My dad's '93 Taurus was finally beyond hope (just way too many issues for me to get around to fixing), so sold it for $500. Picked up a 2005 Ford Taurus SE 3.0l Vulcan for my dad and got it for $800 about 6 months ago. Not bad. Seemed decent mechanically, but was pretty disgustingly dirty inside, hence the price. Anyways, got the interior cleaned and all the fluids changed out. Great running car, has 193k miles and transmission was replaced two years ago by dealer. Finally got around to replacing the valve cover and oil pan gaskets since they were all seeping. Here's a pic under the front valve cover (rear looked the same). At 193k miles, I'm thinking it's seen somewhat regular oil changes, but prior oil changes and type is unknown.