[Shotimes] Interesting coin on eBay

[Jon Heese]

Right, I got all that, and I have read the book.  Viewed by itself, it 
still seemed out of place as a 100th Anniversary commemorative coin.

Regards,
Jon Heese

Christina wrote:
> *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*
> 
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>     *To:* James F. Ryan III <mailto:av8r567@optonline.net> ; Jon Heese
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>     *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
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     The Taurus is not the only one  - there's a complete set of 18:
>     http://tinyurl.com/nq6hw
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>      > 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
>      >
>      >
>      > ----- Original Message -----
>      > 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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