[Shotimes] 10 observations from the 1986 Taurus brochure

[Paul Nimz]

My '97 has double sun visors and a door nets.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message -----
From: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 10 observations from the 1986 Taurus brochure


> I sorta' agree with Ron, but having had a gen I SLO wagon, which looked
OK,
> but I liked all of the gen IIs better, and was completely revolted by the
> gen IIIs altogether. And to top it off was, no MTX, no door pockets, and
no
> second sun visor!
>
> Wonder if anyother car ever had a double sun visor?
> I worked for a company for all of 2 months and had actually ordered  an
'87
> SLO 4 cyl. No 6's allowed for lowely sales folk. The form had a note, that
> if you were in mountains or even hills, a 4 cyl Taurus was not
recommended.
> The corporate bean counters then suggested a Pontiac GP.  The color choice
> was only black or white, because the other colors were clear coat and
extra
> cost.
>
> I quit these cheap as****  before the SLOOOO... came to go to work for a
> small company that paid at the time $.29/mile for my own new car.  Bought
a
> '88 SLO 3.0L wagon. After 5 years, the SLO 3.0L wagon was paid for and I
had
> a net gain of about $1000.  Then sold the wagon, for another gain of
$2400,
> after I bought the '93 SHO, to a poor guy who thought that it had 143k
when
> it actually had 243k.  However it looked good and ran good (he had
somekind
> of tech check it out) so we were both happy as the tailights went down the
> road....
>
> Jim White - greensho@crown.net
> Valparaiso, Indiana
> '93  5 SPEED   280k few mods
> '95  5 SPEED   250k lots of mods
> "double clutch"  it's good for both you and your SHO
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:59 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] 10 observations from the 1986 Taurus brochure
>
>
> > >From a mfrs standpoint, those are not a big deal.....not enough to call
> it a
> > New Generation. Some of that stuff was common across the Ford line,
> anyway,
> > and not unique to the Taurus.
> >
> > FWIW, IMNSHO, etc, I still have some of my original hang-up with the '92
> > SHO. To that point, I had never kept a street-driven car for more than 3
> > years, and I was looking to buy again in '92. When the '92 SHO came out,
I
> > became violently nauseated every time I saw one.....well, maybe I
> > exaggerate, but to me they were FUGLY. Based on that, I kept the '89 SHO
> > (for a total of 10 years). I have come around to where I think that Gen
2s
> > are OK, but '92s are still my personal least-favorite SHO. I actually
like
> > the looks of the Gen 3 SHO better than the Gen 2 (although everything
else
> > about the Gen 3 is inferior, IMNSHO).
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Prochilo [mailto:gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org]
> > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:47 PM
> > To: Ron Porter; 'Donald Mallinson'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 10 observations from the 1986 Taurus brochure
> >
> >
> > Say what?  Obviously you missed the 6 digit odometer, available
passenger
> > side airbag, new stereo.  <G>  The digital clock might have been
different
> > too.
> >
> > On a different point...  Don't know if it's just me, but sometimes I
feel
> > that the steering wheel on the 92 is too darn big in proportion to the
> > interior.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Carl Prochilo
> > 92 Ultra Red Crimson
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> > To: "'Donald Mallinson'" <dmall@mwonline.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:06 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] 10 observations from the 1986 Taurus brochure
> >
> >
> > > I can see their point, though.
> > >
> > > Really, the '92 just had new sheetmetal, the interior was pretty much
a
> > '91
> > > carryover,
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