Used Car of the Day: 1987 Dodge Shadow Shelby CSX

by Tim Healey

Published: April 8th, 2025

used car of the day 1987 dodge shadow shelby csx

Today we go back to the 1980s for this project-car 1987 Dodge Shadow Shelby CSX.

This one is number 409 out of 750 built, and it has the stock turbo and five-speed manual transmission.

The engine has been rebuilt, and apparently it is mostly rust-free outside of what you see on the paint.

The clutch is new, too, but it's clear that this car will need to be restored. It does run and drive, however.

Click here to see the listing -- this one is for sale in Kentucky for $4,500.

[Image: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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RobbyG on Apr 08, 2025

If you click the link and see related posts...another user recently posted an 87 CSX with very similar rust as paint with what appears to be sitting in the same yard as this one...listing a "parts car" and asking $800...hmmmm

Interesting how $800 can be warped into $4500.

My initial reaction to scrolling and seeing this post...I thought we were getting a bonus Junkyard Find this week.

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- TheEndlessEnigma on Apr 08, 2025
  
  It's not the same car, look at the hood, the rusting is very different between the 2 postings.
  
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Zerofoo on Apr 10, 2025

I see this has the retro rusty hood tuner look already.

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