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.

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

That is awesome!!!


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

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


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

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.

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.