[Shotimes] 1993 White Manual SHO For Sale - Grapevine (Ft. Worth) Texas

[Rick Glass]

$254 for a thermostat.......did ya take it to Ford ?



Rick Glass
   Nashville, TN
   SESHOC
'99 Silver 54k (these freakin' things add up fast)
   Flowmaster 40's
   no "pre-muff"/no resonator
   will be Kirk'd in August
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Fisher" <mdfisher@gte.net>
To: "shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 11:06 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] 1993 White Manual SHO For Sale - Grapevine (Ft. Worth)
Texas


> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have decided to sell my extremely clean, 1993 white SHO. Unfortunately,
the
> A/C compressor died last weekend, and I can't see putting more money into
it
> at the moment. I was planning on buying a new car at the end of this year
> anyway, so this has just accelerated that purchase. I just spent $254
putting
> a new thermostat in it the week before the A/C died, so I'm tapped out for
> spending.
>
> I have owned the car myself since June, 2002. I purchased it from a dealer
in
> Southern California and had it shipped here. I was amazed at how clean the
> whole car was, and that all the accessories still worked. I ran a Carfax
> report on it before I bought it, and everything came up clean. It had
> apparently been owned by two different people in the Denver area, and been
> through California just at the dealership.
>
> All the cosmetics of the car are amazing, inside and out. The paint is
bright
> and shiny, the rubber is in good condition. The white slicers are in good
> condition, with a few scratches apparent, but nothing major. The glass is
all
> in good condition, and I had a new windshield installed June, 2003,
because
> the original was severely pitted. The car has absolutely no rust, which is
> amazing considering where it spent most of its life. The interior is in
almost
> mint condition. I cannot point to any one thing where you would find
something
> obvious. There's no wear anywhere on the seating surfaces, including the
> bolsters. No wear on the steering wheel, no cracks in the dashboard, not
even
> any cracks in the leather part of the upholstery.
>
> The car currently has 94021 miles, and I'm not driving since the A/C is
dead.
>
> It has been a perfectly reliable car in the over two years that I've owned
it.
> In that time I have replaced the battery (March, 2003), the Idle Air
Bypass
> Valve (June, 2003) and the thermostat a couple of weeks ago.
>
> The car was in a minor accident in January of this year, and was totalled
by
> State Farm because the coemetic damage that was done was more than the car
was
> worth. I bought the car back from the insurance company and hired a
> professional restoration body shop to reassemble the car using new factory
> parts. I replaced the hood, left front fender, front bumper cover, both
> headlights, side marker lights and foglights, bumper reinforcement bar,
> headlight reinforcement and left front bumper shock. If you were to see
the
> car and drive it today, you wouldn't know it had been in an accident. It
does
> have a Texas salvage title because even though there was no structural
damage
> done, Texas law requires it because the monetary amount to repair it was
more
> than the car's book value. There was NO structural damage done!
>
> Details on the car:
>   a.. 1993 White SHO
>   b.. Grey leather and cloth interior.
>   c.. No moonroof or keyless entry.
>   d.. Both power front bucket seats.
>   e.. JBL stereo with CD player in excellent working condition.
>   f.. White-faced Gauges. I still have the original black faces if
somebody
> wanted to put them back.
>   g.. K&N Filter element.
>   h.. California Car Cover Company gray Stormweave cover, bag and lock.
>   i.. 1993 Taurus factory service manual.
> The car also has ASA JS-5 16"x7.5" wheels on it now, with 215-55x16"
> Continental ContiTouring radials with ~8,000 miles. I added the tires and
> wheels myself, so they're virutally new. I still have the factory white
> slicers with Goodyear Eagle T/R 215-60x16" tires in good condition with
lots
> of tread left.
>
> I would like to get $2000 for the car with the aftermarket wheels and
tires,
> or $1500 with the slicers. If I don't get the car sold this week, I'll
> probably be trading it in and taking a beating.
>
> If you want pictures, I have current pictures after the accident damage
was
> fixed, and ones showing what the damage looked like. I can also take new
> pictures. If you want the VIN, I can provide that, too.
>
> You won't find a nicer SHO of this vintage around. I hate to let it go,
but I
> have to be realistic about spending more money on it. This is not a 25 or
> 50-footer. Even upon close inspection, it's hard to find flaws.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Fisher
> 214-228-3067
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