Hi from Alberta

[Lightnig]

New to the Forum, and to Expedition ownership, and just wanted to say hi

Just picked up a '97 XLT 4x4 a couple of weeks ago to replace my trusty old first gen Taurus SHO that got sandwiched over the holiday season (295,000+ KMs and was still going strong, gotta love that Yamaha engineering).

The truck is primarily intended as my winter beater, but will be pressed into towing duty once I am finished rebuilding my boat - hopefully sometime this summer.

The truck is in surprisingly good shape considering the bargain price I picked it up for, just needs a bit of 'attention' to get it right up to *****. Right fender and grille due to the previous owners deciding to do a bit of unintentional off road driving (he hit the ditch, and a tree, due to some ice...), a set of decent tires, and of course the good old P0171...

 

[toms89]

I remember the first gen taurus SHO's back when I was racing my 89 mustang lx. One of if not the fastest fwd at the time. Was a sleeper in its day...

 

[sgtowing]

Welcome. I want one of the new SHO's. 365hp tt v6, Hell yeah. I wish I had $50k to buy one.

 

[1997SCEBFEX]

+1 on Welcome Lightnig.

 

[rburch]

Welcome!

 

[Lightnig]

Thanks for the welcomes all

Glad I found the place. Already found some good information, and I am sure I will get some good answers once I dig into the project more and come up with a few questions...

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Was a sleeper in its day...

Indeed it was.

Mine was even more so in it's rusty and crusty 25 year old guise. I surprised more than my fair share of modern sport sedan drivers with her. Even though many had more power than I did, it weighed next to nothing so was really nice and nimble on her feet...

 

[Lightnig]

Oh, and here's a picture of the new beast



Looks pretty good from this side, other than the rust spot on the rear quarter.

Once I get the other side fixed up I'll get some better pics of her

 

[Lane24]

Where abouts are you in Alberta. I read in the other thread that you are Southern. We are probably pretty close.

 

[FordandPolaris]

Welcome, I like the color! I don't see many of the expy's painted the Ford blue (thats just what I call it, I am sure there is a specific name for it).

 

[Lightnig]

Where abouts are you in Alberta. I read in the other thread that you are Southern. We are probably pretty close.

Good ol' Cow town...

How about you? < edit> never mind, I just read the other thread... hehe

Welcome, I like the color! I don't see many of the expy's painted the Ford blue (thats just what I call it, I am sure there is a specific name for it).

Yeah, that is definately one of the things that attracted me to it. Great colour with some character, and not just the plain old boring beige/tan/white/gray that 80% of cars wear these days.

And indeed, another name, Royal Blue metallic. But I like Ford Blue better

Only reason I know is that I got a fender in my back seat right now and am trying to decide if I am doing a ham-****** paint job myself or if I am going to try to find a local shop to spray it up for me. I'd love to just have it done at a shop, but the budget being what it is really saying otherwise... :-\

 

[FordandPolaris]

I hear ya, one of my pictures on my profile is of my budget fender repair on the passenger side of the truck. 20 dollars of bondo and 5 dollar paint from home depot=close enough haha.

 

[cleaningman94]

Welcome thanks for joining.

 

[1ATony]

Welcome to the site