My mom bought her first taurus, an '88 LX and it looked very similar to this including the red stripe around it. Then the next year she got a first year '89 Taurus SHO with the five-speed. She had the shop add the red stripe once again. It was a fun car to drive but the shifter was pretty rubbery. It ended up like many used cars, rusty and dented and eventually went to a salvage yard. I actually built this kit once before for Mom but I redid it several years ago and it's sitting in a safe place in the display case.
Bob Kremer