Looking at used GT tomorrow...
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SYCO GT
GT Owner
BlackICE
GT Owner
Rule number one for purchasers, "never be in a hurry to spend your hard earned money!"
When I was a baby my mom would sing me a lullaby "Bye low, sell high"...ahhh I still remember.:wink Actually I've found acting quickly on a GOOD deal is crucial.:thumbsup The early bird gets the GT....err worm!:cheers
Oh, Shelby..you misspelled "definitely"
ASSactly! After all, it IS all about me ... errr I mean the buyer!:rofl:thumbsup
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Thugboat
GT Owner
Soroush,
He wants a Black or Blue in the Southwest? Are you writing under a different name? You have a black and blue!!!:willy
Come on, you can't drive 2 cars (or 4 for some people) at the same time!:lol
Larry
He wants a Black or Blue in the Southwest? Are you writing under a different name? You have a black and blue!!!:willy
Come on, you can't drive 2 cars (or 4 for some people) at the same time!:lol
Larry
soroush
Ford Gt Owner
- Aug 8, 2007
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BlackICE
GT Owner
From the listing:
ALSO IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS CAR HAS REAR CONTROL ARMS THAT ARE BILLET ALUMINUM (1of250)
Interesting that only the rears have billet arms! I never had seen an car from the factory with mixed type of arms. If the front arms are not billet, I would have assume that they have been replaced at some time. If so, I would check the front end for repairs. Verify the VIN stickers on the front fenders.
JCSB
Ex GT Owner
Larry,
This sounds like my mother in law. She can't figure out why I 'need' so many cars! Blue and Black are faster!
John
Post #1 says the car's vin is 1FAFP90S76Y41623. It shouldn't HAVE billet 'arms on EITHER end, PERIOD.
In light of this, I'd check BOTH ends of the car for evidence of damage. No way those billets should be there at all & no way to know how/why they got there - or FROM where.
Just MHO.
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timcantwell
Le Mans 2010 Sponsor * Moderator
The old "key" expaination is one of the oldest dealer tricks in the book. Anything that is not on Carfax can be explained away with the phrase:"The car was "keyed". I've heard it many times before.
BlackICE
GT Owner
Good catch EP. The back is more likely to have been repaired, but that doesn't precluded the front from also being suspect. This car is a good example of a "story" car. It must have a very interesting story, but know one seems to want to tell us what it is.
Hi guys im new here ... my car had new machined billet arms put on it by ford and the old cast arms taken off ... is that how they did all cars ?
You're must be a very E-A-R-L-Y '05.
No. The only cars that have the billet 'arms are about the 1st 400 or so GT's made. All subsequent cars have the regular 'arms.
(Edit: In case you're wondering, that's because the FIRST cast arms that went on these cars were done via a new casting process that, in short, proved unsat. 'Long story short: Ford didn't want GT's on the road with those 'arms, so they went to 'owners like yourself & replaced the unsat 'arms with the billet units...at no small expense, I might add.:ack)
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