YA, and I gotta say it's about time! God knows I never gits no help from YOU!:skep So, I'm not gunna even NOTICE he's from Jeeeeerzee ...much less hold it against him. :tongue
Not sure if I'm doing the right thing.
- Thread starter Waxer
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YA, and I gotta say it's about time! God knows I never gits no help from YOU!:skep So, I'm not gunna even NOTICE he's from Jeeeeerzee ...much less hold it against him. :tongue
PL510*Jeff
Well-known member
Two of a Kind
GTNJ
Defender? Not!
Co-commiserater maybe. Thankfully they are separated by 3,500 miles.
It seems that they both live in their own "Bubble Boy" dust free environment.
However Mr. Hellcat seems "somewhat" willing to occasionally venture out into the real world with his GT. And of course my friend, mt pockets, is reluctant to take his GT outside on odd numbered days that begin with S,M,T, F & W and end with a Y.
He's really going to be in a world of hurt, when the volcano in his back yard goes off. I'm quite sure he's hoping there will be an east wind that day. Volcanic dust stays around for at least 4 years. I just can't imagine not being able to drive a GT, due to the potential for accidental dust contact, for 48 months!
GTNJ
Defender? Not!
Co-commiserater maybe. Thankfully they are separated by 3,500 miles.
It seems that they both live in their own "Bubble Boy" dust free environment.
However Mr. Hellcat seems "somewhat" willing to occasionally venture out into the real world with his GT. And of course my friend, mt pockets, is reluctant to take his GT outside on odd numbered days that begin with S,M,T, F & W and end with a Y.
He's really going to be in a world of hurt, when the volcano in his back yard goes off. I'm quite sure he's hoping there will be an east wind that day. Volcanic dust stays around for at least 4 years. I just can't imagine not being able to drive a GT, due to the potential for accidental dust contact, for 48 months!
tpraceman
THEE GT OWNER
Well, may I say you're in rare form this evening, J.L.? :ack
Now, I have it on GOOD authority that Mr. Hellcat only has 1,600 miles on his car. THEREFORE he only has ...uh...oh...ya...uh...he has a couple ...uh... more...uh...miles than... Aaaaaaaah - fergiddit. :bored
(And, your check is in the mail tp!:thumbsup)
B O N Y
MODERATOR & FGT OWNER
Evan has in his head that his car will appreciate and he has to ration the miles like water in the dessert....
Wish he would be right. Prices are holding strong for now... If Ford introduces a new toy, 70% of the owners that only own the FGT as their super play thing will bail. Same thing happens with Ferrari's. The market is strong because there is no sucessor on the horizon. Who cares how many people are in India (1 Billion) the point is how big is the market for $170k cars?
Discuss amongst yourselves:thumbsup:willy:thumbsup
Wish he would be right. Prices are holding strong for now... If Ford introduces a new toy, 70% of the owners that only own the FGT as their super play thing will bail. Same thing happens with Ferrari's. The market is strong because there is no sucessor on the horizon. Who cares how many people are in India (1 Billion) the point is how big is the market for $170k cars?
Discuss amongst yourselves:thumbsup:willy:thumbsup
S592R
GT Owner
- Dec 3, 2006
- 2,800
Ok I posted something and then deleted it, slept last night and this is still on my heart so here it is.
"Who cares how many people are in India (1 billion) the point is how big is the market for $170k cars?"
Well for one, I do. With the proliferation of the internet some small child or adult anywhere in the world going to Yahoo (dot) (india, china, pakistan, iran, australia, and the list goes on and on here) can enter Ford GT and up pops this forum and the words that we clich'ed mostly white American men spew forth with such authority and surety turns up on their screens. With the down turn in the dollar against the euro and with many of those countries having economic benefit from technology and the new jobs this virtual world affords, the market for the FORD GT increases everyday internationally . Currently, if you're sitting in one of those countries looking at importing a car ... the GT is about the same value (cost wise) as a Turbo Porsche and a hell of a lot more car.
But back to our words here on this forum and those billions of minds around the world and here at home. Back in 1972 when my Uncle Jim (co-inventor of the ATM machine BTW) sat me down in his basement at his 1:24 scale slot car track driving exact copies that he hand built of Mark Donahue's Sunoco Special, Jackie Ickx #65 Nurburgring GT-40, Dan Gurney's Daytona Coupe, and many others. He planted a seed that became a dream. He took this little boy from middle-class parents in Southwest Missouri where there had never been a gt-40 on the street and started something. In 1972 I knew I wanted a blue and orange Ford it became one of my goals in life. So I worked hard, I succeeded and I failed, got up and tried again. Through thick and thin I never lost sight of my goal and one day when it became possible I reached out and purchased one. Remembering that little 1:24 slot car I recreated that in full scale on chassis 1076 (yes the same chassis number that Ickx ran at the ring) all by divine providence for I did not even know what chassis number the car was ... I just felt that this was the car that I would keep. It held some significance to me then and it still does now but now it does for other reasons.
Gentlemen, IMHO the levels of ego and attitude that are on this forum (and probably off :wink) from time to time is a bit and pardon me for saying this, excessive and sometimes we all don't really consider what the words we post here or say in daily life do long term. Comments that we share effect people in so many ways and we should probably give more consideration to the consequences of our words and actions. In the past and not so distant past, I personally have heard hurtful things often from people that I thought had my best interest at heart. As I am sure many of us have. I have had personal and professional set backs, failures, mis-cues, false starts along the way ... some as recent as a few months ago but I never quit because I knew .... I just knew, that I could not quit. I have had people call me crazy and attempt to throw other labels on me ... all of them untrue. Finally, last week one of my dreams was realized and it took me a decade to realize it. I have a two more dreams that still wait for someone else to arrive at the same place that I am. Hopefully, God willing that will occur. But I digress ....for I am also as guilty as the most guilty for saying things without fore-thought.
Regarding mods and driving the car. Do what you want at your own pace. What you do may inspire someone else. I love to drive my car around this little stopover town that I am in right now. I love to place kids in the car. Most live in houses that cost less than it does. I do it so they can see that if they don't lose focus on their dream then they may be able to make it a reality. In my opinion it is a horrible thing when we intentionally or unintentionally limit a child's future or crush someone else's dream. One might even say it is the darkest sin one can commit. But watching those eyes light up as they touch my little piece of Pardo designed, Ford Built fantasy.... is a brief moment in heaven for me personally. :thumbsup
So I personally ask every GT owner to not be afraid to drive their car, to share it with those other people who dream and are still short of obtaining it. What is a few 1,000 dollars in value that at the end of the day that none of us really need anyway? We all have places to live and food in our bellies. So why horde your gifts when you can share them with someone else? The best part of it is that you get to enjoy your dream too! :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup
So I go back to what is the relevance to all of this. It is as simple as this... every owner here is a living example of what someone else's dream may be. For some it is about owning a Ford GT ... maybe its just be one dream. Maybe its their ONLY dream. But in part we are all role models, lets act like it. Who cares? I do for one. This car is about much more than monetary value .... and this will be the last post that I post here or anywhere else about how much the car is worth solely in those terms. I drive a dream car and wait for my dream girl so I can live my dream life. Are you living your dream life? If not why? :willy
"Who cares how many people are in India (1 billion) the point is how big is the market for $170k cars?"
Well for one, I do. With the proliferation of the internet some small child or adult anywhere in the world going to Yahoo (dot) (india, china, pakistan, iran, australia, and the list goes on and on here) can enter Ford GT and up pops this forum and the words that we clich'ed mostly white American men spew forth with such authority and surety turns up on their screens. With the down turn in the dollar against the euro and with many of those countries having economic benefit from technology and the new jobs this virtual world affords, the market for the FORD GT increases everyday internationally . Currently, if you're sitting in one of those countries looking at importing a car ... the GT is about the same value (cost wise) as a Turbo Porsche and a hell of a lot more car.
But back to our words here on this forum and those billions of minds around the world and here at home. Back in 1972 when my Uncle Jim (co-inventor of the ATM machine BTW) sat me down in his basement at his 1:24 scale slot car track driving exact copies that he hand built of Mark Donahue's Sunoco Special, Jackie Ickx #65 Nurburgring GT-40, Dan Gurney's Daytona Coupe, and many others. He planted a seed that became a dream. He took this little boy from middle-class parents in Southwest Missouri where there had never been a gt-40 on the street and started something. In 1972 I knew I wanted a blue and orange Ford it became one of my goals in life. So I worked hard, I succeeded and I failed, got up and tried again. Through thick and thin I never lost sight of my goal and one day when it became possible I reached out and purchased one. Remembering that little 1:24 slot car I recreated that in full scale on chassis 1076 (yes the same chassis number that Ickx ran at the ring) all by divine providence for I did not even know what chassis number the car was ... I just felt that this was the car that I would keep. It held some significance to me then and it still does now but now it does for other reasons.
Gentlemen, IMHO the levels of ego and attitude that are on this forum (and probably off :wink) from time to time is a bit and pardon me for saying this, excessive and sometimes we all don't really consider what the words we post here or say in daily life do long term. Comments that we share effect people in so many ways and we should probably give more consideration to the consequences of our words and actions. In the past and not so distant past, I personally have heard hurtful things often from people that I thought had my best interest at heart. As I am sure many of us have. I have had personal and professional set backs, failures, mis-cues, false starts along the way ... some as recent as a few months ago but I never quit because I knew .... I just knew, that I could not quit. I have had people call me crazy and attempt to throw other labels on me ... all of them untrue. Finally, last week one of my dreams was realized and it took me a decade to realize it. I have a two more dreams that still wait for someone else to arrive at the same place that I am. Hopefully, God willing that will occur. But I digress ....for I am also as guilty as the most guilty for saying things without fore-thought.
Regarding mods and driving the car. Do what you want at your own pace. What you do may inspire someone else. I love to drive my car around this little stopover town that I am in right now. I love to place kids in the car. Most live in houses that cost less than it does. I do it so they can see that if they don't lose focus on their dream then they may be able to make it a reality. In my opinion it is a horrible thing when we intentionally or unintentionally limit a child's future or crush someone else's dream. One might even say it is the darkest sin one can commit. But watching those eyes light up as they touch my little piece of Pardo designed, Ford Built fantasy.... is a brief moment in heaven for me personally. :thumbsup
So I personally ask every GT owner to not be afraid to drive their car, to share it with those other people who dream and are still short of obtaining it. What is a few 1,000 dollars in value that at the end of the day that none of us really need anyway? We all have places to live and food in our bellies. So why horde your gifts when you can share them with someone else? The best part of it is that you get to enjoy your dream too! :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup
So I go back to what is the relevance to all of this. It is as simple as this... every owner here is a living example of what someone else's dream may be. For some it is about owning a Ford GT ... maybe its just be one dream. Maybe its their ONLY dream. But in part we are all role models, lets act like it. Who cares? I do for one. This car is about much more than monetary value .... and this will be the last post that I post here or anywhere else about how much the car is worth solely in those terms. I drive a dream car and wait for my dream girl so I can live my dream life. Are you living your dream life? If not why? :willy
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