FOR SALE: 1997 Taurus SHO v8 , 89k miles. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN!

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This car is my garage queen... Trying to buy a house, so this has to go, as it never gets driven.


This car was built and EXTREMELY maintained by James Huber, aka St Louis SHO. He built it for a show car/daily driver for his wife, but at the time, for personal reasons, needed to sell the car. I just sold my White g8 and was looking for a new daily driver. It was WAY too nice to daily drive, so i put it in my garage. Being that I have two other cars, this one gets driven the least. I think I only put on 3,000 miles since I bought it 17 months ago.

This car is a cruiser... its a couch on wheels. The seats are SUPER comfy. I averaged 26.5 mpg on the way home from St. Louis when I purchased it. You can turn the knobs on the suspension from SUPER FIRM, to SOFT, and it shows.

$5500 .. but open to reasonable offers


1997 Ford Taurus SHO v8 3.4L Fully Loaded!
  • 89,200 miles
  • White exterior with Gray full leather interior
  • Remote Start
  • Heated Mirrors
  • Sunroof.

Maintenance all done at 86k

  • Completely re-gasketed
  • Cams welded
  • New bearings, plugs, wires, thermostat, o2 sensors, air filter, control arms, tie rods, bushings, ball joints.
  • All new fluids, every single one... A/C is ICE cold, Heat is SCORCHING
  • This car/engine has been COMPLETELY gone through
  • I've changed the oil twice with Mobil 1 Synthetic and a Purolator GOLD filter.

Exterior
  • 18x7.5 RSL MASE rims, wrapped in 245/45/18 Michelin Pilot MXM4 A/S tires, 80% tread left!
  • 15% window tint all around, covering the 3rd brake light
  • 1998+ red tailights
  • Silverstar headlights
  • Clear corners

Interior
  • 3.5 mm aux jack hardwired into headunit
  • Alpine door speakers

Performance and Exhaust
  • K&N Filter
  • 3rd cat delete (doesn't throw a code)
  • Flowmaster 40 mufflers (sounds very good and deep)

Brakes and Suspension
  • 13" Front SVT Cobra Brakes (Dual piston Calipers)
  • 13" Rear Single piston Brakes (yes you read that right, 13" in back too)
  • Koni Adjustable Struts on all 4 corners (knobs will be provided)
  • MOOG Springs
  • 24mm sway bar in front
  • 26mm sway bar in rear
  • Stainless Steel brake lines on all 4 corners

Extras, not installed
  • 1997 tailights in great condition
  • 6 disc cd changer
  • Extra set of SHO floor mats, engraved
  • Extra full intake manifold

And some pictures, ill try to keep them in chrono order... the only changes really were the hideous yellow taillights were swapped for red ones, and the rear power antenna was fixed.


Here are some of the "build" pictures. He really went all out with the quality of products/paint used here...

PICTURES ARE LARGE... OPEN IN A BROWSER THAT AUTO RESIZES!

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/310950_1600047417208_1716738492_837941_1489203959_n.jpg

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/386358_1599821211553_1716738492_837884_1790141412_n.jpg

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http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0194.jpg

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0399.jpg

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0552.jpg

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0207.jpg

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0208.jpg

^^^^ Window tint in the rear has been redone to cover 3rd brake light!

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0209.jpg

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0210.jpg

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0211.jpg
^^ again, the antenna and tailights are changed out


added INTERIOR pics

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG1271.jpg
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http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG1284.jpg
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and just some random pictures ive had.

http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0592.jpg
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http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0399.jpg
http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0216.jpg
http://tcguploads.com/files/6/IMAG0215.jpg
 
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