[Shotimes] Interesting coin on eBay

[Christina]

 I have to agree with you there Jon as it could have just as easily been the
Mustang IMHO.

C
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jon Heese
  To: shotimes
  Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Interesting coin on eBay


  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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  >     *From:* van Oss <mailto:vanOss@centurytel.net>
  >     *To:* James F. Ryan III <mailto:av8r567@optonline.net> ; Jon Heese
  >     <mailto:shotimes@jonheese.com> ; shotimes
  >     <mailto:shotimes@autox.team.net>
  >     *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
  >
  >     ----- 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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