You can't have too many FGTs
Was out and about in Jakarta on Saturday and saw a yellow FGT and just had to have it so I bought it.:banana Yellow with black stripe, LHD, but no other options. Took a bit of negotiations with the seller, but I think I got it for a fair price. Only FGT he had and only one I've seen in Jakarta.
Since I've purchased my first FGT (Heritage) from Shelby a couple of weeks ago my senses have been tuned to looking out for GT's in Jakarta. Didn't expect to see one over here as Japanese and European exotic cars are the ones you see out and about. Not sure how I’m going to drive it so will probably just keep at the house to admire along with my other cars.
As Paul Harvey used to say and now the Rest of the Story -- I currently have a collection of approximately 285 cars, all British ranging, from MG, Jaguar, Triumph, Bentley, Aston Martin, Austin Healy, Lotus, TVR and of course Land Rover at my house. Since I don’t drive in Jakarta and had to leave my two project cars back in the States, I decided the next best thing was to collect British Cars. The problem is I cannot drive any of these as none go under their own power. You have to push them to move them around. By now your probably wondering what is this guy smoking? Well my current car collection in Jakarta consists of die cast model cars. Scale ranges from 1:18 down to Matchbox size and even smaller with the majority of my collection in the 1:43 scale. Surprisingly there are a few dealers in Jakarta that deal strictly in die cast cars and so I spend some Saturdays browsing from shop to shop. This last Saturday I spotted the yellow FGT and decided since I now own an FGT that I’ve only seen in a couple of pictures (Shelby – need more pictures of my car, please:eek) to start collecting FGT models. I also bought a Ford GT MK II racing version so I guess I could say I now have both old and new GT’s in my collection. The yellow FGT is a 1:18 scale AutoArt produced model. Not sure if a Heritage Livery scale model is produced, but will be looking. Plans are to bring this collection back to the States and display when I build my dream garage. Don’t think the wife will allow much space in the house for model cars.
I’m regularly reading the posts on the forum and cannot wait to get back, get my car and start participating in events with other forum members. In the mean time I’ll continue my search for FGTs in Jakarta and if I find one you can be sure I’m going to add to my collection. It appears that you cannot have too many FGTs sitting around even if all you can do is just look and dream.:cheers
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