An exotic was Re: [Shotimes] High Mileage Vs. "Remanufactured" Car Values.....was: 94 Moonlight Blue MTX FS

[John Weidenbenner]

Joseph,

I see the SHO v6 differently and actually are the easiest to work on, least
sophisticated, and oldest cars in my fleet. I was thinking exotic as in
technically unique or sophisticated. Did you mean low volume (~95,000 v6
SHOs) production for the SHO specific parts?

Yes, parts are drying up, but the v6 has been out of production since '95.
The only hard to find parts that worry me are the oil pumps which in my
opinion should be replaced with a rod bearing change.

Of the 49,000 or so mtx SHOs built about 16,000 are Gen II, so there should
be plenty of junk yard rod shifters, etc. to satisfy demand.

Qualified mechanics - for what? Valve shim adjustment? Nothing else is
really out of the ordinary for repairs or tune-up. There are plenty of
repair shops and Ford dealers in my St. Louis phone book that routinely
maintain SHOs.

I still like our SHOs for what they are. We'll see you at the convention and
Betty says Hi. :-)

John W.

----- Original Message -----
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: "John Weidenbenner" <johnjweid@earthlink.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: An exotic was Re: [Shotimes] High Mileage Vs. "Remanufactured"
Car Values.....was: 94 Moonlight Blue MTX FS


> Hello John,
>
> Let's see:
> -- specialized parts
> -- low-volume parts (pronounced: rod shifter)
> -- high-cost parts (pronounced: belt tensioner)
> -- hard-to-find parts  (pronounced: throttle cable, valve shims)
> -- qualfied mechanics few and far between (see mapquest.com for statute
> miles between Courtney and Performance Plus)
>
> I'm not saying SHO parts or techs are in Ferrari territory.  That vector
is
> longer, but in the same direction.
>
> Joseph
> (p.s. Hi to Betty)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Help me out. What are "the repair issues of an exotic" for a SHO?
> John W.