rbruso
unlikely
So, it turns out I never introduced myself. I've only recently been active on the forum, having spent time on various SHO mail lists going back to late 1996.
I live way down in Southern Arizona. Sierra Vista to be precise. A few people I've run into around town know what a SHO is, but not many.
Bought my first SHO in 1997. An old titanium '89, which began showing signs of a rolled crank key on the way back from the '99 convention in Atlanta, and got worse on a quick trip to California the next weekend. After finally tracking down and fixing the problem I used that car to chase a friend's Miata on the local Autocross courses.
That was the oldest SHO I had seen until I bought my current daily driver, which has a mid-November 1988 build date. Somehow, the previous owner of the car made it all the way to 2001 swapping in 9 1/4" cluthes, the last of which died on my wedding day in 2002. The wife wasn't too pleased with that, but she's come around since.
I've owned three of them so far, and have most of the parts still to prove it. The local Ford dealership has only called me for parts twice.
No shops around here know enough about the cars to do more than change the tires, and that's all I've ever let anyone do to them. Between the vehicles, I've done four clutches, three 60k services, 2 heater cores, a fuel pump, and any number of other smaller fixes and modifications.
My DD has about 206k miles right now, and aside from some rattles, squeaks, and another dying pressure plate she runs quite well. She's slowly being updated as a pseudo plus (amber turns, rod shifter, a plus hood once it gets painted, etc) with parts off of my $500 91+ with a spun rod bearing. She'll likely get most of the black interior as well, though I still prefer the '89 dash and would like to find one in good shape that can be painted/dyed to match instead of updating to the '91.
Arizona lets you title a car as a "Historic Vehicle" when it hits 25 years, so we'll see about that in a couple years.
I live way down in Southern Arizona. Sierra Vista to be precise. A few people I've run into around town know what a SHO is, but not many.
Bought my first SHO in 1997. An old titanium '89, which began showing signs of a rolled crank key on the way back from the '99 convention in Atlanta, and got worse on a quick trip to California the next weekend. After finally tracking down and fixing the problem I used that car to chase a friend's Miata on the local Autocross courses.
That was the oldest SHO I had seen until I bought my current daily driver, which has a mid-November 1988 build date. Somehow, the previous owner of the car made it all the way to 2001 swapping in 9 1/4" cluthes, the last of which died on my wedding day in 2002. The wife wasn't too pleased with that, but she's come around since.
I've owned three of them so far, and have most of the parts still to prove it. The local Ford dealership has only called me for parts twice.
No shops around here know enough about the cars to do more than change the tires, and that's all I've ever let anyone do to them. Between the vehicles, I've done four clutches, three 60k services, 2 heater cores, a fuel pump, and any number of other smaller fixes and modifications.
My DD has about 206k miles right now, and aside from some rattles, squeaks, and another dying pressure plate she runs quite well. She's slowly being updated as a pseudo plus (amber turns, rod shifter, a plus hood once it gets painted, etc) with parts off of my $500 91+ with a spun rod bearing. She'll likely get most of the black interior as well, though I still prefer the '89 dash and would like to find one in good shape that can be painted/dyed to match instead of updating to the '91.
Arizona lets you title a car as a "Historic Vehicle" when it hits 25 years, so we'll see about that in a couple years.
