New Ford GT Site Featuring Past, Present and Future Coverage


ENZO BTR

GT Owner
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Sep 11, 2005
1,048
Southern California
Hey Everyone,

I saw Dave a few weeks ago at Pebble Beach and told him I had created a new website dedicated to the 2005-2006 and 2017+ Ford GT. He said it was okay to let the forum members know about it, so here you go.

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The site's URL is http://www.karlbrauer.com and it went live on August 8th. I've put up a new article every weekday (I've skipped weekends, so far). The material comes from my ownership experience of having a 2005 GT for over 11 years and posting dozens of stories for various publications in that timeframe.

Everything from the debut of the GT40 concept car at the Detroit show in January 2002 to touring the assembly line at Saleen Special Vehicles and Wixom in June 2005 to over 100 articles and blog posts about the ownership experience over 3 years and 17,000 miles.
http://www.karlbrauer.com/category/2005-ford-gt-long-term

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Today's post is the original coverage of the very first Ford GT Owners Rally in Dearborn in August of 2006. A lot of forum members are in the photos and might recognize themselves from 10 years ago. http://www.karlbrauer.com/ford-gt/august-2006-ford-gt-owners-rally/.html

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Like a lot of you I've taken a tremendous amount of photos and video of my car, plus I have a lot of documents dating back to the original GT40 concept car press kit. I've included as many of these as I can on the site for people who want to see what can now be described as "vintage" Ford GT material. This was a story about the car's compressed development process: http://www.karlbrauer.com/ford-gt/august-2003-a-new-2005-ford-gt-is-in-development/.html

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I'm also going to be publishing material related to the new 2017 Ford GT that many of us will be fortunate to get in the next 4 years. http://www.karlbrauer.com/ford-gt/i-get-to-buy-a-2017-ford-gt/.html

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I've wanted to find a place for all this content for years, and when I was approved for a 2017 Ford GT I realized a second wave of photos and material would be getting generated. Rather than having even more content sitting on a hard drive where nobody can see it, I decided to publish what I already have and try to keep up going forward with the 2017 material.

Two things you'll notice about the site:
1. Every picture is "clickable" so you can see a larger version
2. No ads -- I'm not trying to make money with this site, just find a place for thousands of images and documents that's more accessible than the hard drive they normally sit on where no one can enjoy them

If you've got nothing better to do feel free to give the site a look and tell me how to make it better. Here are a few more key articles:
Ford GT versus Gran Turismo 4 (the Playstation driving simulator): http://www.karlbrauer.com/ford-gt/august-29-2005-ford-gt-versus-gt4-part-one/.html
Local SoCal Ford GT Owners Rally, circa April 2006 and featuring several forum members, including our own SteveA (next to his red GT): http://www.karlbrauer.com/ford-gt/april-2006-2005-ford-gt-long-term-test/.html
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Thanks!

Karl
 

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nautoncall

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Wow, thanks Karl.
 

CJ428

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nice brings back memories.
 

fjpikul

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Yes, thank you very, very much. Hope I have time to go through all of it.
 

JWZ

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Very nice, Karl! Thanks for putting this together & sharing with us!!
 

PL510*Jeff

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Thank Karl. Your web site is looking good.
 

SteveA

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First class as always Karl!
 

ByeEnzo

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Subscribed!
 

Sinovac

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First class as always Karl!

Exactly
 

GKW05GT

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Saved to shortcuts, great site.
Thanks
 

Ed Sims

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Apr 7, 2006
7,850
NorCal
Nic job Enzo Btr!

Ed
 

BtwoG

GT Owner
Dec 8, 2013
1,039
Atlanta, GA
Great idea. Thanks Karl.
 

Cobrar

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Jun 24, 2006
4,017
Metro Detroit
Very cool, Karl! Although you may have initially created the site to be central to your personal experience, it offers a great compilation of all the materials I have saved (and some promotionals that I don't have) and that which I have unfortunately put away for safe keeping in boxes. Your site offers much better utility than my archived boxes, neat to reach out and visit it all right at your site. Thanks, and nicely done!
 

NorthwoodGT

GT Owner
Jun 12, 2009
1,215
Michigan
"Although you may have initially created the site to be central to your personal experience"
thank you Cobrar . you're reading my mind
 

dbk

The Favor Factory™
Staff member
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Jul 30, 2005
15,187
Metro Detroit
It's been a long ride, and it's crazy to think it's about to get even longer.

Spent a lot of time with ENZO BTR in 2006, both put about 30,000 miles on our cars over a decade, both had the GT Guys do a mid-life refresh to fix up all the battle scars, ended up sitting together in the auditorium at press reveal for the new GT in 2015, will both be getting GTs sometime in the not too distant future..time flies.
 

ENZO BTR

GT Owner
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Sep 11, 2005
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Southern California
Thanks for the kind words guys. As Dave notes, it's been an amazing ride, with a new chapter just beginning. Looking forward the the next decade of Ford GT adventures.
 

Sinovac

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The Petunia development pictures already have an old time vibe, especially the one with Camillo in the courtyard.
 

STORMCAT

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Nice work Karl !!
 

Vince H

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Jul 23, 2012
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This is an awesome source for those of us that were not around at that time. Thank you for taking the time to do this Karl.

Vince H
 

Specracer

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Nov 28, 2005
7,081
MA
Well done Karl! Will be enjoyable to look at this in much greater detail over time. Hmmm these old memories inspire me to watch the Discovery DVD, again (hopefully I have a working DVD player still).