[Shotimes] End links
Paul L Fisher
sho@paul-fisher.com
Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:41:40 -0600
Wow! I stand in awe at his lemon-ability!
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Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 180K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30
oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
SHO Club member http://www.shoclub.com/
Check out my web site http://www.paul-fisher.com/
Amsoil dealer http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil.htm
Quoting Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net>:
> That was two vehicles ago!! He got the Lemon Law on the first Land Rover
> (the small one...whatever that is). He now has the bigger Land Rover model.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul L Fisher [mailto:sho@paul-fisher.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 3:17 AM
> To: Ron Porter
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] End links
>
>
> He got rid of the S2K for a Land Rover? He is good at getting people to
> buy
> stuff back though.
>
> Paul L Fisher
> '93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 180K Build date 11/18/1992
> - K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley
> 190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
> Stainless Steel Y-pipe, '96 brake upgrade, Proportioning valve plugs,
> Delrin
> sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
>
> SHO Club member http://www.shoclub.com/
> Check out my web site http://www.paul-fisher.com/
> Amsoil dealer http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> To: "'Steve Tatro'" <stevetatro@netzero.com>
> Cc: <niks@dialnetwork.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:54 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] End links
>
>
> > He then got the Lemon Law on that first Land Rover (forget the model),
> and
> > he now has another Land Rover model....the bigger one (I forget the
> > models....Discovery, Freelander, whatever).
> >
> > The basic fact is.....don't ever by a vehicle that June has owned!!
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Steve Tatro
> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:40 PM
> > To: Kirk.doucette@verizon.net
> > Cc: niks@dialnetwork.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] End links
> >
> >
> > He wasn't racing anyone. We were driving a bit spiritedly through an
> > s-curve, me in my buddy's '96, in front of June in his '99, in front of a
> > '95 ATX. There were flurries, but there was no accumulation on the road.
> >
> > June lost the back end, couldn't get it corrected, and plowed through a
> > split-rail fence. The guy in the '95 ATX shat himself as he also lost
> > control (although I think he front-end plowed) and ended up on the
> opposite
> > side of the road.
> >
> > FYI, June went from the '99 TR SHO to a brand new Crown Vic. He sold
> that
>
> > to his dad and bought a '95 MTX (which wasn't the nicest example of one).
> > He then graduated to a brand new Cobra, which he considered to be a lemon
> > after having a couple of annoying problems. So he traded that in on a
> brand
> > new Lightning. He decided he was tired of driving an automatic, so he
> > traded the Lightning in on the S2000. After owning that and realizing he
> > didn't fit inside very well, he traded it in on a Land Rover (the little
> > one).
> >
> > I haven't heard from him in quite some time, although I think he still
> posts
> > on the S2KI board once in awhile.
> >
> > Shame to see a wooden split-rail fence cause $15k in damage to a
> beautiful
> > SHO valued at only $15k.
> >
> > If anyone wants to see one of the pictures of the aftermath of this
> > incident, here you go:
> >
> >
> http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Dec/200312192395837637478368.jpg
> >
> > I've never felt so sick as when I went back and saw how close that wooden
> > rail was to taking off his head. Easily within inches, as it grazed the
> > side of his headrest before it shot through the back windshield.
> >
> > Bad day for a 20-year old kid. Friends don't let friends buy 29mm RSB's
> ;^)
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Steve Tatro
> > Red/Black '93 with 173k miles
> > Cincinnati, Ohio
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -- "Kirk Doucette" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Racing a BMW m3
> >
> > Kirk J Doucette
> > NESHOC President
> > Stormtrooper-97 White
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Paul Nimz
> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:11 AM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] End links
> >
> > Also during the first snow of the year IIRC.
> >
> > Paul Nimz
> > '97 TR
> > '93 EG mtx
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kirk Doucette" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net>
> > To: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>; "Ron Porter"
> > <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> > Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 9:55 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] End links
> >
> >
> > > June Han
> > >
> > > Kirk J Doucette
> > > NESHOC President
> > > Stormtrooper-97 White
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> > > Behalf Of Paul L Fisher
> > > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 9:37 AM
> > > To: Ron Porter
> > > Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] End links
> > >
> > > I thought that was the 29 mm one. What was that guys name who then
> bought
> > a
> > > Crown Vic and then a Lightning and then an S2000?
> > > --
> > >
> > > Paul L Fisher
> > > '93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 180K Build date 11/18/1992
> > > - K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back,
> > Holley
> > > 190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
> > > Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000
> > 0W-30
> > > oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
> > >
> > > SHO Club member http://www.shoclub.com/
> > > Check out my web site http://www.paul-fisher.com/
> > > Amsoil dealer http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net>:
> > >
> > > > Yeah, but that was from a bunch of clueless people who are no longer
> on
> > > the
> > > > list due to crashing their SHOs ass-end first.
> > > >
> > > > No, I'm not really kidding!!
> > > >
> > > > In my arrogant-and-never-humble opinion, suspension suggestions from
> > folks
> > > > who have never done a road course are worth what you paid for
> them....
> > > >
> > > > A good driver can make a stock SHO with stock tires handle very well.
> > > > Changes can help that driver to do things better. The original '89 &
> '90
> > > > SHO
> > > > came with the 24/26 bars, are the later (slightly stiffer) models had
> > > > lesser
> > > > bars, but the handling was not appreciably diminished.
> > > >
> > > > FWIW, my current '94 had the stock 24/23 bars on it. I installed the
> > 26mm
> > > > rear bar before the Convention. The street "feel" was NO different.
> The
> > AL
> > > > SFBs I had installed a few weeks earlier felt better, and the Yoko
> ES100
> > > > tires & the new alignment felt MUCH better....and this was before the
> > 26mm
> > > > bar was installed.
> > > >
> > > > Ron Porter
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > > > On Behalf Of van Oss
> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 7:48 PM
> > > > To: Mike Kopstain; Kirk Doucette; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] End links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That's interesting. When I first joined the list a few years back,
> it
> > > > seemed the wide opinion was that the first mod (after airbox cone)
> > should
> > > > be
> > > > 26mm rear bar.
> > > >
> > > > VO
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > Sure, if you toss the 26 on a car with a small front
> > > > sway var and no other suspension mods, it might make it a little tail
> > > > happy,
> > > > but on the same token, if you're the type of person that's going to
> put
> > > > that
> > > > bar on an otherwise stock car, you might have bigger problems to be
> > > > concerned about.
> > > > ~ Mike
> > > > Midwest SHO
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