Little SHO history, where it all began

[bamsho]

The very first Ford Taurus SHO prototype, circa 1986. Built by my dad Michael Klein and fellow UAW worker Will Johnston at Carron & Company, in Inkster MI. They adapted this Yamaha V6 engine to a production Escort 5-speed transmission and added a Mustang hood scoop to make it fit into this 1985 Taurus sedan. Perhaps the only existing photos of the first SHO. The car was driven around the block a couple of times, loaded into a shipping container, and shipped to Japan presumably where Yamaha could study the prototype's mounting hardware and Mazda could adapt and design the transmission for the 1989 production model.

 

[bamsho]

Computer acted up, here are the pics.  They were found in an old shoebox.  These are priceless.

 

[StealBlueSHO]

That is awesome!!!


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[SHOdded]

Thanks for sharing!  Quite a history, well deserving of preservation and retelling.

 

[StealBlueSHO]

Yea, I would have no issues selling my 2010 for a super clean low mileage gen 1. Love it!


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[panther427]

Just wow man. That kinda thing is so special. Thanks for sharing

 

[Skylane95]

I bought my wife a new 1990 SHO for her birthday. Our third new car purchase. The first time she went to fill up, a line of guys came over and begged her to pop the hood just to gawk at the engine.

I regret not keeping that car to this day.

 

[bamsho]

My first SHO was a green 92 MTX.  I really miss that car alot.  Got the SHO bug back in 2000 and been hooked every since, and the SHO community is sometime different and special, that's for sure.