[Shotimes] 86 slat grille

[James White]

Just before our SHOs were for sale at the dealers, but after they had been
in the mags, I saw a bunch (20+) of them at an engineers retirement program
an a Holiday Inn in Novi, Michigan.  One had no grill at all and another had
nicely cut slots.  All had guages and wires all over the place cut into
hood, doors, and trunk.  True test mules.  And a very strange sight!

Also guess that Ford got the best engineers to take early retirement, and as
we all know this outfit hasn't been the same since.

regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
Valparaiso, Indiana
'93  5 SPEED   279k few mods (but new ft. suspension)
'95  5 SPEED   250k lots of mods (soon to be clean)
"double clutch"  it's good for both you and your SHO

----- Original Message -----
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 12:27 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] 86 slat grille


> Another observation from the 86 Taurus brochure:  The "L" (base) model is
> shown with a black, louvred grill.  Three slats, four openings running all
> the way across the grille.  The brochure was published in September 1985.
I
> guess that this grille never made it into production.  There's some
> discussion in Eric Taub's book about Lou Veraldi cancelling the slatted
> grille.
>
> Just curious, has anyone ever seen such a grille on a real car?
>
> Joseph van Oss
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