Job 1 starts the week of 6/5 on the GT 500. No definite number has been set to my knowledge. I have heard total numbers (coupe and vert) from 7500 to 10000.
I read that the GT500 will be held up a while do to a crankshaft problem. They say the cranks are breaking at the harmonic balancer, on the outside of the block. Someone posted this on another thread, maybe another forum, not sure, but I read it about a week ago.
I posted an update in the GT-500 section. The GT500 crank probly appears to have been on some early prototypes that didn't have all the real production parts in the engine. Job 1 date is currently a go for 6/6/06. If no other problems appear the first GT500s will be released for shipment to dealers on 6/26/06.