94 MTX Wagon
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RonPorter
SHO Club of America
Saving the planet by not including more pictures?
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Weight reduction. Internet gots too many heavys
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Unbolt the body and bolt it on a s10 frame. Then it rwd and possibly a 4 banger
RonPorter
SHO Club of America
Taurus Wagon? Don't think so!
Old Stang
Member
weren't these wagons - or just one wagon - a concept project by Ford?
... so anything like this is wagon is created as a "what if" tribute vehicle?
I think its cool, especially if Momma says, "No you can't have a SHO, we need a station wagon!"
... and there is precedent for it as there were a couple of Hemi wagons built in the 60s, though they were factory sponsored race cars, and Ford also built at least one 428/4-spd Country Squire wagon , which recently sold at auction for over $47k.
... so anything like this is wagon is created as a "what if" tribute vehicle?
I think its cool, especially if Momma says, "No you can't have a SHO, we need a station wagon!"
... and there is precedent for it as there were a couple of Hemi wagons built in the 60s, though they were factory sponsored race cars, and Ford also built at least one 428/4-spd Country Squire wagon , which recently sold at auction for over $47k.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
I think car and driver or road and track were the only ones to order it. Just type it into google. Only 1 made and it was for them.
https://www.caranddriver.com/featur...istory-of-fords-iconic-taurus-sho-supersedan/
And it was faster then a sedan sho
https://www.caranddriver.com/featur...istory-of-fords-iconic-taurus-sho-supersedan/
And it was faster then a sedan sho
RonPorter
SHO Club of America
Ford made that red one as a concept (the one that C&D tested). Probably long since been crushed.
I would say that there's at least a dozen SHO wagons out there, maybe more, across Gen 1-3. This is another new one I haven't seen.
They were built two ways: either swap the SHO subframe into a wagon, or (IMO) the better way is to cut two cars in half behind the B pillar, and weld them together. Saves a whole bunch of grief with the IP, electronics, and if you want an MTX.
I would say that there's at least a dozen SHO wagons out there, maybe more, across Gen 1-3. This is another new one I haven't seen.
They were built two ways: either swap the SHO subframe into a wagon, or (IMO) the better way is to cut two cars in half behind the B pillar, and weld them together. Saves a whole bunch of grief with the IP, electronics, and if you want an MTX.
RonPorter
SHO Club of America
Well, it was supposedly 0-60 quicker, probably because of the extra weight. Doubt it was and quicker beyond 60.
Personally I always thought a SHO wagon, with the current 3.0/3.2 engines was a dumb idea. The added weight and carrying capacity would be too much. Now, if they would have based the SHO V8 on the 3.0 Duratec, rather than the 2.5, that would have been a 4.0 V8. Much better for the sedan or a possible wagon!
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kevinspann
Don't take my advice.
No way is cutting two cars in half and clipping them together easier than swapping the harnesses on the front half of the car. Even if you clipped the cars all the rear wiring would need to be spliced into the front. They'd end up being a similar amount of wiring work, if you wanted everything to work like factory.
The mechanical work is trivial in comparison to trying to splice two body shells together.
The mechanical work is trivial in comparison to trying to splice two body shells together.
RonPorter
SHO Club of America
Doesn't seem to be, per someone who had done it years ago. You can use the SHO IP, and all of the electronics forward of the B pillars. I think the comment that @SHOCH made, with the spliced car he had, is that he was just missing the rear wiper wiring, which isn't in the SHO harness.
I did it once on a Sable wagon, just swapped the SHO dash and engine wiring harness and the SHO subframe and engine/trans. Way way less work that sawing a car in half and reconnecting it.
RonPorter
SHO Club of America
Talk to a body guy, who knows his way around a welder. Maybe not something you would do in your garage, but a day's work for someone experienced.
I haven't kept track, but I'll bet at least half, if not more, were cut in half.
TaurusSHO_Scorpio
New Member
TaurusSHO_Scorpio
New Member
Just to note the visual differences, the cornerlights/turn signals on that "sho" wagon belong to a 1994 taurus wagon (or similar year). They are shorter than the sho corner lights... did they just bolt the nose of a SHO onto a wagon and then swap the engine/transmission/wiring to build that?
RonPorter
SHO Club of America
Well, since they were skimpy on pictures, your observation would "seem" to indicate that they dropped a SHO subframe into the wagon. If that's the case, we don't know if they also did the IP swap.
OTOH, leather interior and 5-speed are interesting. No VIN is shown to find out.
Looks like that is what they did, kept the front fenders from the wagon and swapped over the SHO front bumper/engine/tranny. They even kept the wagon's hood
SHOCH
Tommy Boy
First I’m hearing that my car was two cars welded together. St Louis Sho James’ , Dad, bought it from a SAAC member who made it.
Think they swapped wires to back too. That cars in Iowa I think.
