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I found this on the web today in a old post. This guy drove the personnal Alex Trotman 1996 SHO. (!!!)
bdinger
Posted May 15, 2012 at 6:20 AM
What gets me is that during the same time they had some absolutely brilliant color choices. Initially I couldn’t stand the new-for-96 Taurus, and definitely made fun of them a LOT.
When Dad went to pick up his newly-ordered ’97 F-150, which ironically was the first of the “new style” in our state, the dealer had a exec demo ’96 Taurus SHO in Toreador Red that they had just brought back from Dearborn. We had no idea of this, but as we were walking through the service bay of the dealership to check out the F-150 we saw it.
While the GL and LX still to this day don’t inspire much love with me, that was one of the most gorgeous cars I’ve ever seen. It turned out that it was a demo for then Ford CEO Alex Trotman (we later found his parking key for Ford HQ in the glove box, promptly send it to Ford and got a “Thank You” letter back from him), and while we waited for the F-150 to get final prep we took it for a test drive. Again, while the GL and LX were saddled with rather dated powertrains, the SHO’s 3.4 V8 was something to behold.
Needless to say, both the F-150 and SHO came home with my parents that day, the F-150 replacing Dad’s beloved ’94, and the SHO replacing Mom’s 626 ES. We had the SHO for 5 more years, and I do know for a fact that Dad still regrets letting it go. It was a rather amazing car that handled like it was on rails and had plenty of power from the little Yamaha V8. When Mom replaced it with a ’01 Mustang GT, Dad decided to start driving it.
One afternoon we all went for a family lunch/road trip out of town – me piloting the SHO with my sister riding shotgun, Dad and Mom in the GT, and my brother in his ’90 Probe GT. While on the highway the Mustang easily pulled past the Probe, the SHO kept right on his tail the whole time.
I still repeatedly kick myself for not buying that SHO when Mom traded it in on a F-150 for Dad two years later. Repeatedly. That Toreador Red beast was just something else.
from :
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-outtake-ole-purp/
(Note to myself : Even if this car cost you some money, time and blood, keep it !)
bdinger
Posted May 15, 2012 at 6:20 AM
What gets me is that during the same time they had some absolutely brilliant color choices. Initially I couldn’t stand the new-for-96 Taurus, and definitely made fun of them a LOT.
When Dad went to pick up his newly-ordered ’97 F-150, which ironically was the first of the “new style” in our state, the dealer had a exec demo ’96 Taurus SHO in Toreador Red that they had just brought back from Dearborn. We had no idea of this, but as we were walking through the service bay of the dealership to check out the F-150 we saw it.
While the GL and LX still to this day don’t inspire much love with me, that was one of the most gorgeous cars I’ve ever seen. It turned out that it was a demo for then Ford CEO Alex Trotman (we later found his parking key for Ford HQ in the glove box, promptly send it to Ford and got a “Thank You” letter back from him), and while we waited for the F-150 to get final prep we took it for a test drive. Again, while the GL and LX were saddled with rather dated powertrains, the SHO’s 3.4 V8 was something to behold.
Needless to say, both the F-150 and SHO came home with my parents that day, the F-150 replacing Dad’s beloved ’94, and the SHO replacing Mom’s 626 ES. We had the SHO for 5 more years, and I do know for a fact that Dad still regrets letting it go. It was a rather amazing car that handled like it was on rails and had plenty of power from the little Yamaha V8. When Mom replaced it with a ’01 Mustang GT, Dad decided to start driving it.
One afternoon we all went for a family lunch/road trip out of town – me piloting the SHO with my sister riding shotgun, Dad and Mom in the GT, and my brother in his ’90 Probe GT. While on the highway the Mustang easily pulled past the Probe, the SHO kept right on his tail the whole time.
I still repeatedly kick myself for not buying that SHO when Mom traded it in on a F-150 for Dad two years later. Repeatedly. That Toreador Red beast was just something else.
from :
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-outtake-ole-purp/
(Note to myself : Even if this car cost you some money, time and blood, keep it !)
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