FASN8N said:
351man said:I spoke to the seller and Saleen will only let you buy the Heritage Edition if you already own a Ford GT. Unbelievable for the right to buy a $90K Mustang.
SVT Saleen said:Oh, and another thing.
The eBay seller/dealer's description is historically inaccurate. It states that the orange over blue paint scheme was to commemorate the beginning of Ford's dominance @ LeMans.
This is untrue. Ford's dominance began in 1966 with the famous (or infamous, depending upon your historical perspective) 1-2-3 finish credited to Bruce McLaren & Chris Amon driving a Mark II. Proceeded by the following year when the Mark IV driven by Dan Gurney & AJ Foyt took the victory.
After that year, direct factory involvement ceased & the GT program was turned over to John Wyer Racing in England who was sponsored by Gulf Oil. Those cars came to be known as Mirages & were powered by small block V8's instead of the NASCAR oriented 427's due to FIA rules changes limiting engine displacement.
These modified GT's indeed took victories in 1968 & 1969 driven by David Hobbs, Brian Redman, Jacky Ickyx & Jackie Oliver.
The FIA changed the rules yet again to further limit displacement & essentially legislate the GT's out of existence. Of course by that time the GT was already a 5 year old race car that would simply fail to remain competitive against newer designs.
Ferrari then assumed its dominance of European endurance racing followed by the turbocharged Porsche 917 blitzkrieg.
s351rspeedster said:Mike,
Thank you for the history lesson!! I love hearing stories of early Ford racing. But don't get worked up about things you hear on the internet espically Ebay. He already made a fool of himself. If you have to already own a Ford GT to order this "special paint shceme" how did the dealership order one to sell to the public?? Or is this a special paint job done by a 3rd party to boost the already ridiculous price tag for an E car?? I'm not saying that Saleen wouldn't do this straight from the factory as they are now doing anything to sell a car, but I would like to see this "option" on the window sticker before I would even remotely believe this......
SVT Saleen said:Say, did you receive my last 2 messages?
s351rspeedster said:1) Yes and
2) Yes
.....sorry Mike, I didn't think your pm's required a reply. I can understand bad timing, not to worry and anytime!!! Now try and answer your questions with those three answers
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