eBay Find of the Day: Ford RancherSHO
Click above for gallery of the RancherSHO
Winters must be long in Southeastern Iowa. Why else would you fillet a Taurus SHO and attach a ladder frame with leaf springs to the back end? You're all set if you share Neff's love of the SHO, as well as a healthy affinity for the Ranchero. This car's apparently a show winner, and it looks about as good as a second-generation Taurus can when mated to the bed of a Ranger. The seller says it runs great and has a smooth ride; we believe the "runs great" part, as the SHO engine is one of our all-time favorites. And a leaf-sprung rear axle with no weight on it must make for very exciting chassis dynamics - think spooky like Halloween. Hey, at least it's not some kind of Pontiac/Lamborghini mashup. Thanks for the tip, Elliot!
Gallery: Ford RancherSHO
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
dan spalinger 3:38PM (10/31/2008)
Hey, look!! Its that new Pontiac G8 ST!!
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TKOsoccer03 3:38PM (10/31/2008)
simply stunning .. the things people think of.
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rem83 3:40PM (10/31/2008)
I'm guessing it's still a fwd?
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Greg 3:57PM (10/31/2008)
Pure Taurcher.
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kal326 4:02PM (10/31/2008)
Having previously lived in IA for many years, I can say will all certainty that I have never been THAT bored.
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Torrent 4:25PM (10/31/2008)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/2542416462_c8c3690e5c_o.jpg
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EXP Jawa 4:27PM (10/31/2008)
Wouldn't have been easier to cut the rear roof off of a Taurus wagon, and swap the SHO engine in?
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Stumpy 4:59PM (10/31/2008)
Where do I send my check?
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Stumpy 4:59PM (10/31/2008)
Please don't tell me eBay. =)~
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Patrick 5:02PM (10/31/2008)
Maybe his SHO got rear-ended, and he rear-ended someone in his Ranger...and it was cheaper to combine the two than fix them both?
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fixitfixitstop 5:08PM (10/31/2008)
with some work, this can look good.
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akboss302 5:49PM (11/01/2008)
If by 'good' you meant 'hideous beyond all comprehension and an unsalvageabe pile of metal puke', then yes, I would agree.
DrStrangegun 5:14PM (10/31/2008)
NO.
Look closely at the photos of the undercarriage in the rear... the leaves are bolted directly to the frame with allen-head bolts that look far too small.
One good sized bump at speed and the rear axle is going bye-bye.
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Ben Poese 5:14PM (10/31/2008)
definitely still FWD. one pic shows the fabricated rear suspension bits, no drive axle or drive shaft and the motor is still sideways in the engine bay for FWD duty.
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P.V. 5:48PM (10/31/2008)
This actually makes sense. Sort of.
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Hamud 6:32PM (10/31/2008)
Hey, I like it.
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Kaveh 9:04PM (10/31/2008)
ha ha, they put the wrong engine on ebay, its a V8.
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bob 9:55PM (10/31/2008)
96-99 were v8s. that sho is a v6.
kaveh 10:41PM (10/31/2008)
nope, I can see the yamaha V8 sitting on in there, has that funky V8. I never seen people transplant that engine into other cars, it would have been cool.
Dan Roth 10:48PM (10/31/2008)
Uh, nope. That's a V6. Count the intake runners connected to the two plenums. IIRC, there are two runner lengths, short and long, that the engine management switches between to exploit "passive supercharging".