisprinks)
10/22/2015 at 15:21 • Filed to: None

And “Cars you didn’t know existed”

The Shelby Turbo GLHS.

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Dodge’s answer to hot hatchback that never quite made it to the icon status of many others. Only looked into it after Mr. Regular mentioned a “dodge omni” it on the untitled car show.

Great reference. Looks like it would’ve been a fun car had it carried on.

Pictured Below: NOT the car from the ad. But a fine example of what one did look like. Sorry Oppo, that’s an image from google.

DISCUSSION (20)

Party-vi > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 15:29

I’d believe 110k miles. Very cool find!

GTI Sprinks > Party-vi
10/22/2015 at 15:31

Agreed.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 15:31

parked in the hard sun all it’s life by the looks of it. Which leads me to why does it only have 10,000 miles if it wasn’t stored all this time?

Shark-Attack > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 15:32

I want those wheels... so 80s.

AndyG_UK > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 15:33

I was very disappointed when I clicked the link and discovered it's not the one pictured, very disappointed indeed. Also more like 210,000!

FKA-RacecaR > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 15:35

You didn’t know these existed? Oh man, they are so awesome! I would love to own/drive/ride in one before I die.

Plus maybe someone should make the seller a combo deal on the Omni and the DSM sitting next to it.

Steve in Manhattan > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 15:37

Possibly the worst thing Carroll’s name was ever put on ....

itschrome > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 15:51

Man I love those.

but if the existence of this blows your mind, look for a turbo caravan.

Or the ultimate expression of the 2.2 turbo the Dodge spirit R/T.

Think Porsche is fancy with it’s variable geometry turbo rigs? pft, dodge had them in shit boxes long before Porsche got their lederhosen tight in the crotch over them.

deekster_caddy > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 15:53

These things were pretty badass back in the day, for what they were. Could be the original “hot hatch”?

No price in ad?

deekster_caddy > Party-vi
10/22/2015 at 15:53

I have trouble believing only 10K original miles too. Carfax?

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Steve in Manhattan
10/22/2015 at 15:59

Really? The Goes Like Hell were built to win the SCCA factory stock series. They’re incredible little cars.

Have you seen the Shelby Dakota and Shelby Durango?

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Party-vi
10/22/2015 at 16:04

lowball. restore. hoon.

Kinja'd!!!

My highschoool latin teacher had a GLH (not an s) as her winter beater when she put the OG Mini in storage....

skinnyrook > deekster_caddy
10/22/2015 at 16:07

The Golf GTI wins the hot hatch crown, having been around already for almost 10 years by this point.

Brian, The Life of > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 16:13

YES! A “Goes Like Hell S’more!!!” These were rad. My high school jerb was working at a local hotel that had a Hertz agency that we (the hotel employees) administered. I used their rental cars to run errands for the hotel/pick up guests at the airport. Hertz had some GLHS’ in inventory back then. They were all manuals and SO MUCH FUN TO HOON!

deekster_caddy > skinnyrook
10/22/2015 at 16:15

I don’t think the Rabbit GTI appeared in the US until the mid 80’s, but I guess it got there first.

vondon302 > GTI Sprinks
10/22/2015 at 16:25

Still cool

GTI Sprinks > FKA-RacecaR
10/22/2015 at 16:27

Nope! Before my time, literally. Born in ‘87 and i’d say my auto enthusiasm has only been developed in the last 10 or so years. Old finds like this are always exciting though.
My hope for posting this was definitely for someone on Oppo to make some bad/good decisions to acquire this.

GTI Sprinks > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
10/22/2015 at 16:28

¯\_()_/¯

GTI Sprinks > AndyG_UK
10/22/2015 at 16:29

Alas, sorry for the false hope. I would’ve saved and reuploaded the image, but flubbed it.

Steve in Manhattan > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
10/22/2015 at 17:00

Fair enough on the trucks. And I drove, long ago, a GLH (or what it a GLHS?), and it torque-steered, was difficult to handle, and the build-quality was not good. The Omni/Horizon twins were built to compete with the VW Rabbit, and they just didn’t.

Not sure if it was Shelby, but someone pointed out that GLH stood for ‘goes like hell.’