[Shotimes] Key with only 3 pins?

[Christina CASSELTON]

There were gen II police packages for the regular Taurus--not SHO equipped
ones.  I have the factory brochure showing the options available for the
police model, so I know for sure there were Gen I and II Taurus Cop cars.

Bill is the foremost authority here, so I will let him comment further, but
thought I would share the extent of my knowledge anyway.

C
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Ron Porter<mailto:ronporter@ameritech.net>
  To: shotimes@autox.team.net<mailto:shotimes@autox.team.net>
  Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:15 PM
  Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Key with only 3 pins?


  I don't think that he meant a SHO, but there were never any Police SHOs.
Not
  to say that someone, somewhere, didn't use a SHO for police work.

  If Bill Strobel has convenient Internet access down in the I-forget-which
  3rd-world country he's in, I'm sure he'll chime in with more than you
wanted
  to know about Taurus cop cars!!

  Ron Porter

  -----Original Message-----
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  On Behalf Of Jason Hartberger
  Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 2:28 PM
  To: James F. Ryan III
  Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net<mailto:shotimes@autox.team.net>
  Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Key with only 3 pins?

  James F. Ryan III wrote:
  >> I didn't think Gen 2s really had a police option...
  >>
  >
  > Absotively!!!  They are more plentiful than the Gen1 police cars
  (1992-1995
  > vs 1990-1991), it's just that they don't stand out as much as a Gen1 with
  > its slotted grille.  Does your wife's car have cert cal'd speedo (yes),
  > pseudo dual exhaust, and a cooling slot below the Ford emblem in the
  bumper
  > cover?  These are obvious visual cues.  Black steel wheels with silver
  > center caps were optional.
  >
  >
http://members.fortunecity.com/copcarsite/taurus104.jpg<http://members.fortun
ecity.com/copcarsite/taurus104.jpg>
  >
  >
http://members.fortunecity.com/copcarsite/taurus136.jpg<http://members.fortun
ecity.com/copcarsite/taurus136.jpg>

  Both of those cars are SLOs. I know SLOs came with police options (my
  mom got pulled over by one once! I was in back seat) but I've never seen
  police Gen II SHOs. I'm not saying they don't exist; I'm just saying
  I've never seen one. I'll look for the cooling slot (would the SHO
  fascia have it too?). Her car does also have a top-center mounted
  antenna of some sort on the back window... or what's left of it, anyway.
  The aerial is gone. I've always wondered what it was there for but now
  it makes sense that it would've been for a police radio. No evidence of
  one having been mounted, though. I figured the key would've been like it
  was so cops would only have to have one key to turn all the fleet cars
  on (door keys are still unique, though).

  Jason
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