do u now how i can check by vin like through a web site or something? I tried calling a saleen dealer and they had no idea how i can find out. They said they don't deal with vehicles that old. The guy who is selling it proably bought it thinking it was a saleen because he doesn't know anything about it except it fast. if i dont find out if it is a saleen i will just go there thinking its a gt and see if it's wort it. Thanks for the replies

It turns out it isn't a saleen. I got the vin and called saleen performance in california and they ran it throught the computer and its just a 87 hatchback. I told the owner and he didn't want to go down on the price even though it's not a saleen. The car isn't in very good shape so im going to pass on it. Thanks for the info.

hey its a little late to tell you this but on the foxbody saleens you cannot tell if they are a real saleen or not just by checking the vin #. You see all foxbody saleens were just regular LX mustangs despite what you may hear saleen never changed the vin # on these cars. if you run the vin on the car it will always come back as being an LX 5.0. Saleen took delivery of these cars and did the following:  5 lug conversion, carerra suspension, subframe connectors, s-trim supercharger from vortech(optional), a small number sticker on the front left of the bumper, saleen 4 wheel disc brakes, saleen window banner, saleen ground effects, saleen exhuast, recarro seats, saleen plaque on the console in the front of the shifter with the same number designation as appeared on the bumper, front strut tower bar, the 87 saleen also had "saleen mustang" stitched on the interior door panels, saleen graphics running from the front spoiler along the side ground effects to the rear bumper that were available in blue or gray(you could also get this car with a factory delete option which deleted these graphics), saleen wheels either a mesh BBS looking wheel or a five spoke cookie cutter dark grey wheel (both wheels had saleen center caps with the "s" logo),saleen also put an id tag on the inside of the hatchback but i cant remember where exactly i think on my 93 saleen its over near the right upper corner, i belive the rear gear ratio remained the same as it was in its stock LX platform unless it was supercharged.

saleen built the car in a hatchback, coupe, and convertable version(if the cars a coupe or convertable im not sure where the id plate is in the trunk) but if hes still got the car re check what i told you, because you cannot rely on the vin number alone for fox body saleens despite what others have told you. I think the car may be fake though because he said he took the saleen emblems off and the  87 foxbody saleens did not have any emblems on the exterior. just a number and optional vinyl graphics. I wish i could have replied to your post earlier but i just joined today.  If the cars been heavily moded most of the saleen equipment will be gone but look for the console plaque and that id tag! I hope i was helpful.

Nothing wrong with making a car look good, but I think its cheezy to pass off a car as something it isnt, like when people get saleen stickers and put it all over their ride, that just is not tight.  Hey put saleen parts all over it if you want, but dont try to make people think its real.  Thats my opinion anyways.

excatly don't make your car look like something else you want it to be

I paid $7000.00 for mine and it is very clean. I searched for about six months until I found the right car for me.