Ford set to produce last Taurus

[LL - NY]

My Mom's Sable coughed up it's vibration damper. I (temporarily) repaired
the
damper using a set of helicoils, as it had to be considered "running" in
order
to donate for tax purposes.

LL - NY

On 10/20/06, Steve Sears <steve.sears at soil-mat.on.ca> wrote:
>
> C'mon Cobram, and I suppose you're going to say next that the taillights
> on
> Bricklins were taken from a Pantera ;-)
> My parents had a Taurus wagon and like so many others, it barfed up the
> auto
> transmission after a few years of light driving.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ (aka prototype Dorf Taurus?)
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes (prototype lawnmower)
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: cobram at juno.com
> > Subject: Re: Ford set to produce last Taurus
> > To: larrycleung at gmail.com
> > Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> > Message-ID: <20061019.184622.564.0.Cobram at juno.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> > <larrycleung at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> The first Taurus/Sable came out in 1986. The type 44 came out in
> >> 1984.
> >>
> >> At the time Ford said that they had the shortest turn around from
> >> concept to
> >> production, 38 months.
> >>
> >> So, do you think it's truly a copy, or does the cold unemotional
> >> reality of science dictate techno-(for the time) mobiles?
> >
> > I took the liberty of putting the correct subject line in, instead of
> the
> > digest number, I guess it doesn't bother anybody else...
> >
> > Your statement proves the opposite.  The Germans didn't have a magic
> wand
> > they could wave and bring a car from concept to production in 2 weeks.
> > The US auto press was given a type 44 to test in early 1982, I have an
> > article or two around somewhere, this 1982 model had very few
> differences
> > from the type 44 offered for sale in 1983 in the US market.
> >
> > If you look at the first Taurus off the assembly line (it's at the Ford
> > Museum),  change the grill and some other Mickey Mouse trim parts and
> > you've got an early type 44.
> >
> > Take a WILD guess where Ford recruited most of the engineers who worked
> > on the Taurus project at the time.....it's not that hard to explain such
> > a short turnaround time between concept to production when someone else
> > has already done most of your R & D.
> >
> > BCNU,
> > http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> > Hit any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
>
>
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