My Girlfriend Gets the Christmas Gift of a Lifetime.

[Pbrown]

What does Gary think about your ride?

[Dezoris]

i would have put Maggie in geo metro convertible for xmas and locked her in. teach her not to lust.
good story

[Vracer111]

That was a nice story. I really like the Ford GT as well (not obsessed with it though) and this would be my favorite color combo:

[Kazuya]

My favourite supercar of all times plus a christmas story, very nice.

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by Pbrown

What does Gary think about your ride?

Gary has an NA Miata in his garage that's his daily driver. He thinks the FR-S/BRZ is the best thing to happen to the affordable sports car since the Miata, and he wouldn't mind having one himself.

[BlueDubbinTDI]

I got my fiance a new hair dryer, all the Harry Potters on Blu-Ray, and Gator Bowl tickets....and 75% of the household income lol

[dave77]

Cool story, inspiring!

[_______]

Great story, your GF is a keeper. My parents and my sister live in the Tampa area so I go there quite often, I might want to contact Gary for a ride as well lol!

[cycleboy]

Really cool stuff! My wife kind of does this when I talk about some cool car thing or a mod to my FR-S! (But she does like watching sports, fishing, and drinking beer, so I'm keeping her!)

One thing for you guys talking about the GT being a legend is you may not realize how different the Ford GT (modern car) is from the mid-60's GT40. They are similar in looks, but vastly different beyond that. The modern one is MUCH larger than the original. Look it up, there's some really cool history on both cars.

[bcj]

Originally Posted by Dezoris

geo metro

To troll hard, a Nash-Rambler Metro

Originally Posted by cycleboy

The modern one is MUCH larger than the original.

I've seen the new one up close. That's really small to begin with.

The OG must be a dust mote. With a herkin' big ol' V8 making it dance

[Vracer111]

Originally Posted by cycleboy

One thing for you guys talking about the GT being a legend is you may not realize how different the Ford GT (modern car) is from the mid-60's GT40. They are similar in looks, but vastly different beyond that. The modern one is MUCH larger than the original. Look it up, there's some really cool history on both cars.

Oh, I like the original GT40 better than the GT...it's five inches lower (hence the name, Ford GT is 45 inches tall), looks better to me (the front nose most especially), and have wins at LeMans and many other major endurance races... between the GT40 and Porsche 916 are my favorite race cars of any era.





When it comes to car design era, I think the 60's still have not been matched yet...

[trekkie]

I think it was a top gear episode where Jeremy went to get in the original and if he closed the door he'd have caved his head in. They were tiny tiny

[cycleboy]

That's why some of the originals have helmet bubbles in the roof!

[bdbx18]

Cool story. I have to say I'm not a big domestic automaker fan but the current Corvette and the Ford GT makes the exception. Yeah I think it's Jeremy of TG that was in love with the GT as well.

Several years ago, there was a black GT sitting on a stage right by the street on our local Ford dealer. It was gathering road dust and there was a big ad on the windshield saying something which I don't recall now. I do recall stopping by and confirming it is new and that the price is still $150k. I don't know where prices are now but I thought very hard about buying one and letting its value appreciate in my garage. Of course, with the occasional Sunday drive. Of course, other priorities in life took over ...