My New Gal/No side Latches


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Schiff92

GT Owner
Oct 8, 2011
18
Southern Illinois
Hello to all!!

Recently i purchased my new girl, she's a 05 white with blue and i absolutely adore her ( yes this is one of the mecum Dallas auction cars) Understood it needs minor detail work, but as i do that on the side i have no problem with that at all and will be spending plenty of time with her in my shop once she arrives. Over all its a very straight car i have found no major problems with it while at the auction, after
crossing the block,and speaking with the previous owners (2) they never seemed to have anything wrong either, i also spoke with all the dealerships who preformed any work on the car. As i am new to the
GT community i am lost on one major thing. My car dose not have side latches to open the front boot, and passenger side fuel door there is a small button that opes the fuel door under the right hand side of the dash and the boot release is directly under the steering column as a pull device. If there is anyone who could give me some assistance with this i would greatly appreciate it. I have talked with a few people at a local dealership in Saint Louis and am waiting to hear back from them soon. Any help again would be greatly appreciated. I will up load photos once she arrives.
 
Welcome aboard - I'm sure you'll get plenty of help here - and will enjoy the companionship of other owners.

As to the missing latches, it sounds to me that it was a custom installation - and isn't a currently offered aftermarket change. Others may be aware of it, but I haven't heard of this before. Sounds interesting though....
 
You have a rare one there, I don't think Ford built any Ford GT's with out the side release latches for the boot or gas filler doors. Some one else know something about this?
 
By the way -

It sounds like you may be close to Dr. Frank (fjpikul) - I'm sure he would enjoy looking at your gal....
 
Schiff92 said:
My car dose not have side latches to open the front boot, and passenger side fuel door there is a small button that opes the fuel door under the right hand side of the dash and the boot release is directly under the steering column as a pull device. .
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RALPHIE said:
Welcome aboard - I'm sure you'll get plenty of help here - and will enjoy the companionship of other owners.

As to the missing latches, it sounds to me that it was a custom installation - and isn't a currently offered aftermarket change. Others may be aware of it, but I haven't heard of this before. Sounds interesting though....
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What Ralphie said.

Could you possibly post photos of these features? I've never seen or heard of a FGT equipped as you describe.
 
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Empty Pockets said:
What Ralphie said.

Could you possibly post photos of these features? I've never seen or heard of a FGT equipped as you discribe.
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+3
 
Thanks for the quick responses everyone!! I will post some pictures here in a few minutes once they up load. As i said I have been stumped by this every since i saw it, but dont worry ill have the pictures up here in a few
 
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RALPHIE said:
By the way -

It sounds like you may be close to Dr. Frank (fjpikul) - I'm sure he would enjoy looking at your gal....
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Thanks allot ill have to find him, im not to far away from downtown saint louis
 
Wow,

That is a Mystery wrapped in Enigma within a Conundrum.
 
You have the only GT on the planet without those side latches. 'Has to have been a custom mod.

'Curious to see the dash button/steering column lever setups.
 
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Is the car a rebuild?
 
Custom job. Not difficult with the hatch release, but the gas cap release must be really trick. I'm in Belleville.
 
shelbyelite said:
Is the car a rebuild?
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Not that I have found..all car fax came back clean and the oasis report I ran today came back as only the spedo was replaced under ford warranty.
 
I think it is cool. Very clean and one of a kind. :thumbsup
 
Wow! A latch delete car!
 
Welcome & Interesting mod.
 
Welcome and congrats.
 
very cool car indeed, but has to be a custom mod, I dont think anyone know of a rare car without latches,
when we pulled my car apart to repaint the front clip I added a hidden button to open the gas cap from outside of the car because I didnt like taking the key out and taking it with me to open the gas cap.

http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showthread.php?14567-I-ve-been-busy!-lots-of-pics&highlight=
 
soroush said:
very cool car indeed, but has to be a custom mod, I dont think anyone know of a rare car without latches,
when we pulled my car apart to repaint the front clip I added a hidden button to open the gas cap from outside of the car because I didnt like taking the key out and taking it with me to open the gas cap.

http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showthread.php?14567-I-ve-been-busy!-lots-of-pics&highlight=
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i received a spare key with my car "with no chip" that i keep in the front pocket of the seat. this way i don't have to remove the key from the ignition when filling the tank. works well for me
 
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