[Shotimes] SHO Materials Available for the Taking & some items for sale

[Mark Blacknell]

Hi folks-
	Well, I've finally come to the end of the road with my 94 SHO.  Actually, 
the front of a Contour came into contact with the right passenger side of 
the SHO.  While no one was seriously hurt, it was fatal for the fine 
machine that has served us well for five years (smashed windows, doors off, 
bent frame).  In the next couple of days we'll be selecting a replacement, 
and while the SHO was a fantastic car, it's time to try some German 
engineering.  (Actually, between the start of drafting this email and now, 
we've picked up a BMW 540i - a natural successor to the SHO, I think.  The 
LS8 came close, but not close enough . . ).

	While my workaday obligations have required me to ease back on my active 
SHO enthusiasm in the past couple of years, I still have many of the 
materials I started collecting with the purchase of my first SHO (an '89, 
back in Georgia).   I'd collected many of them with the hope of making much 
of it available on the web (with the bounds of fair use, of 
course).  However, with the demands on my time, I simply won't be able to 
accomplish that goal now.  So, with the hope that the other enthusiasts can 
benefit from my collection of materials, I'm offering the items below to 
someone who can promise that they'll be put to good public use.  If you 
just want a bunch of articles for your own benefit, please don't respond - 
I'd like to get these to someone who will share.  I have:

	About a dozen back issues of the SHO Registry Magazine (mostly 94-97)

	Back issues  of the Peachtree Chapter of the SHO Registry Newsletter

	Back issues of MASHOC newsletters

	A binder full of magazine articles (some original, some photocopied) 
covering the SHO and SHO-related items (mostly gen II & III 
coverage).  Includes a lot of the articles listed at 
http://www.shotimes.com/php-bin/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=7.

	Lots of other SHO-related materials - dyno records for various 
permutations of modifications (including a number that are not up on 
SHOtimes.com - let me know if you want scans, Evan), magazines with SHO 
articles (Autoweek, Motortrend, etc. & including one penned by someone who 
did the Silver State Challenge in a SHO!).  Heck, I've even got some 
design-mock-ups of old SHO brochures that Jason Brown (SHOboat) and I were 
working on way back when.

	I'd prefer to keep it all as a single lot, as I'm not asking for any $$ 
for these materials and don't want to spend my time figuring out shipping 
arrangements.  I'm hoping it can find a home with the sort of enthusiasts 
that have made this list interesting over the years (going back to the 
c-edge.com days, for me) - Mike "y'all are a headache" Schwartz, David 
"it's your problem, now" Bonds, Tim "watch me with this Windex" Wright, 
Gary "betcha didn't understand that" Morrell, and even Noah "two burgers 
short of a Happy Meal" South.  It's been fun, folks.

Cheers,

Mark Blacknell
94 SHO RIP
00 540i (let 'er rrrrip!)


P.S. - I'm planning on placing the following items for sale on the SHO Club 
Classifieds in the next week or so, but will entertain offers between now 
and then (esp. if they save me the trouble of putting it all up 
there.  Make a reasonable offer on any single item or combination:

Ted Breaux Programmable Chip ("Lifetime Performance Module)- presently set 
for a D4U1/94 ATX - Ted will give it unlimited updates to fit your car for $25.

Sheepskin cover for 2nd gen drivers seat- *very* nice and custom made (not 
as in "Kustom Fit from Walmart!" but as in custom measured, hand cut & sewn.)

K&N filter - used ~30k.

Helms Shop Manual for 89 SHO (this is THE manual to have)

Alldata CDs for 89 SHO

Infinity RS 402MK II speakers.  Purchased years ago for upgrade project 
with the 89 SHO.  Never installed.  In original box and w/original receipt.

SHO Performance Level One  - by T.A. Breaux.  Autographed.  Will make you 
want to spend more $$ on your SHO.

How to Understand, Service, and Modify Ford Fuel Injection & Electronic 
Engine Control by Charles Probst (very good book)

Chilton's Ford Taurus 86-92 Repair Manual

New car brochure for 93MY Taurus

Exhaust gasket (fits between y-pipe and exhaust on a 3.2 - Felpro 
60885/12-4505)