Well Guys, It sold for $1,500.00 !! I was in and out of the bidding in about a minute and a half.... ;-)
Richard Hille
The GT School
Richard Hille
The GT School
Aluminum Gt - Built By Svt?
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AJB
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cobrar1339
GT Owner
Two of the extruded aluminum Ford GT's just sold on ebay this weekend. $1700 for the first one, $1675 for the second one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=190305881226
Supposedly only 50 were made.
I took mine and put it someplace safe! Unreal!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=190305881226
Supposedly only 50 were made.
I took mine and put it someplace safe! Unreal!
True story behind Ford GT Extruded Car
The Ford GT 2 piece extruded car was the idea of a Ford research engineer. The idea was brought up after one of the early extrusion build review meetings for the Ford GT Spaceframe. Concept was sketched and then drawn in cad and two extrusion dies were manufactured.
The dies still exist and yes we only ever made one push of material. Out of that one push of material we manufactured between 300 to 500 sets and they were given out to engineers and suppliers on the program and a couple of my customers. I am sure at least half of them are out in the general public, so please be careful if bid on one because though they are very collectible they are not as rare as everyone thinks and the person selling them could have collected 10 to 15 of them off random people on the program very easily. Heck if you need me to prove it I still have about 14 of them. Put away in a safe place because I did not one walking away off my desk and ending up on ebay.
Someone is currently trying to sell one on ebay for $2,500 and he may not have know the truth so I can't fault him but now everyone knows the correct rough number of extruded Ford GT cars that are out there.
Craig
Metro Technologies Ltd.
- Ford GT Spaceframe developer and manufacturer - concept to production
The Ford GT 2 piece extruded car was the idea of a Ford research engineer. The idea was brought up after one of the early extrusion build review meetings for the Ford GT Spaceframe. Concept was sketched and then drawn in cad and two extrusion dies were manufactured.
The dies still exist and yes we only ever made one push of material. Out of that one push of material we manufactured between 300 to 500 sets and they were given out to engineers and suppliers on the program and a couple of my customers. I am sure at least half of them are out in the general public, so please be careful if bid on one because though they are very collectible they are not as rare as everyone thinks and the person selling them could have collected 10 to 15 of them off random people on the program very easily. Heck if you need me to prove it I still have about 14 of them. Put away in a safe place because I did not one walking away off my desk and ending up on ebay.
Someone is currently trying to sell one on ebay for $2,500 and he may not have know the truth so I can't fault him but now everyone knows the correct rough number of extruded Ford GT cars that are out there.
Craig
Metro Technologies Ltd.
- Ford GT Spaceframe developer and manufacturer - concept to production
BlackICE
GT Owner
Gill Jr.
GT Owner
Thank you Craig for the insight and for looking out for us! Very nice of you to post this info. :thumbsup
I would also be interested if another batch was made.
Remember our member pe2unia who has gone to great lengths to make clamshell top vents, side vents, and now this trinket out of billet aluminum. Support your fellow members please.
Gill Jr.
GT Owner