1989 Taurus SHO

[Maindrian Pace]

This is a rebuild of a car that I did when the kit and the car were both new. The back story is in the build thread. Taurus SHO converted to a 2 door coupe by rescribing the door lines, moving the B pillars, and moving the rear portion of the roof forward to shorten the roof and lengthen the trunk. Basically, the bondo shrunk, I stripped it to redo it, and eventually did - 34 years later. Better late than never? In my defense, it came out a little better this time. Paint is Scalefinishes 2F Currant Red, a factory color on the SHO. The black strip on the bumpers and side trim is black Bare Metal Foil - hateful stuff to work with - the chrome is far easier -  but it worked well here. These models sit high when built out of the box, so I lowered the front and rear suspension to a stock ride height. Interior tub is shortened to match the new shorter roof, with door panels altered to a 2 door configuration. Headliner and 1/4 windows added, these were never in the original build. The interior was one shade of primer grey, so I added a couple more shades and gloss here and there, and did the carpet in gray flocking to liven it up a bit. The intake tube from air box to throttle body was lost over the years, so I made a new one from heat bent sprue. Engine bay decals added. The rest is out of the box.

Thanks for lookin'.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nicely done. Clean build and nice paint.

[Jim B]

Nice Taurus. Well done. 

[charger74]

Looks really good ??

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[espo]

Great looking body changes. Might have given the Thunderbird a little inner company competition if it went into production. Like the paint color and finish. 

[slusher]

Great looking Taurus!

[karbuildr]

Beautiful.

[Maindrian Pace]

Thanks for the nice words, everyone.

[Brudda]

Great job. This car was so underrated. I used to work on these at the ford dealer. The engine was amazing. When I test drove them , it was just about as fast as the 5.0 mustang. But smooth. I thought this engine would be fun in the focus. Great job sir. 

[Sledsel]

Great conversion. Ford should have offered it this way.

[webestang]

WICKED STUFF! Ford should have built a 2-door cause yours looks amazing! 

[martinfan5]

Fantastic Mike, looks really good as a 2dr