First off, I love this car and want everything on it to be perfect. Well my paint is less than satisfactory. A job that the guy rushed because he waited too long to start. I will never be happy with it, in fact there isnt one panel on this car that I am pleased with the paint on.
These pics look just like the car looks in person from 5 ft away or so. My buddy's Grandpa ( near mine too) worked at Ford for 34 yrs buffing cars, that is who helped me. He makes it all look so easy.
Interior and paint are almost done. Just touch up stuff now. I have to take the rims off and try to clean them up. Here are some pics of today.
During interior
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Before buffing
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Engine bay. Best its going to get. Plus I have a miss now. Hope it is just water that will dry and cure itself....
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After buffing
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That isnt dust, its the flake in the paint!
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Guess the new paint is a lighter
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Now it is parked away in the garage until Sunday....
Cool !!!
Looks awesome buddy, I wouldn't get all that worried about the car it is in AMAZING shape for being a rust belt car. I think I would be checking to see if it was a California car with carfax just to be sure (I think they have a more restrictive part in the intake maze, if so I have a 49 state version in the shop). You know if your spark plug well gaskets are shot on yours like they were on mine that might be part of the problem, they end up bathing the wire in oil. Either that or one of the spark plug wires is arcing, I guarantee its not the coil (As there is only one). I thought the last owner was going to keep the police grille? Either way it looks awesome with it on. It could use a set of Emerald Green ovals on it though. You make me miss my 91, I wish it was still driveable weather it was a rusted hunk of or not I loved that car.
He is but we arent in a big hurry. I think he is going to let me finish my grill Im making first. This car has been in MO its whole life. 2 owner car, papers on everything the 1st owner had done, all at the dealer he bought from (except one A/C charge). Everything St Louis SHO did there arent papers and every time I see James he tells me something else that is on my car!
Plug well gaskets are good. I always assume the worst so I am thinking CPS.... The car is sitting until Fords Unlimited on Sunday. 4 cars in my class as of now..... but I still think ill only take 3rd at best. Fake Plus is Sonic Blue with black rims, powercoated intake to match, same stereo set up but his sub is in the floor, Cobra brakes, its nice but my paint looks better. White Gen II ATX looks clean as hell in the pics, we all know Gen IIs are more popular to the general public. Gen III that is a charcoal color, really nice.
Who knows..... Its all for fun anyways.
Is that a Plus car?
Yep. That color was only available on the Plus in 91
Looking real good!!:bowdown: Good luck at the show. :D
Have fun!!
Glad to see you are enjoying it. I obviously have lost loads of my SHO knowledge over the years :lol:
lol, i cant remember stuff i learned a few months ago. Ive learned alot about Plus' in the last 2 month from knowing nothing.
Does it still have the little compartments in the trunk? My buddies brother had us junkyard hunting for those little compartments at one point.
Also, didn't the plus cars get color coded mirrors or something to that effect?
At least you got the rod shifter. They suck, but the cable shifter sucks more. Do you guys have any mods like heim joint ends like the turbododge guys do?
I think the normal SHO had color coded mirrors, I think 91+ models had black mirrors maybe?
correct. Black mirrors, pillar, chrome window trim. amber tails, power bulge hood, spoiler, slicers, 24V emblems, body color molding trim....
My car WAS a cable car. Looking into a SHOrty shifter, like 2 1/2 inch shifts.
Trunk compartments...? if they were on the pass side, my fiberglass sub box is there. I have a compartment in the rear deck. Dr side is just a well.
Well off to finish her up for tomorrow. Going to need some SPF 120 since I got burnt today:punchballs:
For some reason I think mine had the rod shifter which is possible if they were a late 91 (I think....)
Long overdue. Pics from Fords Unlimited 2009
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Random shots
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Nice! *drool*
Man your SHO looks great!! How did you do at the show? What the hell's up with that black Sho? that thing's awful!!! EWWWWWW!!!
That isnt a SHO. There is one Gen IV SHO. '02 w/ 3.4 V8, now MTX car. Guy I bought my car from owns it.
The one above is just too many paint chips as a child.
I didnt place. Had a good time though.
Love that Starliner!!! :bowdown::bowdown:
Me too! Ram air though the high beams, up to to and though the hood. Took me a while to figure out what was going on at first.
I'm diggin' the black Pinto.
Nice first gen SHO, thanks for the pics.
Is anyone else think it is stupid and annoying the way for is advertising the new taurus and calling it (show) not S.H.O. It me off every time I hear it, I find myself yelling at the TV, its a S.H.O., you jackasses!!
Apparently, I'm the only one around my area that gets pissed off by that. It's S.H.O. It's an abbreviation...they didn't call the fox-body mustang a "Hoe"...wtf?
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Forgive my ignorance -- what rims are those? Also what are the specs on them/SHO's ---- bolt pattern, offset, and backspace?
I like them.
Even when the first gens were out they were called SHOW up around by me so it's nothing new for me.
We have no idea. 5x108, offset is too much, they barely fit. I was going to buy them but got talked out of it because they just dont fit right
Ford has called it SHOw but always uses S H O at the same time. Look up some old training tapes on YouTube
Nevermind it was this MotorTrend video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq__iSlvxUY&feature=related
Looks alot like an LTD to me?
This one->
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oops. I missed that picture. I saw the ltd a couple pics down.
Long story on these wheels but they are on my car now and for sale. Details and better pics when the sun wakes up
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What are those off of? They look amazing on it!
Just found out recently that they are Motoform Circ wheels. They are 17x8" and my quarters dont like them very much. The lips are already rolled but I think Im going to throw the roller back on and try to get some more room.
These wheels have more miles in transport than they do on a car since the SHO community has had them.
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Wheels have been from Massachusetts to St Louis to Massachusetts to St Louis.
I bought them for $300 with tires. Since I knew they were going to rub and I had a chance to buy some other wheels I liked they went up for sale while in MA. I was just going to sell them from there, no one told they guy bringing them to me so they just showed up. Decided to throw them on since I had them... big mistake. Im going to make them work, I dont want to sell them anymore.
By Mid-Spring the only chrome/polished areas will be the fender emblems and the antenna only because I have no way around them.
I love my Grandma cars.
I rolled out my quarters tonight and got things a little better but not totally happy yet
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13" Cobras and Hawk HP+ pads
They are loud and dusty but they bite HARD!
That guy wouldn't happen to be named Rodney by any chance, would he?
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Cool Taurus :) Your tire marks I assume? Top pic is my favourite of the two.
Yes
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One more
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What ever happened to that Turbo SHO you bought?
:rollin:
St Louis SHO bought that, I just picked it up.
Speaking of buying I might have a Gen I for you. PM me your budget and what not.
So...which car made the marks? :burnout:;)
Well I still have diff pins... :rollin:
The Cougar, 7.5" still locks up both wheels no problem.
;)
I actually made a decision to go looking for a decent Regal GS with the L67 supercharged 3800.