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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / August 2007

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Next Corvette To Go Mid-Engine.  Next Cobra...?

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Anonymous - 26 Aug 2007 20:53 GMT
Ford already makes a Corvette Killer called the GT40.
Joe - 27 Aug 2007 00:39 GMT
> Ford already makes a Corvette Killer called the GT40.

Right.  So post the production numbers, availability, and price for each,
then get back to us.

D-oh..
WindsorFox - 27 Aug 2007 02:19 GMT
> Ford already makes a Corvette Killer called the GT40.

  Have you ever compared the price and availability? The Vette is a
real sports car. The GT is an exotic.

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My Name Is Nobody - 28 Aug 2007 03:00 GMT
> Ford already makes a Corvette Killer called the GT40.

Actually Ford hasn't sold a GT40 since the 60's I think you are speaking
about the NEW Ford GT Super Car...

The GT is similar to the original Ford GT40 cars, but bigger, wider, and
three inches taller than the original 40 inches (1.02 m) - as a result of
which, a potential name for the car was the GT43. Three production prototype
cars were shown in 2003 as part of Ford's centenary, and delivery of the
production Ford GT began in the fall of 2004

A British company, Safir Engineering, who made continuation GT40s in the
1980s owned the GT40 trademark at that time, and when they completed
production, they sold the excess parts, tooling, design, and trademark to a
small Ohio company called Safir GT40 Spares. Safir GT40 Spares licensed the
use of the GT40 trademark to Ford for the initial 2002 show car, but when
Ford decided to make the production vehicle, negotiations between the two
failed, and as a result the new Ford GT does not wear the badge GT40. It is
rumored that Safir GT40 Spares asked $40 million dollars for the rights, but
this has never been verified. The partners at Safir GT40 Spares state they
have correspondence from Ford declining Safir's $8 million offer. Early cars
from the 1960s were simply named "Ford GT". The name "GT40" was the name of
Ford's project to prepare the cars for the international endurance racing
circuit, and the quest to win the 24 Hours of LeMans. The first 12 prototype
vehicles carried serial numbers GT-101 through GT-112. The "production"
began and the subsequent cars, the MkI, MkIIs, MkIIIs, and MkVs, numbered
GT40-P-1000 through GT40-P-1145, were officially "GT40s". The name of Ford's
project, and the serial numbers, thus show the story that "GT40" was only
the car's nickname to be false.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT

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