The Shays were built with brand new Ford Pinto Running Gear (from 1979) and sold throughout the USA by Ford dealers. I bought my 1979 Super Deluxe Shay approximately 15-years ago, when it had about 2400 miles on the odometer, but I only drove it a few hundred miles since I own it. I updated the dash and added new gauges (see pictures) It has an automatic transmission and the Pinto 2.4 engine. Changes I have done are:

A. New upholstered canopy.

B. Custom Bucket Seats and carpet (Only someone under 5’-2” can sit in the original seats – I’m 6’-2”)

C. For safeguard I replaced seals in Transmission, replaced engines seals, valve cover gasket, and timing belt, hoses.

D. Replaced shocks and corrected the vertical adjustment. (Needed on all Shays)

E. Replaced Wheels with the modern powder coated wheels and new tires.

F. Added custom all wood Trunk. (It still has the original trunk).

G. Laser etched wing windows.

H. MP3 – CD player.

I. Build-in Tool Box w/ jack under the rumble seat.

J. New paint job last year.

L. New muffler and catalytic converter. It has no problem passing safety and emissions test. It runs perfect.

M. Completely rewired the car with all new wiring. Since it has a fiberglass body, almost all the Shays out there have electrical issues. This car has absolutely no electrical problems. Replaced battery this week.

N. New Steering Column, Steering Wheel and pedals.

O. Custom Dash and new gauges.

I hate to sell it, but I have added too much to my shop and don’t have room for it anymore. Also, the Hallmark trailer can be included. I have doubled the floor and ramp thickness w/ addition 3/4 plywood and epoxy paint. I won’t sell the trailer separate unless I sell the car first. Trailer additional $2,500.00

$500 due as purchase, balance by wire transfer or cash with 5-days. Sorry no Cashiers or Personal Checks. Sold AS-IS, however, you can look and we can go for a test drive it.

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Vargas Auto Service ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Auto Transmission, Automobile Air Conditioning Equipment-Service & Repair

Address: 3401 S West Temple, South-Salt-Lake

Phone: (801) 335-9363

Trav`z Tire & Repair ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Tire Dealers

Address: 47 N 400 W, Oak-City

Phone: (435) 864-5334

Tom Dye`s Automotive ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Tire Dealers, Brake Repair

Address: 715 E Main St, Moroni

Phone: (435) 436-8300

Midas Auto Service Experts ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Auto Oil & Lube, Brake Repair

Address: 220 Washington Blvd, South-Weber

Phone: (801) 399-1179

Ken Garff Automotive Group ★★★★★

Automobile Body Repairing & Painting

Address: 20 E 900 S, Slc

Phone: (801) 526-1870

John`s Towing ★★★★★

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Address: American-Fork

Phone: (801) 756-3961

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Ford invests $682 million in Edge-producing Canadian facility

Sun, 22 Sep 2013

Ford announced that it's investing $682 million in its Oakville assembly plant in Ontario, Canada, to make it a global manufacturing plant, which the automaker also says secures 2,800 jobs there. Including this injection of cash, Ford has invested over $2 billion in Canada in the last decade, starting with nearly $1 billion for Oakville in 2004, and over $570 million for its Essex Engine Plant in 2010.
The move to make Oakville a global manufacturer of Ford vehicles means, "If consumers suddenly shift their buying habits, we can seamlessly change our production mix without having to idle a plant," says Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of the Americas.
Ford says that the latest investment will help it meet North American demand for the Oakville-produced Edge crossover, which is on track this year to beat 2007's US sales record of 130,000 Edges. The Ford Flex and Lincoln MKX and MKT are also manufactured at the plant.

2013 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year finalists announced [w/poll]

Wed, 12 Dec 2012

2012 is almost in the books and automakers are spending December gearing up for the 2013 auto show season, which tips off next month at the Detroit Auto Show. Traditionally, the latter opens up with the announcement of the North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards, and this year figures to be no different.
But up until this moment, we didn't know which six vehicles would be parked ahead of the stage as finalists, with executives and engineers waiting for the winners to be disclosed. Whittled down from October's "short list" of nominees (11 cars and 10 truck/utility vehicles), the finalists are as follows:
2013 North American Car of the Year:

Ford-sponsored survey says a third of Brits have snapped a 'selfie' while driving [w/videos]

Fri, 08 Aug 2014

Talking on the phone while driving isn't advisable, and texting while driving is downright dangerous. Considering those truths, the fact that we even need to point this out this is incredibly disturbing: taking "selfies" while behind the wheel is exceptionally stupid. But, it's a thing that a third of 18- to 24-year-old British drivers have copped to doing, according to a new study from Ford.
Ford, through its Driving Skills for Life program, surveyed 7,000 smartphone owners from across Europe, all aged between 18 and 24, and found that young British drivers were more likely to snap a selfie while behind the wheel than their counterparts in Germany, France, Romania, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
According to the study, the average selfie takes 14 seconds, which, while traveling at 60 miles per hour, is long enough to travel over the length of nearly four football fields (the Ford study uses soccer fields, but we translated it to football, because, you know, America). That's an extremely dangerous distance to not be focused on the road.

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