Question regarding the Ford Probe GT

Specifically, the Probe is a good little car... it's based on the Mazda

626 platform so, mechanically, you can look at and crunch 626 numbers. But it's a helluva lot more fun to drive than a 626

The downsides:

EASY to break into, because the door windows arent framed... so dont be leaving any valuables in plain sight in there. Or expensive sound systems

- OTOH, there arent likely to be any broken windows from break-ins

Wind noise at speed, same reason

Repair Parts costs WERE high when I first got mine... though they came down significantly as the model matured and aftermarket geared up.

A heavy hatch. Probably will have to replace the hatch lifters.

Turn radius of a mid-size. My 93 TBird turns about 3 feet better

Upsides: Cheap economy... the thing is slippery and my 4 cyl MT SE regularly got

27-30 mpg, mixed driving, with foot to the floor much, hell, MOST, of the time.

More hauling capacity than you'd think at first look, with rear seats down.

A Taurus GL/SHO transplant?

{scratching head}

Interesting swop.. should be doable with mostly off-shelf parts. Need different springs, though, I'd think.

Nope, Original driveline. About a 1990-91 maybe? IIRC, the car had bigger Taurus "looking" brakes. I think I may have seen another over the years, but no more than 2. It wasn't a GT, but a regular Probe with all the bells and whistles.

It was indeed a Probe GL? Beautiful to drive, nice interior. My wife the school teacher loved it and kept her 1990 Probe for 9 years and traded for a 98 GT It was a hoot to dive, lots of power but a crappy plastic interior. She traded it in in 1991 for a Cougar which she kept for 10 years!