Hi guys and gals, a potential future owner here. I love cars and have always wanted a Ford GT. I own two gen v vipers a 2014 GTS and a 2016 ACR Extreme, and a Challenger Hellcat. My first new car was a 1994 Mustang GT convertible. My grandfather owned a Ford dealership in the 1970's in Ohio. I own a couple of full size range rovers brand new the wife and I drive. Cars are my passion and my existence revolves around beautiful marques of cars and I've always lusted after a Ford GT.
A couple of questions for the group:
1. I'm 6'0 tall broad linebacker shoulders ex football player 265 lbs. I sat in a 2005 Ford gt, but the owner was 5'8 and his only requirement for allowing me to sit in his car was that I was not allowed to adjust the seat. He was a complete dick about it, so I couldn't fairly judge if it's a comfortable car for me. (He's also a viper owner as well.) will i fit comfortably? Are there 6'0 or higher bigger guys that fit?
2. I found a horrible condition Ford gt at my price point in my dream color that needs a lot of interior work. I've been talking to some of the vendors/experts on the forum and it seems like a doable project to restore it to original condition. For e.g the previous owner destroyed the suspension by putting a liberty walk on it stanced look, (google it,) horrible rims, ripped out and put a custom interior in it, modified the paint scheme, etc. but once again this specific car is at a sweet price point for the exact car in the exact options I want. ( I won't go into specifics since it's a pending deal...)
3. Are there any unobtanium parts that I will never source? Meaning seats or carpet or gauges or suspension or rims parts I will never find? Or expert vendors on here can't source? Just curious?
4. Short of wrecked or bad titles or grey market cars, I still feel that even high mileage bad history Ford GTs are still so special, so rare, so beautiful, even restoring a bad history car in my fav paint scheme and price point is worth it and after restoration I feel the car will be worth 80-90 percent of the value of a mint car and I would still make money on it in the future just because of passion, rarity, history and desireability.
This one car is at a killer price point that (2016 Dodge Viper ACR territory price) I can join the exclusive club of Ford gt history for.
Your thoughts guys and gals?
Mark
A couple of questions for the group:
1. I'm 6'0 tall broad linebacker shoulders ex football player 265 lbs. I sat in a 2005 Ford gt, but the owner was 5'8 and his only requirement for allowing me to sit in his car was that I was not allowed to adjust the seat. He was a complete dick about it, so I couldn't fairly judge if it's a comfortable car for me. (He's also a viper owner as well.) will i fit comfortably? Are there 6'0 or higher bigger guys that fit?
2. I found a horrible condition Ford gt at my price point in my dream color that needs a lot of interior work. I've been talking to some of the vendors/experts on the forum and it seems like a doable project to restore it to original condition. For e.g the previous owner destroyed the suspension by putting a liberty walk on it stanced look, (google it,) horrible rims, ripped out and put a custom interior in it, modified the paint scheme, etc. but once again this specific car is at a sweet price point for the exact car in the exact options I want. ( I won't go into specifics since it's a pending deal...)
3. Are there any unobtanium parts that I will never source? Meaning seats or carpet or gauges or suspension or rims parts I will never find? Or expert vendors on here can't source? Just curious?
4. Short of wrecked or bad titles or grey market cars, I still feel that even high mileage bad history Ford GTs are still so special, so rare, so beautiful, even restoring a bad history car in my fav paint scheme and price point is worth it and after restoration I feel the car will be worth 80-90 percent of the value of a mint car and I would still make money on it in the future just because of passion, rarity, history and desireability.
This one car is at a killer price point that (2016 Dodge Viper ACR territory price) I can join the exclusive club of Ford gt history for.
Your thoughts guys and gals?
Mark
