[Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel

[Midwest SHO Specialists]

The cars used in Robocop were base model Taurus L's.  There is one out here
in the Volo auto museum.  The car looked relatively weathered, but it is 13
years old and who knows how it was stored.  No police grill.

~ Mike

Midwest SHO
www.midwestsho.com
Sales@Midwestsho.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "Shotimes" <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] cutting vent holes in the header panel


> I don't believe so, but you can bet that the cars in that
> movie were NOT actual "police package" cars.
>
> There never were hundreds of thousands of Taurus police
> cars, like there have been caprice and Crown Vic cars that
> are worn out and cheap and all over the place.
>
> The Taurus cars in that movie were probably either provided
> by Ford for the publicity, or all well used cars.
>
> The actual "police" model kit has the car with the police
> grill, but I think they do it with decals over the stock grill.
>
> I have two different versions of the "robocop" Taurus model.
> (same model, different box picture) and they don't show the
> police grill.
>
> And about what to call it.  Even by Ron's standards, it is
> no more wrong to call it the police grill than to call it
> the towing package, taxi or heavy duty package grill.
>
> He can call it anything, but the SHO community will forever
> know it, and properly so, as the Police grill.
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> bjshov8 wrote:
> > Did they have these grilles in "Robocop"?
> >
> >
> >>We had lots of taurus police cars in city and county use in
> >>the midwest.  Although there are few taxi's in our area, so
> >>I never saw one of those, doesn't mean they don't exist.
> >
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