Friends,
Sometimes in life numbers have a certain meaning and its funny if one waits for his moment it will come. Since the Ford GT 1st came out for me it was love at 1st sight! I live here in AZ and since 2004 I have only seen 5 total GT,s and it was 5 different colors. I know when these cars 1st arrived on the seen some buyers were paying 100K over sticker. This car was a dream car and a goal I wanted to achieve. I was lucky enough to see a few GT,s at auctions here in AZ and I would just be in awe standing next to this steel muscle machine. I would tell my friends for yrs thats the car I want but I can't right now till I sell my 2 old Shelbys. ( 67 GT 500 & 69 GT 500 )
This story would take my journey almost 3 yrs to complete but I never lost sight of the dream car. I have in my office 4 different pictures of Ford GT,s and I have 2 pics on my frig in the garage. I guess if you want something bad enough you must have a visual of the goal in mind.
I was like a kid anytime I would see this beast of a car coming down the road at me. I would scream out YAAAAAAA that's my car..man I can't wait till the time is here. In my spare time I would search E-Bay/cars.com/ Autotrader to keep up on the prices. When I see my car come up on the market I would be sad knowing it wasn't time yet. Yes my dream car if I could ordered it back then would have been this combination! 2005 GT Black, no stripe/ red calipers/Mac player/ BBS wheels. When I see this car pop up I,d view all the web pics and copy the good pics for my computer and just look and dream.
Well my day was coming ,little did I know. For about 2 yrs I was trying to sell my old Shelbys and finally I did! the 67 sold July 14th and the 69 sold July 17th,WOW two in one week. I so thankful and now I said to myself hey lets look for the car!
On July 25th I spotted a car on E-Bay and a link to a web site for a car Broker out of Tampa Fla by the name of Jeff Sterns and Tom Lapoint. I spoke to Jeff on a Friday and I stated Jeff how much do I need to seal this car? He stated he was selling this car for a local guy and Jeff stated a price.
I went out Friday night for a few beers and told some friends I found the car I want. It was now sinking in that hey I have enough money from the Shelbys to get this awesome sex machine.I felt this car would make any red blooded American smile from 100 yards! Saturday morning I called Jeff and we agreed on a price and a hour later I wired the 5K deposit. Tuesday I wired the rest of the money and my dream car was in process. A buddy said to me man you excited and I stated no but I will when it arrives and is in my garage. I felt that since I waited so long I would hold off my excitement till this dream car was parked in stall number 2.
Sorry for being so long in details but when a person is lucky enough in life to purchase such a car of / history/class/speed/distinct style and grace its takes awhile. So now this story is about numbers which some people like me feel that some numbers have a magic meaning. My birthdate is in April and on the 8th day 1958. So when I was arranging the delivery date of my car we were hoping for the mid week of Aug 6th but I said to friends hey it gets here when it gets here. I waited for almost 3 yrs a few days more is ok for me.
Well here we go......my car arrives on 8-8-2008 at a little after 8:30pm on a Friday night. Friday night is my play night BUT not tonight ,I have a special gift about ready to arrive! I thought cool what a neat delivery date I would never forget this day, the day my dream car shows up 8-8-8.
Now I,am on this great web site I wanted to get the SVT papers and break down of my car. I wanted the day the car was made and how many were made just like mine. I ordered the GT cerification kit and it arrives on Friday Aug 15th and I was looked through the kit I started to get chills when I read this......My dream car..yes the exact car would of ordered back then was built on 4-8-2005! I looked again and again and it was on my exact birth day. Its like my car was built and in 3yrs from now its yours! WOW....!!!
I have told this story only a few times and it stll seems unreal..
I thank all you GT owners for the time I took up for this post BUT now I,am on the road when my 2005 Black GT having the time of my life. So if you ever want something that bad it can and will happen just don't give up.
The surprise you will get is worth the wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys
BillyRay Hunter Ride on..........
Sometimes in life numbers have a certain meaning and its funny if one waits for his moment it will come. Since the Ford GT 1st came out for me it was love at 1st sight! I live here in AZ and since 2004 I have only seen 5 total GT,s and it was 5 different colors. I know when these cars 1st arrived on the seen some buyers were paying 100K over sticker. This car was a dream car and a goal I wanted to achieve. I was lucky enough to see a few GT,s at auctions here in AZ and I would just be in awe standing next to this steel muscle machine. I would tell my friends for yrs thats the car I want but I can't right now till I sell my 2 old Shelbys. ( 67 GT 500 & 69 GT 500 )
This story would take my journey almost 3 yrs to complete but I never lost sight of the dream car. I have in my office 4 different pictures of Ford GT,s and I have 2 pics on my frig in the garage. I guess if you want something bad enough you must have a visual of the goal in mind.
I was like a kid anytime I would see this beast of a car coming down the road at me. I would scream out YAAAAAAA that's my car..man I can't wait till the time is here. In my spare time I would search E-Bay/cars.com/ Autotrader to keep up on the prices. When I see my car come up on the market I would be sad knowing it wasn't time yet. Yes my dream car if I could ordered it back then would have been this combination! 2005 GT Black, no stripe/ red calipers/Mac player/ BBS wheels. When I see this car pop up I,d view all the web pics and copy the good pics for my computer and just look and dream.
Well my day was coming ,little did I know. For about 2 yrs I was trying to sell my old Shelbys and finally I did! the 67 sold July 14th and the 69 sold July 17th,WOW two in one week. I so thankful and now I said to myself hey lets look for the car!
On July 25th I spotted a car on E-Bay and a link to a web site for a car Broker out of Tampa Fla by the name of Jeff Sterns and Tom Lapoint. I spoke to Jeff on a Friday and I stated Jeff how much do I need to seal this car? He stated he was selling this car for a local guy and Jeff stated a price.
I went out Friday night for a few beers and told some friends I found the car I want. It was now sinking in that hey I have enough money from the Shelbys to get this awesome sex machine.I felt this car would make any red blooded American smile from 100 yards! Saturday morning I called Jeff and we agreed on a price and a hour later I wired the 5K deposit. Tuesday I wired the rest of the money and my dream car was in process. A buddy said to me man you excited and I stated no but I will when it arrives and is in my garage. I felt that since I waited so long I would hold off my excitement till this dream car was parked in stall number 2.
Sorry for being so long in details but when a person is lucky enough in life to purchase such a car of / history/class/speed/distinct style and grace its takes awhile. So now this story is about numbers which some people like me feel that some numbers have a magic meaning. My birthdate is in April and on the 8th day 1958. So when I was arranging the delivery date of my car we were hoping for the mid week of Aug 6th but I said to friends hey it gets here when it gets here. I waited for almost 3 yrs a few days more is ok for me.
Well here we go......my car arrives on 8-8-2008 at a little after 8:30pm on a Friday night. Friday night is my play night BUT not tonight ,I have a special gift about ready to arrive! I thought cool what a neat delivery date I would never forget this day, the day my dream car shows up 8-8-8.
Now I,am on this great web site I wanted to get the SVT papers and break down of my car. I wanted the day the car was made and how many were made just like mine. I ordered the GT cerification kit and it arrives on Friday Aug 15th and I was looked through the kit I started to get chills when I read this......My dream car..yes the exact car would of ordered back then was built on 4-8-2005! I looked again and again and it was on my exact birth day. Its like my car was built and in 3yrs from now its yours! WOW....!!!
I have told this story only a few times and it stll seems unreal..
I thank all you GT owners for the time I took up for this post BUT now I,am on the road when my 2005 Black GT having the time of my life. So if you ever want something that bad it can and will happen just don't give up.
The surprise you will get is worth the wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys
BillyRay Hunter Ride on..........
