[Shotimes] 86 slat grille

[James F. Ryan III]

Joe,

I originally sent this on 6/22 but I don't think it went through.


-----Original Message-----
From: James F. Ryan III [mailto:multitechgroup@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 10:59 PM
To: 'Steve Weinrich'; 'shotimes@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] 1950's Taurus

Sort of on the same topic:

I was looking thru a book, "History of Ford" or something, and it had a
picture of Ford CEO ??? (Lutz) standing next to the Taurus at an early 1985
car show.  The grille on this pre-production Taurus had 3 or 4 slots that
went all the way across with the Ford blue oval hovering in the middle.  It
didn't look that bad.  I wonder why they went with the solid grille?  Too
much cooling air flow?  Better aerodynamics?

I also have a few pictures from a magazine article testing of a
pre-production black '89 SHO.  It has the SHO front and rear bumper covers
but not the side cladding.



Jim Ryan
(Living and working in Kentucky for the next 2 months)
Wayne, NJ
'91 Plus - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear spoiler

255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop can & horn, 80mm MAF, S&B cone filter, SHO Shop
HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop LPM, SHO Shop underdrive pulleys,
SHO Shop HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, reinforced
engine & trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, SHO NUT aluminum SFBs, FPS '96
SHO front brakes, Carbotech F brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni adj
struts, SHO Shop linear springs, 24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel f&r
STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730 225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, police
grille