No FUCKING way am I getting an SHO taurus again

[Dasfinc]

Cliffs notes:

GF's mom gave GF a lemon car *We live together*, We gave it back to her mom, My Spare car isn't running right, So I am picking up an SHO Taurus *my third time owning one* on Sunday so I have yet another spare car for her to drive.



The Story:

OK, Here we go!

Back in July of 05 I bought a white 93 Ford Taurus SHO *A number of you remeber the car* and Drove it untill I was kicked out of my house by my mother July of 06 *At which point Thinkingstrings took over ownership of the car* After he moved out of my parents house They sold the car back to me for a less than they paid me for it in 06 *They did infact buy the car off me when I got kicked out* and I kept it for a few months. After a few months, typical SHO things started going wrong, Tranny wasn't happy again, Radiator was leaking, Shit just started breaking *But I had put nearly a grand into rebuilding the top half of the engine, so it always ran strong as hell* and I turned around and sold the car yet again. Earlier this year a guy on Chitown asked me about my white car as he was buying it off the guy I had sold it to, I told him its history, and he bought it for a parts car *He had a blue one he had picked up with a blown motor for cheap as he is a tow-truck driver, but the transmission had just been rebuilt and it had a bunch of work done to it* He pulled the motor out of my beloved white SHO taurus, and put into the blue one, along with the white cars rims and tires, a number of interior pieces, and mechanical and external bits just sprucing up the car. Fast forward to last week, his GF lost control of the car, and Ate the underside of a Lifted Bronco, Shattered both headlights, Destroyed the hood, and bent the radiator and core support. the heart of my white car still beats strong, and the damage is all cosmetic, He posted it for sale and I made an offer on it and he accepted. He can't work on the car as he has an apartment, and no longer has my white car for parts.

So I'm picking up a midnight pearl blue 1995 Taurus SHO with my white cars motor, exhaust system, tires, rims and a number of other parts all now in/on it.

Car has a number of modifications done to it *That will be listed after it hits the 1/4th come spring* including that it has been lowered on Eibach pros.

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[PANDA]

Just last week you were selling your turbo kit to buy food and now your buying more cars,

Its cool that you got part of your old car back, I hope you didnt pay more than a few hundred for the car if the front is smashed. Midnight blue sounds like a sweet color, post up some pics.

 

[Dasfinc]

I'll post pics when I get them.

To be honest I'm not paying much at all *Xmas bonus this week*

And Kim got paid on Thursday so we are fine now, it was just tight for a few days

 

[Cutie_M69]

we are getting the car this weekend and will post pics after its been repaired

 

[syP]

so is it manual or automatic?


still have the shitty catless ypipe on it?

 

[Bru]

That's a pretty crazy story. Good luck

 

[PANDA]

I take it this was the car?

http://www.chitownracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92895

 

[PANDA]

Sounds like your parts are being whored around, kinda like the wheels on my car. They originally came on FastpacedGTP's pace car, I bought them, sold them to fish, fish sold them to 01GPGT (Dan) and Dan sold them back to me.

 

[Dasfinc]

so is it manual or automatic?


still have the shitty catless ypipe on it?

Freshly Rebuilt Automatic with a Trans-Go kit.


Still has the Shitty Catless Y-pipe on it, but has flowmasters at the back.

 

[SHOmuff]

Was that the one on craigslist earlier today? I saw an ad that sounds just like that car and I was considering calling the guy. Sounds pretty nice Dan.

 

[Dasfinc]

No, that one on Craigslist was Red with a Cowl hood *And it ran like shit*
if its the one I saw.

 

[SHOmuff]

No, that one on Craigslist was Red with a Cowl hood *And it ran like shit*
if its the one I saw.

Nah, there was a blue one in Lyons posted after the red one.....http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/car/504997538.html Fits your description :boink:

 

[Dasfinc]

Yup, That'd be the one. Picking it up on Sunday, tossing a new hood, headlamps and radiator in it and driving it off.

 

[Dasfinc]

Here's the Origonal:

Here's the new one *From when he bought the car, had a blown motor and had been sitting for a while hence the flat* My white Rims and newer tires are on the car currently.

 

[Cutie_M69]

dan its SO pretty i cant wait to drive it im so excited!!!

 

[Dasfinc]

I fucking LOVE That color.

 

[Cutie_M69]

Its perdy

 

[syP]

sit heads

 

[Dasfinc]

Queers and Steers, Here she is!:

*my driveway Honda is covered, my focus, and now her:

A little ugly, but with a matching hood and new header panel with lights she will look good as new *and alota touch-up paint, she has some flaking going on*

Cleaned up the damage, replaced hood and put on a spare headlamp, and pulled all the mods to ensure a smooth reliable drive home. Trans shifts LIGHTING fast under WOT, on the freeway the motor is just puuuuuring at 2.4K at 70mph, and she sounds Magnificent!

 

[Mook]

like the color

 

[Dasfinc]

like the color

its a pretty rare color, and to find one thats not rusted-out is a really nice find.

Too bad the Core support is about as straight as queer eye for the straight guy.

 

[Cutie_M69]

straight as queer eye for the straight guy.

hun thats an understatement! she is bent to piss, like she was fucked by an elephant.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

glad u guys got it home

 

[Cutie_M69]

glad u guys got it home

yeah, we didnt have to drive slow or anything. it was nice and smooth. but we didnt leave Lyons until 1 am. it took forever to get the car to look as good as it does.

 

[Dasfinc]

glad u guys got it home

yeah, we didnt have to drive slow or anything. it was nice and smooth. but we didnt leave Lyons until 1 am. it took forever to get the car to look as good as it does.

The accident didn't LOOK bad when we first got to the car, but when we got there the car had nearly no power in reverse and was having issues starting, kinda made us nervous, got it to the shop and my native "SHOInstincts" kicked in and I pulled the LPM, tossed the stock airbox and MAF on the car, cleaned the battery terminals and the snow off it and it fired up and ran like a dream, and didn't give me a lick of trouble after the first maybe 5 min of driving it to get the battery charged back up again.

getting the radiator off and on was a breeze........ except the trans cooling line which was on the bottom pass side of the car and was a PITA to take off put on... (Spent easily an hour on just taking that off and putting it on, not including the REST of the install/removal)