All four of the original GT's Le Mans wins came before I was born (though just barely on the last one). The bulk of the muscle car market also happened before I was born, but I'm a fanatic regarding both subjects. I blame my older brothers, who were educating me as to the overwhelmingly cool muscle cars of 1966-1974 when the best thing Detroit offered was a 1981 Turbo Trans Am. In fact, a friend of my older brother's has a great story about blowing away one of those Trans Ams in a 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T circa 1982...a car he bought for $450!!!
Anyway, by the time I hit high school I had a 1969 GTX and had watched American Grafitti waaaay too many times. I saw myself as a modern-era John Milner and paid homage to that character by spanking 5.0-liter Mustangs and 5.7-liter IROQ Zs for most of my high school and college years in Denver. The weekend nights I wasn't crusing West Colfax or Longmont's main street, looking for street action, I was at Bandimere Speedway bracket racing. All the other kids of my age group never did get used to seeing a " big old American boat" dust their brand new, sleek, shiny, fuel-injected cars, which only increased the size of my grin. :biggrin
So I spent most of my life preferring "old" cars to "new" cars, and when the Ford GT was shown at the Detroit show in January 2002 (I was there live, covering it for Edmunds.com) it was like my ultimate dream come true. "Possibly the coolest old American performance car, remade with modern technology" was essentially how I saw it. I called my Ford contacts within 24 hours of the GT being announced for production (March '02 I believe) and then chased it for three-and-a-half years before picking up my customer-ordered model in August '05 (blue/white, full stripes, upgraded wheels and NO McIntosh). And in case it's not clear yet -- yes, this is a keeper. I can't imagine what car could be produced that I'd want more, though if Chrysler could execute on a modern Winged Warrior (Charger Daytona/Superbird) with the same proficiency that Ford did with the GT that would possibly be in the ballpark...but still not as cool as the GT.
As for future value, I know that 4,000 is a relatively high production number (especially in just two years), but I think this car will be like the Buick GNX. In 10 years there will be far more people who still want one than were originally produced. And many of the original owners (as confirmed in this thread) still won't be interested in selling. That imbalance between supply and demand should ensure at least stable value, and very possibly increasing value.
Of course I could be wrong and the car's value might tank down to nothing. Good thing I don't care either way. :banana