Armored SHO's exist apparently

[shaldaya]

Don't know why anyone would want to, but apparently this company offeres an armoring service for SHO's

Armored Taurus, Bulletproof Ford Sedan: The Armored Group

An armored Ford Taurus built by The Armored Group meets the highest standards of safety & undergoes extreme ballistics testing. Prepare to live!

www.armoredcars.com

out of curiosity I also asked the price, and you can get your sho fully armored for about $60k

 

[SM105K]

Interesting.

 

[Devin]

Hey, if you are gonna armor a Taurus, it better be a SHO!

 

[shaldaya]

Hey, if you are gonna armor a Taurus, it better be a SHO!

They actually said it HAD to be a SHO because the other engines couldn't handle the added extra weight

 

[Junkyard_Mad-Scientist]

This would be a fun thing to do if I had more money than I knew what to do with and finally buried the milk tanker in my back yard as a bomb shelter. full doomsday preparedness, exoskeleton, frame reinforcements, 9000lb dry weight taurus that could go through a bank vault wall. have to beef up performance a bit since it would probably feel like a tired 4 cylinder after everything. Probably get about 8 mpg so going to need to add a 20 gallon auxiliary fuel cell to keep some kind of range. I'd personally opt to do it to a PI as to not cut up a SHO. they need to update thier website, says it can be done to a 2.0T or a 3.5NA. it also says "an all-around optimal driving experience for private individuals, diplomats, politicians, executives, celebrities, and law enforcement" they should add "the exceptionally paranoid and prepared". cool stuff though, figured this was reserved for full size truck based SUVs or limos for anything beyond ballistic glass.

 

[Devin]

They don't say anything about IED protection. I live near Seattle, dammit.

 

[Junkyard_Mad-Scientist]

They don't say anything about IED protection. I live near Seattle, dammit.

mount one of these things under the front bumper and drive slow (not the whole thing, just on the end of the arm)

 

[Tbird6]

I thought these had been out for a while for the Police?
Armored Taurus PI
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[kryptto]

haha

 

[shaldaya]

I thought these had been out for a while for the Police?
Armored Taurus PI

Those are for law enforcement though, the ones i found seem to be for civilian use