Well, I bought this blue GT from Shelby for a project car, and now that project is done. Originally I had intended to do more to it, but after I saw it at Heffner's I just mentally said "STOP". The car just looks too bad ass to mess with the paint.
After consulting with my man Jason, we decided to do something different with the overall style compared to every other turbo car he's done. The car got 19"/20" HRE Centerbolts with satin black centers and gloss black lips, fitted with Michelin PS2's. The turbo kit was done with satin black piping in favor of the normal polished look. The exhaust system was done in black and exits the Classic Design Concepts bumper delete. The manifold received a ROCKING two tone paint job as well as the valve and coil covers. To give the exterior a tiny bit of shine in there, we did the calipers in the silver used for the stripes on a black car and put on midnite blue Brembo logos. Exoticare's hot buttons were added to brighten up the interior.
Overall, it just looks really, really nasty in person. Me, Hef and Zack from his shop were looking at it, and we were all in agreement it was one of our favorite GT's ever. It's very mean going down the road. At the same time, in the right light, it explodes with color. Just looking at it, I'm reminded why I really wanted Midnite Blue. At the same time, the dust acquired on the 30 miles of Michigan roads over to my parent's house to take some photos reminded me why I got white. :lol
As for the performance? This car is a f&*($#g animal. That's all I can say. I don't know what the deal is, but I've driven plenty of turbo and high powered GT's, and this is by far the fastest one. I have no idea what the difference is. Maybe it's the slightly smaller collectors combined with the new manifold combined with the different diameter wheel/tire combo spinning quicker while having full traction, but it's just extraordinarily fast on pump gas. I'm not kidding when I say this car on pump feels faster than my white car on race gas. Booooo! When we took it down to The GT Guys to get their clamshell hooks done and a general once over, Camilo was blown away at how fast it was. He said that if he anticipated me accelerating in the white car, he could almost keep up, but in this blue car, it was a total lost cause. I'm bummed I only drove it under 100 miles.
So here's some photos. Took it over to let it make some new friends. Brought the blue and the white GT over, and got these with my Dad's new Heritage and his GT500KR.
Heffner knew it was coming when I asked him if I should keep this one and sell the white one. Ultimately, having watched the white one get built from the ground up, there is no way I can ever part with it. So the blue one moves on. It's on the way to Shelby now and should shortly be up for the taking.
Look at the mean black tips.
After consulting with my man Jason, we decided to do something different with the overall style compared to every other turbo car he's done. The car got 19"/20" HRE Centerbolts with satin black centers and gloss black lips, fitted with Michelin PS2's. The turbo kit was done with satin black piping in favor of the normal polished look. The exhaust system was done in black and exits the Classic Design Concepts bumper delete. The manifold received a ROCKING two tone paint job as well as the valve and coil covers. To give the exterior a tiny bit of shine in there, we did the calipers in the silver used for the stripes on a black car and put on midnite blue Brembo logos. Exoticare's hot buttons were added to brighten up the interior.
Overall, it just looks really, really nasty in person. Me, Hef and Zack from his shop were looking at it, and we were all in agreement it was one of our favorite GT's ever. It's very mean going down the road. At the same time, in the right light, it explodes with color. Just looking at it, I'm reminded why I really wanted Midnite Blue. At the same time, the dust acquired on the 30 miles of Michigan roads over to my parent's house to take some photos reminded me why I got white. :lol
As for the performance? This car is a f&*($#g animal. That's all I can say. I don't know what the deal is, but I've driven plenty of turbo and high powered GT's, and this is by far the fastest one. I have no idea what the difference is. Maybe it's the slightly smaller collectors combined with the new manifold combined with the different diameter wheel/tire combo spinning quicker while having full traction, but it's just extraordinarily fast on pump gas. I'm not kidding when I say this car on pump feels faster than my white car on race gas. Booooo! When we took it down to The GT Guys to get their clamshell hooks done and a general once over, Camilo was blown away at how fast it was. He said that if he anticipated me accelerating in the white car, he could almost keep up, but in this blue car, it was a total lost cause. I'm bummed I only drove it under 100 miles.
So here's some photos. Took it over to let it make some new friends. Brought the blue and the white GT over, and got these with my Dad's new Heritage and his GT500KR.
Heffner knew it was coming when I asked him if I should keep this one and sell the white one. Ultimately, having watched the white one get built from the ground up, there is no way I can ever part with it. So the blue one moves on. It's on the way to Shelby now and should shortly be up for the taking.
Look at the mean black tips.
