[Shotimes] Looking for an active list.
Jonathan Zane
jonzane@kc2ena.com
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:46:32 -0400
Besides what you can see the car needs at minimum, a strut, a lower control
arm, a radius arm, inner and outer tie rods, an axle, rear calipers and 4
wheels or to re-paint the stupid white ones that came on the other car. I
think the dealer touched them up with house paint, a paint roller and a
brush. I would prefer to find some nice aftermarket wheels for it though.
After all of that I hope she would go down the road straight without needing
to be put on a rack. The other driver drove directly into my tire so I'm a
bit worried about damage that cannot be seen.
Jonathan Zane KC2ENA
1988 Mustang LX
1995 Taurus SHO
1993 Taurus SHO
1979 F-150 4x4
1989 Ford Festiva
2001 Raptor
www.njfourwheelers.com/jon.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron Porter
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:28 PM
> To: 'Jonathan Zane'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Looking for an active list.
>
>
> Good!
>
> There is really almost NO damage! For as much as I "hate"
> bodywork, I would even attempt that kind of repair myself.
>
> No disrespect to the folks who love '92-'93 Gen 2s, but those
> are my least favorite SHOs. I would get that '95 back on the
> road and sell the '93 to someone who likes them.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Jonathan Zane
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:10 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Looking for an active list.
>
>
> Ron, I still have the car and I do plan on fixing it, or
> finding a very, very, very, clean, silver with grey interior
> 95 wagon to drop all of the goodies in. Sometimes I still
> miss my 86 wagon. The insurance company was only going to
> give me $300 for the car... I would have to be insane to let
> it go for that, especially being a lower mileage car.
>
> Jonathan Zane
> 1988 Mustang LX
> 1995 Taurus SHO
> 1993 Taurus SHO
> 1979 F-150 4x4
> 1989 Ford Festiva
> 2001 Raptor
> www.njfourwheelers.com/jon.html
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Porter [mailto:ronporter@prodigy.net]
> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:00 PM
> > To: 'Jonathan Zane'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Looking for an active list.
> >
> >
> > Just now getting back to old emails after the Convention......
> >
> > Man, that '95 was hardly scratched!! I would have kept that
> > car and had it repaired!!
> >
> > Where is that car today?? Is it still in a yard somewhere??
> > Al? Kirk? Sounds like a good buy for a fixer-upper!
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Jonathan Zane
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:01 PM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Shotimes] Looking for an active list.
> >
> >
> > I am a long time SHO fan and Ford Enthusiast. A few months
> > back I purchased my first SHO, a silver 1995 with 89k miles
> > for $4500. The car was in pristine condition. I was very
> > happy to find a car in that condition for the price. 6 weeks
> > later I was hit by a very bad female driver. Pictures can be
> > seen here: http://www.kc2ena.com/images/accident/. After the
> > insurance paid for my loss I purchased a white 1993 with 140k
> > miles for $2000. No where near as nice of a car but it was
> > cheap and I needed wheels fast. After $1500 in
> > suspension/brake parts and an alignment and this car just
> > does not drive like the 95 did. It's depressing actually.
> > There's nothing else to replace under the car and it it feels
> > like I'm driving a POS. The steering wheel rocks back and
> > forth gently under medium to hard acceleration. The car
> > doesn't seem as stiff as the other one did. Braking is not
> > impressive, you can see and smell that they get way to hot.
> > The parts I purchased where mostly run of the mill parts
> > except I made sure I got decent struts (Monroe Sensitrac).
> > Can I chalk up my problems as cheap parts? I use products
> > from the same store on all of my other cars with no problems.
> > I still have a valve cover, timing belt and tune up planned.
> > I spent 2 days running wires and installing my stereo system
> > which also involved pulling it from the 95. I hate doing
> > things twice! I'm starting to get disgusted with this car.
> > I'm almost to the point of trying to sell the car and
> > hopefully breaking even. The only thing stopping me is the
> > aggravation of pulling the stereo system and dealing with
> > more DMV bullshit. I still have the 95 sitting in my drive
> > way. I could fix it as there doesn't seem to be any damage
> > to the frame. I was hoping to eventually fix it anyway and
> > have both cars.
> >
> > Thanks for listening to my story. Whatever I decide to do I
> > hope I can find some good information here.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jonathan Zane
> > 1988 Mustang LX
> > 1995 Taurus SHO
> > 1993 Taurus SHO
> > 1979 F-150 4x4
> > 1989 Ford Festiva
> > 2001 Raptor
> > www.njfourwheelers.com/jon.html
> >
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