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Production of the
has surpassed 3 million units by now, 33 years after the first examples hit North American streets. Even
couldn’t stick for long. The first-generation
was a phenomenal hit for
, and 1986 was the first model year for that revolutionary machine. Affordable Detroit sedans rarely get coddled past about age 20, so discovering a solid-looking ‘
LX sedan like this in a San Francisco Bay Area self-service yard was a rare find (I also unearthed
an ultra-rare junked ’86 Taurus MT-5
, complete with 5-speed manual transmission, last year).
This car’s owner or owners took good care of it, with the original owner’s manual staying with the car for its long career on the road.
The blue velour upholstery looks good, indicating that the car was well cared for during its time on the road.
The LX was the
for 1986. The V6 engine and automatic transmission were standard on the LX, along with the Premium Sound System (with cassette!), power driver’s seat, and cruise control.
The 88-horsepower four-cylinder HSC engine used in lesser Tauruses
was two-thirds of the 200-cubic-inch pushrod six
of the 1960s. It got the job done, if slowly and noisily, but the 3.0-liter pushrod
in this car made 140 horsepower and was the smarter choice.
Ford didn’t go to six-digit odometers on the Taurus until much later, so we’ll never know if this car had 107,599 or 207,599 miles on the clock (it’s not sufficiently nice to be a 7,599-mile car).
I was 19 years old when I saw a Taurus for the first time, and it looked startlingly radical by the standards of 1985, especially compared to the old
it replaced. Prior to that time, only the
5000 looked as slick as this car… and
60 Minutes took care of that car’s sales
in 1986.
Taurus, for us!
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