The next generation of enthusiasts...


Tomcat

GT Owner
Some local high school car enthusiasts approached me at a car show to do a video.
4 minutes long...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjK9WRa3oAU&feature=youtu.be
 

Awsum GT

GT Owner '18
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Sep 17, 2005
3,985
Carmel & Cntrl Ca
Nice
 

Vince H

GT Owner
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Jul 23, 2012
2,417
Southern California
Well done.

Vince H
 

ChipBeck

GT Owner
Staff member
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Feb 13, 2006
5,770
Scottsdale, Arizona
That is excellent. Good for those kids.

Chip
 

Cobrar

GT Owner
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Jun 24, 2006
4,017
Metro Detroit
Some local high school car enthusiasts approached me at a car show to do a video.
4 minutes long...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjK9WRa3oAU&feature=youtu.be

NO, this can't be!! I have been told (by reliable Marketing and CEO leader types) that kids are NOT interested in cars anymore... :wink


Well done!! :thumbsup
 

FENZO

GT Owner
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Jul 7, 2008
1,518
Lafayette, CO
Well done!
 

spartan

GT Owner
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Feb 11, 2017
1,216
Bloomfield Hills MI
They did a great job. Nice video/NICE car
 

pe2unia

GT
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Well done!!!
 

vyprgt2

GT Owner
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Sep 9, 2005
609
CA
Great job

Information was pretty accurate and well stated
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
They were respectful in their initial approach to me in public and then did their research before they came to the garage. I was very impressed with then doing their homework.
 

soroush

Ford Gt Owner
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Aug 8, 2007
5,256
I concur great job.
 

33Bravo

GT Owner
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Nov 3, 2006
688
Minneapolis, MN
They were respectful in their initial approach to me in public and then did their research before they came to the garage. I was very impressed with then doing their homework.

There is hope....
 

THamonGT

GT
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Very well done! I would hope more young people would do quality time on the New GT as this one was done. Very interesting project indeed.
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
Very well done! I would hope more young people would do quality time on the New GT as this one was done. Very interesting project indeed.
If I owned a NGT, these guys would film it! :)
 

07XL0027

GT Owner
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May 20, 2012
1,546
Austin TX
Can I hire them to do my video for the last round of allocations?


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maxemus

GT Owner
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Apr 25, 2007
886
Miami, Florida
Loved it. Great to see kids as fans.
 

MNJason

GT Owner
May 14, 2010
2,096
San Diego
Great video!
 

PL510*Jeff

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Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Nov 3, 2005
4,876
Renton, Washington
These gals and guys have been GT fans for 11-12 years. I found in my travels, years ago, that 8 to 10 year olds, now teenagers, knew more about the GT than any other age group. Mom's and Dad's told me about their GT posters, GT models, lunch boxes, screen savers, tee shirts etc. These young people are now in High School or College. The parents were extremely pleased when I asked their young ones to get in my GT and have their pictures taken. A day the kids and their parents will always remember. The first time they saw a GT in the wild and they have the pictures to show their friends and family. It was not unusual to see Mom email those photo's to Dad at work or grandma or grandpa. Right from the gas station drive. Lots of smiles and fond memories..for them and for me!

GT "fan ship" starts very early. Much like the Farah Fawcett poster craze of earlier times.
 

fjpikul

GT Owner
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Jan 4, 2006
11,475
Belleville, IL
Weren't you more the Marlena Dietrich fan?
 

PeteK

GT Owner
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Apr 18, 2014
2,267
Kalama, Free part of WA State
These gals and guys have been GT fans for 11-12 years. I found in my travels, years ago, that 8 to 10 year olds, now teenagers, knew more about the GT than any other age group. Mom's and Dad's told me about their GT posters, GT models, lunch boxes, screen savers, tee shirts etc. These young people are now in High School or College. The parents were extremely pleased when I asked their young ones to get in my GT and have their pictures taken. A day the kids and their parents will always remember. The first time they saw a GT in the wild and they have the pictures to show their friends and family. It was not unusual to see Mom email those photo's to Dad at work or grandma or grandpa. Right from the gas station drive. Lots of smiles and fond memories..for them and for me!

GT "fan ship" starts very early. Much like the Farah Fawcett poster craze of earlier times.

I find likewise. I suspect that has a lot to do with video games. You may be familiar with the video games like "Guitar Hero." I have a now-16 year-old son, and he started with Guitar Hero and then started actually playing electric guitar, and of course his favorite style is the 60's to 80's rock. That's because he learned Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Metallica, et al, on the video game. I therefore wasn't surprised that the old rock albums and catalogs made a comeback with the new generation, because that's what the video game producers licensed for their games, because it was popular and well known, and probably not too expensive to license. Fast-forward, and now it has had a renaissance (it also helps that the original music was really excellent music, not the computer-generated frequency-corrected plastic singer "pop" of today).

So, I also know from my son that the old Ford GTs and the new ones are featured on the car race video games. And that's one big reason the kids know so much about them. It also helps that they are damn good-looking cars!