The infamous yellow GT is home


dbk

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Well, after many months waiting to arrive at its final home, the Wixom rooftop yellow GT has arrived at its final resting place at SVT:

fgtwall.jpg



They kept saying "Dave, let us give it to the GT Forum, you can do with it what you like," but I said "No, you guys deserve it as a reminder of all you can accomplish when you set your mind to it." :lol

No seriously, this is where it should have always been. It's best served as a reminder to SVT and the engineers what a killer car they produced, and hopefully, when the time is right, inspiration for what comes next! :cheers
 

kjslider

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^ That GT has some grip:biggrin
 

Spirit

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GT Wall Art

The best piece of "Wall Art" I have seen to date.:thumbsup
 

Gierkink

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Awesome! I couldn’t agree more with your thinking!

Rob
 

shelbyelite

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That sure would look good on the roof at ELITE AUTOS! :biggrin
 

GTNJ

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That sure would look good on the roof at ELITE AUTOS! :biggrin


NO ! NO ! NO ! It should be on GTJoey's museum roof ! :thumbsup
 

Kingman

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..how 'bout in Mr. Pockets garage? I understand that they would get about the same amount of mileage per year.
 

B O N Y

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is that Joey's garage?
nice avatar, that was my primary school class. :)
 

tmcphail

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That's awesome to see it again and in a good resting place !!:cheers
 

GTNJ

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is that Joey's garage?
nice avatar, that was my primary school class. :)

GG.jpg
 

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I thought that car had been shredded. It's good to see that someone at Ford had a strong sense of history and saved it from the scrapheap.
 

tmcphail

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I thought that car had been shredded. It's good to see that someone at Ford had a strong sense of history and saved it from the scrapheap.



Completely agreed
 

STUNTS

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Ahhh.... It seems like yesterday we saw her at Rally I
 

gtjoey

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Great job DBK,JAMAL. At least it hasnt been scrapped:thumbsup Is it possible NO KIDDING it can be loaned to the museum one day?:thumbsup We are in the blue print stage as we speak OLD COUNRTY ROAD , WESTBURY NEW YORK, 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE DRIVE PAST EACH DAY :thumbsup NOW THATS EXPOSURE:thumbsup ENJOY :thumbsup GTJOEY AND JAMAL HAPPY HOLIDAYS MY FRIEND, JUST KEEP THAT YELLOW CLEAN AND WAXED TILL WE NEED IT!!!!!!! :biggrin GTJOEY 1314
 

dbk

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Great job DBK,JAMAL. At least it hasnt been scrapped:thumbsup Is it possible NO KIDDING it can be loaned to the museum one day?

Absolutely...











































....not. :lol
 

gtjoey

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Icant wait to give you a kiss my friend.....














ON THE NOSE........:lol
 

roketman

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what happened to the test mules ?
 

dbk

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what happened to the test mules ?

Several are still at SVT. Every time we go out Jamal has a new FGT out for testing :lol Several CP cars were sold at ceremonious amounts to companies like Stillen and Genaddi to make show cars out of. I know at least one that was wrecked was rebuilt and sold to an exec.
 

rsvdhd

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Oct 6, 2007
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Well, after many months waiting to arrive at its final home, the Wixom rooftop yellow GT has arrived at its final resting place at SVT:

fgtwall.jpg



They kept saying "Dave, let us give it to the GT Forum, you can do with it what you like," but I said "No, you guys deserve it as a reminder of all you can accomplish when you set your mind to it." :lol

No seriously, this is where it should have always been. It's best served as a reminder to SVT and the engineers what a killer car they produced, and hopefully, when the time is right, inspiration for what comes next! :cheers

Okay, I don't get it, can someone please fill me in on what the history of this car is and why it's on a wall? Who's wall is that?
 

fjpikul

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This is the car that sat atop the Wixom build plant. When they closed the plant, its future was in doubt. Thankfully, it has been saved for posterity at SVT.