[Shotimes] Interesting coin on eBay

[Christina]

If you had ever read the book "Taurus: The Making of the Car That Saved Ford",
by Eric Taub, you would understand just to what extent the Taurus did pull
Ford out of the cellar financially in the mid-80's.  I found it a fascinating
history of the car.

C
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: van Oss
  To: James F. Ryan III ; Jon Heese ; shotimes
  Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 4:58 PM
  Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Interesting coin on eBay


  Okay, looking at the other cars being stamped, it's not so terribly odd that
  the Taurus would be included.  If you go back and look at   1) Ford's
  situation in the mid 80's and  2) what the other US makers were offering in
  '86, it's not too hard to believe that the Taurus was one of Ford's more
  important introductions.
  VO

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  The Taurus is not the only one  - there's a complete set of 18:
  http://tinyurl.com/nq6hw


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  > Maybe not so odd.  The '86 Taurus supposedly saved the corporate bacon
and
  > it did win COTY.
  >
  > On an anniversary commemoration like that, I'd expect them to depict big
  > introductions such as the '48 F-series (or '53 F-150), '55 T-bird, '64.5
  > Mustang, '86 Taurus, and '91 Explorer.  Something like that.
  >
  > VO
  >
  >
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  > Odd that they used the '86-'91 model year on a coin commemorating Ford's
  > 100 year anniversary in 2003.  You'd think they'd put a Gen4 on there...
  > Regards,
  > Jon Heese
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