Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself here. My name is Marc, and I am a new member here. I live in Minnesota. I have a 2006 GT, white with blue stripes, all 4 options. I came to own this car in the most unfortunate of ways and decided to share this here as this car, and therefore this community, will be part of my life hopefully for a long time to come.
My father left me this car when he passed away in April of 2019. He lived in Switzerland, where I am from, but I live in Minnesota. Since his passing, I have had to sell his collection off, as none of the other cars he owned were able to be brought to the US. This car was not often driven by my father, but it was special to him because this was the hero poster car on his and many of his friends walls when they were kids in the Ford Vs. Ferrari days. When he was a kid, this (the original GT40) was his absolute dream car.
Funny story about the history of the car. My father bought it new in 2006, from a Ford dealer in Pennsylvania. We were living in England at the time, so naturally my father had it shipped straight to England from the dealer. It was the first GT in the UK. How do I know this? Well, not long after taking delivery, we took it for a spin on one of the lovely English backroads not far from our house, when a check engine light came on and so my father called the local Ford dealer and wanted to schedule an appointment to have it looked at. They thought he was joking about the car being what it was, as officially there were no GT's in England at the time, and certainly no dealers had any idea about how to service one. In fact, Ford clearly expressed that they were not happy that he had imported this car at that time.
A few years later he moved back to Switzerland and brought the car with him. It has been there since. After his passing, I was tasked with selling his other cars and have waited to transport this one, honestly, because it was too painful, but they are now sold and it was time to either bring it over or sell it, so I recently organized transport to bring the car back to the US, where it started it's life, but also where it has never been driven. It is scheduled to arrive just before Christmas and I am starting to get really excited to receive it.
A few weeks before he died, my father told me he really wanted me to enjoy it to it's fullest and use it. That's why I'm sharing this long winded story with you. I feel the only way I am going to honor his wish is if I put myself out there, get together with other passionate owners and just drive the car. My dad managed to put about 6k miles on it during his ownership, but I'm pretty sure 4k of those were driven by me. I plan never to sell it and hope to join a bunch of the rallys/meetups and want to share the experience with my son.
Anyway, thanks for putting up with my long story and I look forward to being part of this community.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9ocdeev0ybcini/IMG_0858.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j647uxytjapbsb4/IMG_0860.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7vft0ds52grtgim/IMG_0870.JPG?dl=0
My father left me this car when he passed away in April of 2019. He lived in Switzerland, where I am from, but I live in Minnesota. Since his passing, I have had to sell his collection off, as none of the other cars he owned were able to be brought to the US. This car was not often driven by my father, but it was special to him because this was the hero poster car on his and many of his friends walls when they were kids in the Ford Vs. Ferrari days. When he was a kid, this (the original GT40) was his absolute dream car.
Funny story about the history of the car. My father bought it new in 2006, from a Ford dealer in Pennsylvania. We were living in England at the time, so naturally my father had it shipped straight to England from the dealer. It was the first GT in the UK. How do I know this? Well, not long after taking delivery, we took it for a spin on one of the lovely English backroads not far from our house, when a check engine light came on and so my father called the local Ford dealer and wanted to schedule an appointment to have it looked at. They thought he was joking about the car being what it was, as officially there were no GT's in England at the time, and certainly no dealers had any idea about how to service one. In fact, Ford clearly expressed that they were not happy that he had imported this car at that time.
A few years later he moved back to Switzerland and brought the car with him. It has been there since. After his passing, I was tasked with selling his other cars and have waited to transport this one, honestly, because it was too painful, but they are now sold and it was time to either bring it over or sell it, so I recently organized transport to bring the car back to the US, where it started it's life, but also where it has never been driven. It is scheduled to arrive just before Christmas and I am starting to get really excited to receive it.
A few weeks before he died, my father told me he really wanted me to enjoy it to it's fullest and use it. That's why I'm sharing this long winded story with you. I feel the only way I am going to honor his wish is if I put myself out there, get together with other passionate owners and just drive the car. My dad managed to put about 6k miles on it during his ownership, but I'm pretty sure 4k of those were driven by me. I plan never to sell it and hope to join a bunch of the rallys/meetups and want to share the experience with my son.
Anyway, thanks for putting up with my long story and I look forward to being part of this community.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9ocdeev0ybcini/IMG_0858.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j647uxytjapbsb4/IMG_0860.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7vft0ds52grtgim/IMG_0870.JPG?dl=0
Welcome to the club! We're sorry for your loss of your father, but otherwise my wife loved your story - Why? Because she is 1st generation American born to two Swiss parents! 
... and her two oldest sisters were born in Switzerland. And she loves, loves, LOVES everything Switzerland! I hear about it night and day! HAHA! She's laughing as I type this, but it's pretty much true!! 
Her parents are from the German regions, and after coming to the US in 1956 for what was to be 1 year, they made it permanent but returned to Switzerland every year, usually to Engelberg or Davos. Anyway, welcome, and your pics look great 
