And only 40 inches tall?

Pantera · #1 05-30-2005, 03:37 AM

Yesterday I saw this car in a quicktrip store but didn't get time to take a pic of it.

Was at a party last night and one of the officials of the up coming Shelby meet here in Tulsa was there and I told him about seeing the new Shelby GT40. He said it will be at the show but there was only one in existance so far and he doubted that I really knew what I was talking about. He was sure that it was not here yet for the show! Kinda hurt my feelings. I have personally owned a Shelby 500 and 4 Panteras not to mention a couple of dozen Mach I mustangs back when I was a used car dealer. I am a racing fan of these cars and would love to own one of the originals. I was excited when I saw that they were going to make a new car verison of them. So when this came pulling in as I was leaving I had to double back to look it over. Just as I went to try to get my camera the driver came back out and drove off. I asked him if it was the new one that Ford was coming out with and he said it was.

There was no dealer paper tag or anything on it to ID the owner. It was obvious that this was a NEW car and not some streetable old race car. It might be a clone but if it is it is sure is a good one. I told him it had a chrome plate on the back where the tag goes that said "Ford Racing" under a blue Ford oval emblem. Sure pissed me off that he thought I didn't know what I was talking about.

Then today at Noon, the same red car comes driving by me again and got on the interstate. Took a while for me to catch up but here are a few pic of the dam thing that he said didn't exist in "Tulsa" this week. Wish I could see his face when he sees these pic. Wonder what his coment will be then????

It Sure was hard to keep up with as the driver just didn't want to be passed by a old junky dodge van till he saw that I was trying to take pic of the car. Sorry they are not very good. I was by myself and these are one hand shots out the window at 70mph with everybody around me trying to get a look at it too.

Pantera

Pic 1

Pantera · #2 05-30-2005, 03:38 AM

Pic 2 sorry for the lousy photo eciting. too much glare off some papers on the dash.

Pantera · #3 05-30-2005, 03:40 AM

Pic 3

Pantera · #4 05-30-2005, 03:41 AM

Pic 4

**Charley Lillard** · #5 05-30-2005, 04:21 AM

They have been out for awhile. They have even been recalled already...Sounds like you found a idiot.

**SamLBInj** · #6 05-30-2005, 05:17 AM

"Sounds like you found a idiot"
Can someone please return him to our village, we were wondering where he went..

**MosportGreen66** · #7 05-30-2005, 06:58 AM

Thats odd isn't it! What about Jay Leno's GT? Maybe that was more of a publisity stunt for Ford but he has his car for a little while now! There is a high volume dealership near by that is shedualed to recieve a new GT. I cannot wait to go shoot some pictures of it. I too was thrilled to hear Ford was starting this project.

Great Shots Larry! Neat find... I bet you shocked!
Here are 2 shots from the Javitts Center.
Digital Cameras are amazing little tools... Right Bruce!

Enjoy

**Xplantdad** · #8 05-30-2005, 09:43 AM

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Here are 2 shots from the Javitts Center.
Digital Cameras are amazing little tools... Right Bruce!

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You got that right, Daniel! Those are great shots!

Jeff Murphy · #9 05-31-2005, 12:55 AM

They've been out since last summer and are all over eBay. MSRP of 150 but still selling at around 200+. You guys are lucky, in Europe they rationed them off to people -- you had to apply. They've only given them to sports stars, entertainment personalities, etc. Needless to say yours truly was unsuccessful. I know a guy that owns a private equity investment company ($$$$$) and a few old factory racing Fords that got turned, too. He bought one in the US and flew it over.

BTW the new ones are actually 42 inches tall, I think.

Pantera · #10 05-31-2005, 02:47 AM

All I know is this is one that I just might part with my old '73 Pantra for. (Just in case someone out there has tired of theirs and wants a OLDER totally original car)

Come on Chev get off your duff and build something exciting again.....

Thanks for the praise for the pic. It is sure hard to get a centered shot with one hand at 70 and your heart beating that hard. Or was it something else hard? ..... (Owww I am so bad)

Sure wish my powerball ticket would hurry and hit it big. I know I will go blow most of it on things like that GT40.

Pantera

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