They Call Me Mellow Yellow
- Thread starter FlorIdaho Chris
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Indy GT
Yea, I got one...too
Your Welcome!
Chris, glad I could be of service!
And as usual you are always welcome!
She is a beauty and glad I now found a Ford servicing center thanks to your help....
Chris, glad I could be of service!
And as usual you are always welcome!
She is a beauty and glad I now found a Ford servicing center thanks to your help....
Looks good. I look forward to the next inevitable "know where I can find a (insert GT color here) car?" email... :lol
The Bumblebee GT.
There is an old saying in the car business, "Don't expect it to be popular used, if it wasn't popular new." This doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to the yellow GT. There are several reasons why yellow was the least popular and therefore least ordered Ford GT color both years of production. In the abstract, yellow is not a muscular or masculine color. It is the color of flowers and of women's Easter dresses. This color also presents a problem when you're buddies find out you just got a new car. One of the first questions is inevitably, "What color did you get?" Answering "yellow" will always result in a raised eyebrow. And finally, for whatever reason, yellow never seems to look as good in photographs as it does in the flesh. And as GTs are so rare, the only place most individuals had to compare colors prior to making their purchase, were photographs.
This was the case with me at least when I was trying to decide if I should buy a white car with blue stripes, or a red car with white stripes. I was not even considering a yellow car. But then Charley and I stopped into Roger Penske's dealership in north Scottsdale almost 2 years ago. Sitting on the showroom floor was a brand-new yellow/black stripes Ford GT. "Oh my gosh dad, look at that!" We had both seen white GTs, red GTs, blue GT's, and a black GT. Prior to this, I had seen a yellow GT only in photos and it did not interest me. But walking around that yellow car in Penske's showroom, it had a completely different effect. It was so stunning I went back the following day to see it again.
During the next 30 days Charley and I found and went to see a GT in every single available color. Perhaps some other color we had not seen in the flesh would be even more captivating. But nothing else raised the hair on the back of my neck like that yellow car did.
I wanted a 2006, and there were only "75" 2006 yellow GTs produced. The rarest 2006 color by far (the rarest 2005 color as well). I purchased mine before it had even been produced from Sugarland Ford in Texas. I never get tired of looking at it. When I take it to a Ford GT event it is often the only yellow car there. And it gets an unending stream of compliments, the most common being, "I hadn't seen an actual yellow GT before, that is beautiful."
One has to actually see a yellow Ford GT to appreciate it. And so my good friends Tim and Chris had six hours to view my yellow GT from all angles during our drive from Scottsdale to the California rally. The result was predictable. :banana:banana:banana:
With your purchase, that single car represents more than 1% of the total annual production of yellow GTs. Pretty cool 'eh. Welcome to the club.
Chip
"Mellow Yellow"
Donovan
I'm just mad about Saffron
Saffron's mad about me
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
They call me mellow yellow
I'm just mad about Fourteen
Fourteen's mad about me
I'm just mad about Fourteen
She's just mad about me
Born high forever to fly
Wind velocity nil
Wanna high forever to fly
If you want your cup our fill
Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase
Saffron -- yeah
I'm just mad about her
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
There is an old saying in the car business, "Don't expect it to be popular used, if it wasn't popular new." This doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to the yellow GT. There are several reasons why yellow was the least popular and therefore least ordered Ford GT color both years of production. In the abstract, yellow is not a muscular or masculine color. It is the color of flowers and of women's Easter dresses. This color also presents a problem when you're buddies find out you just got a new car. One of the first questions is inevitably, "What color did you get?" Answering "yellow" will always result in a raised eyebrow. And finally, for whatever reason, yellow never seems to look as good in photographs as it does in the flesh. And as GTs are so rare, the only place most individuals had to compare colors prior to making their purchase, were photographs.
This was the case with me at least when I was trying to decide if I should buy a white car with blue stripes, or a red car with white stripes. I was not even considering a yellow car. But then Charley and I stopped into Roger Penske's dealership in north Scottsdale almost 2 years ago. Sitting on the showroom floor was a brand-new yellow/black stripes Ford GT. "Oh my gosh dad, look at that!" We had both seen white GTs, red GTs, blue GT's, and a black GT. Prior to this, I had seen a yellow GT only in photos and it did not interest me. But walking around that yellow car in Penske's showroom, it had a completely different effect. It was so stunning I went back the following day to see it again.
During the next 30 days Charley and I found and went to see a GT in every single available color. Perhaps some other color we had not seen in the flesh would be even more captivating. But nothing else raised the hair on the back of my neck like that yellow car did.
I wanted a 2006, and there were only "75" 2006 yellow GTs produced. The rarest 2006 color by far (the rarest 2005 color as well). I purchased mine before it had even been produced from Sugarland Ford in Texas. I never get tired of looking at it. When I take it to a Ford GT event it is often the only yellow car there. And it gets an unending stream of compliments, the most common being, "I hadn't seen an actual yellow GT before, that is beautiful."
One has to actually see a yellow Ford GT to appreciate it. And so my good friends Tim and Chris had six hours to view my yellow GT from all angles during our drive from Scottsdale to the California rally. The result was predictable. :banana:banana:banana:
With your purchase, that single car represents more than 1% of the total annual production of yellow GTs. Pretty cool 'eh. Welcome to the club.
Chip
"Mellow Yellow"
Donovan
I'm just mad about Saffron
Saffron's mad about me
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
They call me mellow yellow
I'm just mad about Fourteen
Fourteen's mad about me
I'm just mad about Fourteen
She's just mad about me
Born high forever to fly
Wind velocity nil
Wanna high forever to fly
If you want your cup our fill
Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase
Saffron -- yeah
I'm just mad about her
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
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SteveA
GT Owner/B.O.D
timcantwell
Le Mans 2010 Sponsor * Moderator
Wonderful story, keen observations, and beautiful literary allusions. I love reading your posts!!
Piccola
GT aficionado
Congrats Chris! It looks great! :thumbsup And, I don't recall seeing any other yellow GT's in S FL... :wink
BTW, is that a yellow GT Pardo painting hanging in the garage next to the car?
BTW, is that a yellow GT Pardo painting hanging in the garage next to the car?
AZGT
GT Owner
Oh my God - a common tid bit. My first actual view of a GT was that same car. Price was STUPID, so was out of the question. But started me thinking - Made me look for a better price. Now I own one (well, not really - two) :thumbsup
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Haven't decided yet. You have a suggestion? :biggrin
The Pardo art is a white GT. It just appears yellow because the light reflecting off of the yellow GT makes it look that way.