[Shotimes] FW: "Hillman - " (OT) V8 SHO woes..!Q

[Donald Mallinson]

I would just offer that style is a very personal thing.  The 
car sold well in the US, and is aging much more gracefully 
than many other highly styled cars.  I didn't like the looks 
when they first came out in '95, but by the time I took over 
the club, I decided I had to get to know the Gen III cars. 
So I bought a nice used '96 and the rest is history.  It is 
one super fine automobile.  With the exception of the cam 
issue (a major one, but fairly easily solved with 
pre-emptive welding or pinning) the V8 seems more dependable 
than the V6 up to 100,000 miles.

As for style, if anyone keeps an open mind and starts 
looking at the quality of build, the smooth surfaces and the 
thought that went into virtually every square inch of the 
Gen III Taurus (and the much better looking SHO variant!), 
most people start to like them.  The Gen III was like the 
Gen I in 1995, WAY ahead of its time.  Ford should have used 
the GEN IV body at first and then gone to the GEN III style 
for the newer one, it would have been accepted easier!

I like all three generations, but there are people that 
hated them all. Many people love them all, as I do. As for 
Australia, there is a lot to admire about the down under 
continent, but car build quality isn't one of them, friends 
of mine in the industry say I should not jump to buy the new 
GTO until I verify if it still has the awful Holden quality!

I say all those V8 owners with smiles say that the V8 is a 
pretty good machine.

Don Mallinson

David Rosicke wrote:

> Comments from the other side of the world...
> Don't be offended!  I forwarded a copy of that V8SHO article to them...
> 
> 
> Dave R.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hillman@can-inc.com [mailto:owner-hillman@can-inc.com]On
> Behalf Of The Becketts
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 6:27 AM
> To: hillman@can-inc.com
> Subject: Re: "Hillman - " (OT) V8 SHO woes..
> 
> 
> This message forwarded by the Hillman List.
> 
> Vic,
> 
> ROFL
> 
> That is a far, far better description.  May I also use it in the future?
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Victor Hughes"
> 
> 
> 
>>I always thought they looked like cockroaches - though apparently they
>>
> don't
> 
>>survive as well
>>
>>Vic
>>
>>The Becketts wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The later model Taurus would have to be one of the ugliest cars ever
>>>
> made -
> 
>>>commonly called a fried egg Down Under.  It was a complete flop in
>>>
> Australia
> 
>>>and Ford were still trying to sell brand new cars that were two years
>>>
> old
> 
>>>when they dropped the product line out here.
>>>
>>>
> 
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