Unique Performance is a custom vehicle manufacturer based in Dallas, Texas, licensed to build Ford Mustang replicas complete with the Carroll Shelby name. Earlier this month, the outfit was investigated by local police because of complaints from customers who’ve fronted the six figure asking price but never received their cars even after several years of waiting.

During an interview with the NY Times, a police officer revealed that Unique was altering the vehicle identification numbers of some of its cars. In this way, Unique could ‘title wash’ old salvage cars by retitling them in another state, restore them, and sell them to unknowing customers.
Unique’s phone number has since been disconnected and its website shutdown. Unfortunately, there are customers who have paid up to $200,000 for one of the refurbished cars and they are unlikely to see any of this money returned.
Some customers who have received their cars haven’t got out completely scot free either. Since many of the refurbished cars were based on common six-cylinder models altered to look like the rare high-performance versions, their values will now depreciate just as badly as the more common models.

 

Isn't MTK involved in a suit against those guys?

 

That sucks!

 

any imput MTK? you didnt get a sixer did you?

 

Most of those cars were originally 6 bangers. The v8's were too hard to come by...for the $$$ Uniqueless was willing to spend. So MANY of their "creations" were 6 bangers. I don't know about MTK's car, but without the origianl VIN, fenders or windshield tag...he may never know for sure.

 

I would think that MTK's car and any other completed car would be worth more now because of their rarity and the story associated with the cars.

 

as MTK's 6speed online legal panel all I can say is "No Comment"...

 

Not necessarily. It's not like Unique is some famed dead artist. Another "builder" has Shelby's endorsement and is turning out very similar cars as I'm typing...for ALOT less.

 

I love how no one gives DJ the REPOST

 

Ok. Repost x 10.

 

Thanx 4 sharing

 

sure are thankful today eh?

 

I can assure his is not near a 6er. Unfortunate situation for those with no car. At least MTK GOT his car!

 

the hasty dude is SO SO lucky my bro got his car---mrmybro is hella cool but if you mess with him or the family its all bad. unique wasnt going to give my bro his car but somehow someway my bro got it

 

Who cares what the cars were originally? 6 cyls or 8 it doesn't matter they are redone Restomods! they were never supposed to be orignal Shelbys! The only thing that was supposed to be original were the original bodies. So if you got your car there shouldn't be anything wrong with it, because technically now it has become an original Unique Shelby and what it was before has become irrelevent, not the other way around.