Are you looking for a clean SHO to restore.

[Axle]

I have a White 1995 SHO that I would like to sell to someone that would enjoy restoring this car. The car came from Arizona about twenty years
ago. I found this 1995 SHO down in Mesa. I made the deal and flew down to drive it home to Minnesota. I almost made it home when the tranny began to act up. There was no indication of any problems during the test drive. My last fuel stop, first gear started slipping when I pulled out. Shifted to second and I was able to get the car home. Drove the car a few times after that, using second gear to pull out and then shifting back to automatic. I was traveling all the time for my job and never got back to fixing this car. I had to find a nice car for my wife and I found an nice Jaguar XJ6. She fell in love with this Jaguar.
Later I bought a donor 94 to pirate some parts out for the 95 I brought back from Arizona. But I ended up moving on from the SHO. Too much traveling. Only had weekends with
the family. Something had to go. So, I gave the car to a close friend. Then his wife's health issues got in the way and he gave the car back to me. Shortly after that, he dies in a motorcycle accident.
I'm at the point where I need to move on and I am offering the car for sale. I'm asking $3800.00 for the car and all the extra parts that go with it.

I am reducing the price down too $2400 with everything included. I need the space.

The car has no rust anywhere that I can see. No rust on the shock towers or under the side skirts. No rust in the door jams or on the doors. Most begin to rust in the rear door jams. This one is clean.
It will need a new windshield and paint. It will also need some interior work. The Arizona sun did a number of the leather seats. But the car has never been hit and I do have a basic VIN report to show that the car is accident free. The car has a very clean body and would be perfect for a restoration project.
I have an extra motor and transmission. A second set of slicer wheels. Front axles and steering rack. Interior door panels and a whole bunch of other parts. I also have a set of factory dealer repair manuals for the car along with a code reader. I was pretty set on restoring this car, but life just got in the way.
The car is not currently running. I believe my late friend was trying to replace the cam timing belt, but never finished. So, the car will need to be towed. You will also need a truck for the extra engine. This is a good engine, with another slipping tranny. The engine is on a custom built metal stand with casters. So, it can be rolled around. I have a chain hoist I can load the engine on a trailer or in the back of a truck.
If you are interested. Send me an email. [email protected]
Car is listed on Craigslist post id: 7847057348

 

[Axle]

I posted this car in May and am not getting any traction with selling it. Currently, the car sits next to my garage on the driveway. The photos show the car sitting at my son's place for a week when I brought it back after my friend gave the car back to me. I had to tow it with a dolly, because he had removed the timing belt and it could not be driven. Can't drive it anyway because the tabs are not current.
This car is in great shape for a restoration project. With all the extras, I don't believe $3800 is too much to ask. What bothers me, it that no one has even made an offer. No one has requested updated photos. Nothing.
How about a little insight on to what the problem is. This is an SHO community, is it not. If I don't get some traction on this
soon. I'm just going to turn the car over to a salvage yard nearby and wash my hands of it. That will be one less SHO available to restore. That is what I had to do with the 94 I had purchased for parts. That was also a straight car.
What I am saying, is that these opportunities have an expiration date.

I have lowered the asking price too $2400

 

[Majestic]

A car with a bad transmission, unknown engine condition, and a trashed interior is probably why no one is biting. If you are just going to scrap it, perhaps lowering the price to what the salvage yard would give you will increase interest in it.

 

[K-BL]

I did see your listing a few weeks back. I find the history both heartwarming (to have a friend you'd trust with this task) and tragic (that you'd loose such a friend).

My (and I'm sure many other's) issue is time and, ironically timing. I don't have enough time, and timing is something that can be easy to mess up if one isn't careful. Reassemble timing components, get the engine running at the very least. Timing is tedious, but not really hard. You want to make sure there are no missing parts for that particular job, and it being back together will be proof. I estimate several hours if one is in the halfway point but has to mentally start over because the parts likely won't be in any order that'll mean anything to another person who didn't take it apart.

After you have it back together, list the parts with pictures. Guys that want and work on SHOs of this era are going to do their homework and (at least for me) calculate expense, materials, effort, and time. Save them some time by providing exactly what you have. Show the disassembled motor. Show it back together. Show the door jamps, the wheel wells, the underbody. Show all parts, extras and those that belong in the engine.

Also, SHOs don't generally move (sell/purchase) fast based on the amount of turnover in these forums. You'll want to find someone who can handle what you have. That price is steep for the amount of work just to drive.

You have my condolences regarding your friend. I don't think anyone is trying to be malicious, we're just busy. The world just keeps getting crazier.

 

[Devin]

This isn't a charity, you are trying to sell something. The same rules apply as with everything else: you're asking too much. A SHO with a working engine and transmission with baked paint and a mediocre interior might sell for that.

 

[Axle]

A car with a bad transmission, unknown engine condition, and a trashed interior is probably why no one is biting. If you are just going to scrap it, perhaps lowering the price to what the salvage yard would give you will increase interest in it.

From my experience. Every SHO has a bad transmission. These engines tear up transmissions.
The 5 speed chews up the clutch and the automatic goes through friction discs.
I never said the interior was trashed. There are issues, but the interior is not trashed.
The car is thirty years old with no rust and a solid undamaged body. In car restoration.
That is everything. You get what you pay for in the car world.
Spend less on the car and you will spend more time and money on repairing it. Pick your poison.
I would rather start with solid bones than something I have to patch up. The mechanical stuff and the
cosmetic stuff are the easy parts.

 

[Axle]

This isn't a charity, you are trying to sell something. The same rules apply as with everything else: you're asking too much. A SHO with a working engine and transmission with baked paint and a mediocre interior might sell for that.

What you are describing does not exist and would cost twice what I am asking.
What I am selling is the perfect car for a restoration. A car someone wants to build for themselves.
Plus a second engine and transmission. A second full set
of wheels. Second set of door panels and front axles. An extra steering rack. plus many new parts like sensors.
A set of factory service manuals. A code reader. Nothing wrong with either engine. Just needs timing belt reinstalled.

 

[Axle]

I did see your listing a few weeks back. I find the history both heartwarming (to have a friend you'd trust with this task) and tragic (that you'd loose such a friend).

My (and I'm sure many other's) issue is time and, ironically timing. I don't have enough time, and timing is something that can be easy to mess up if one isn't careful. Reassemble timing components, get the engine running at the very least. Timing is tedious, but not really hard. You want to make sure there are no missing parts for that particular job, and it being back together will be proof. I estimate several hours if one is in the halfway point but has to mentally start over because the parts likely won't be in any order that'll mean anything to another person who didn't take it apart.

After you have it back together, list the parts with pictures. Guys that want and work on SHOs of this era are going to do their homework and (at least for me) calculate expense, materials, effort, and time. Save them some time by providing exactly what you have. Show the disassembled motor. Show it back together. Show the door jamps, the wheel wells, the underbody. Show all parts, extras and those that belong in the engine.

Also, SHOs don't generally move (sell/purchase) fast based on the amount of turnover in these forums. You'll want to find someone who can handle what you have. That price is steep for the amount of work just to drive.

You have my condolences regarding your friend. I don't think anyone is trying to be malicious, we're just busy. The world just keeps getting crazier.

Thank you for your condolences. What happened to this family is tragic. My friend had asked me to take the car
back when they learned his wife had cancer. I took the car back to make his life easier. Towed it to my son's place
and let it sit there for a week before towing back to my place. Two months later he had the accident.
I seem to be getting a lot of crap from other members about the car listing. This I do not understand.
Here I thought this was the place where people went looking for these unique cars for restoration. I haven't even
gotten a bite. Which tells me that the number of people seeing this ad is relatively small.
I have recently read articles which list the Taurus SHO to be a car that will be in demand for restoration.
I would restore it, but I have five Jaguars sitting in my driveway. Three need paint. One needs new piston rings.
I had six. But lost one to hail damage that literally destroyed the car.
Getting the timing belt back on should be easy for anyone with engine experience. I have all the manuals with the
car to tell them how to do it. I simply do not have the time to work on it. Nor the desire.

 

[Devin]

GLWS!

 

[luigisho]

There are a handful of people who might tackle this but that pool of people is very small and the ask is too much for the labor for many. Cast a wide net online. There is a SHO facebook group and facebook marketplace to place an ad --that might prove helpful.