I certainly believe that there is a faction in the decision making process that has exactly this opinion. That said, $ is a powerful motivating factor, and orange and blue has clearly been worth a bunch.
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I certainly believe that there is a faction in the decision making process that has exactly this opinion. That said, $ is a powerful motivating factor, and orange and blue has clearly been worth a bunch.
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
It appears you took my use of the word "KNOW" a bit too literally. :skep
Gulf paint has appeared on both GT40s and on present FGTs. Given that livery's long tradition/association/history with past GTs, why would it not be logical to assume 'twould continue? Or, to put it the other way 'round, given its history, why would it be logical to assume it won't be offered?
'Rhetorical question(s).
^ I'm thinking Ford is trying to find the right balance between capitalizing on the "Heritage" of past GT's while looking forward to building a car that can stand on its own and set a similar standard. Using the term Heritage to describe the option of the Gulf paint scheme was looking backwards in a sense.
From all appearance Ford is looking forward. No V8, no manual transmission etc..
JMHO
From all appearance Ford is looking forward. No V8, no manual transmission etc..
JMHO
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
I understand your point. But it seems to me it would be completely 'do-able' to offer both...the old as well as whatever the "new" might turn out to be, no?
'Can't see why it would need to be an 'either/or' proposition.
I mean, who wouldn't want this?
http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showthread.php/30209-Here-come-the-photoshops-colors
Edit: Crap...'can't cut-and-paste worth a darn...scroll down to Ed's post (#6)!
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Gene Cassone
GT Owner
I can't see the new GT in heritage paint. 05-06 GTs closely resembled the original. New GT , though some resemblance still very modern and futuristic! Maybe if the gulf colors were metallic and the blue like the show car!!
twobjshelbys
GT Owner
The colors weren't fords they were John Wyer's gulf sponsored cars including the absolutely most beautiful porsche 917. Didn't Ford have to get approval from gulf to use the colors on the gt?
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PL510*Jeff
Well-known member
I'm sure they looked into the "Gulf" color ownership. But, in the end, I believe it was a non-issue. And that's why it's called a" Heritage" paint scheme.
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
How about the same pattern in the colors of your choice? :wink
Strangely enough, Heritage paint on a FGT isn't really my thing either. I don't completely dislike it by any means. 'Not even close. But pastels in general just aren't my 'thing'. It wouldn't have been worth $10K for me to have ordered that option back in the day, if you get my meaning. However, that paint scheme on a GT40???! Oh, yeah! :willy In fact, it's really the only paint for a '40 IMHO (but, the car also has to have the decals). The diff here lies in the size of the two cars, I think. The FGT's extra 10% of 'mass' makes it too big of a 'canvas' for that much pastel paint.
All that said, regardless of its size, the NFGT looks k-i-l-l-e-r in Heritage...at least in Ed's post anyway! I believe that's probably because there's just so much other 'visual stuff' going on everywhere on the car's body that one doesn't even notice the fact that the paint is pastel.
Again; all just MHO.
Have we all sufficiently beaten this subject to death now? :lol
Edit: 'Just saw Gene's post. He already suggested the 'color' thing! :biggrin
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And that's why the blue is part of the standard Ford palette and not anywhere close to the actual blue of the 1960s. Primary car color had to be an existing Ford paint. They got away with a different orange because nothing in the rulebook prevented an accent color from coming from outside the existing choices.
Not quite. I specced out my 458 in 2013 with tons of options for $298k. Though prices have risen, here's a moderately equipped 2015 for $272k. $330k is in Spider/Speciale range.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferrari-458...c961eb2fd&item=191497155325&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
AtomicGT
GT Owner
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Blue/white 06'
PL510*Jeff
Well-known member
Yes thats true of a 2013 but a fairly modded 458 in 2014 is 330K. The F488? anybody's guess and THAT is the model that everyone is going to compare withe the FGT. 400K promise.
pacettr
GT Owner
The Motorcraft Chemical and Lubricants Catalog for 2006/2007 lists the Touch up Paint as Code GL with the name of Heritage Blue in both the Vehicle Division Color Promotional Name, and the Customer Service Division Color Name. It gives it an "N" or new color for 2006, with the Part Number of PMP-19500-7138A.
However, the Paint Code "Ford GL" is also found to have been used in 1994 & 1995 on the Ford Probe, and was called "Twilight Royal Plum" which had 2 codes, GL and 3Y.
If you look at the paint Sample in the middle of the page below, you will see that the code 3Y can mean any of three different colors, for a light blue, turquoise and a plum purple, so it seems that they have reused the letter codes for significantly different colors -
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?code=3Y&manuf=Ford&rows=50
So, it would appear that the code GL has been used twice, for a plum purple and the Heritage Blue.
However, the other Ford Code for it is M7138 which is unique to just the 2006 Ford GT, and is called "Gulf Heritage Blue." It is also Sherwin Williams Code 70467, which is unique to the 2006 Ford GT too. Again, look at the Sample colors.
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?code=GL&manuf=Ford&rows=50
The Orange Stripe is given Code W5615E, and is also unique to the 2006 Ford GT.
But, I agree -
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I can't remember what Camilo told me but I think he said it was from Thunderbird. He's often considered doing his own car in a more correct blue.