[NWSHOC] Re: [Shotimes] Out of the SHO game - SHO parts for sale

[Brian E. Harris]

Also have a Mark VIII 80mm MAF, used from wrecking yard - $80
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Brian E. Harris
  To: shotimes@autox.team.net ; sholist@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:57 PM
  Subject: [NWSHOC] Re: [Shotimes] Out of the SHO game - SHO parts for sale


  Got a Chilton's book for the Taurus (including SHO).

  Also have a 1992 Factory Service Manual, if anyone is interested.

  $10 for the Chilton's, whatever is reasonable for the '92 manual.

  -bh

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Brian E. Harris" <sho-sc@sho-sc.com>
  To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; <sholist@yahoogroups.com>
  Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:58 PM


  > Hi folks!
  >
  > First off, I wanted to thank you all for the wealth of information and
  > assistance provided through the mail list.
  >
  > Having sold off my busted '91 Plus and '92, the only thing I had left was
  my
  > '93 ATX.
  >
  > As of about 3:00pm yesterday, Nissen Ford in Albany, OR took it on
  trade-in,
  > paid off the remaining owed (about $3k), and got me into an EXTREMELY low
  > mileage '99 Ford Explorer.
  >
  > Yes, I realize it isn't an SHO, but it's fun, it's got the 4.0L V6 SOHC,
  so it
  > gets up on it, and it's not a maintenance nightmare that the SHO was
  turning
  > into.
  >
  > I recently spent nearly $1500 in diagnostic time and labor to correct a
  wiring
  > short, and many other issues.  On top of that, the car rolled over
120,000
  > miles, and the transmission had started slipping.
  >
  > While I loved the SHO, I couldn't justify spending the amount of money
  > required to keep it running.  It seems that every time I wanted to spend
  money
  > on the beast for any kind of performance mod, something new would break,
  > requiring me spending yet more money on repairs.
  >
  > As such, I'm out of the SHO market, for the time being.
  >
  > Who knows?  Maybe down the road a bit, I'll find a nice, low mileage Gen3
  or
  > something, and decide that, rather than getting another hole drilled in
my
  > head, that I should buy the car.  =)
  >
  > As I'm out of SHO's, I've got a small number of parts floating around
here
  > that I don't need.
  >
  > I'll only advertise what I have in readily accessible inventory, and post
  the
  > rest later:
  >
  > Subframe Connectors - Nook's
  > (Bought these, never got them installed - was waiting on more suspension
  stuff
  > to do this, never happened.  I don't remember what I paid for them, so
  make me
  > an offer.)
  >
  > D4U1 computer from a 1994 or 1995 SHO - $125
  >
  > 3.2L Intake + Throttle Body - Don't have the brackets or mounting
  hardware -
  > $200
  >
  > Red anodized solid aluminum subframe bushings - $80
  >
  > Spindles from a '94 or '95 Taurus, forget which (the right spindles for a
  '96
  > brake upgrade) - $75
  >
  > Under-stereo cubbyhole box - $10
  >
  > (Buyers pay shipping costs)
  >
  > I'm quite sure that I've got a few more pieces around here, but I don't
  want
  > to offer them until I can verify their existence with my own eyes.
  >
  > Anyhow, thanks again for all the help and conversation, guys.  I really
  > appreciate it.
  >
  > Please email me direct if you want any of this stuff.
  >
  > Take care!
  >
  > -Brian Harris, SHO-less
  > -1999 Ford Explorer XLT with all the fixin's
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