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bhartman
03-16-2006, 07:25 PM
Just read where Barrett-Jackson auctioned off a yet-to-be-built GT500 for $648,000 ($600K + 8%)! :thud:

This is MORE than the first GT went for! :thud:

It must be nice to have so much excess cash! :mad:
rheacerdave
03-16-2006, 08:00 PM
I just want to know how come I don't have a job that I can do that!?!?!?
NJStangFan
03-20-2006, 12:10 PM
Knock, knock Bruce.
bhartman
03-20-2006, 05:55 PM
Knock, knock Bruce.

Who's there?
NJStangFan
03-21-2006, 05:55 AM
January.
bhartman
03-21-2006, 08:27 AM
January.

January who?
NJStangFan
03-21-2006, 08:32 AM
January is when we all watched it go across the block on TV! :spank:
bhartman
03-21-2006, 07:58 PM
January is when we all watched it go across the block on TV! :spank:

Some of us have jobs in locations where TV is not an option. :wow:
NJStangFan
03-22-2006, 05:56 AM
They've got cable in the Bahamas! I've been there. I know! :guns:
bhartman
03-22-2006, 06:17 AM
They've got cable in the Bahamas! I've been there. I know! :guns:

You were probably in Nassau or Freeport. Those places are NOT the REAL Bahamas. You need to visit places like Inagua, Rum Cay, Cat Island, Ragged Island, etc.
canadasvt
03-22-2006, 08:52 PM
Did that GT500 have the nice sculpted hood like the prototype, or the cheasy plastic vents like the production model?
I really liked the original hood!
bhartman
03-23-2006, 05:05 AM
Did that GT500 have the nice sculpted hood like the prototype, or the cheasy plastic vents like the production model?
I really liked the original hood!

My understanding is that this was for the "First Production Model, yet to be built". So, I would assume it will come with the cheesy plastic vents.
NJStangFan
03-23-2006, 06:02 AM
They ran the press car across the stage at the auction. Who knows what will come off the actual line!
gcassidy
04-13-2006, 07:42 PM
They ran the press car across the stage at the auction. Who knows what will come off the actual line!
Something nice, but not quite worth $600K.

Lets see, for that money I'd buy 1 Ford GT, 1 Shelby GT350-H for a daily driver (new Hertz rent-a-racer), and one Ford FR500, and spend the rest racing it, while driving to events in my Ford GT, with a scarf flowing in the breeze (oops, the blower belt! Gackkk...)
naielah
04-13-2006, 11:03 PM
I just finished watching that particuliar auction on B-J. I believe the vehicle sold for a high price because the money went to Mr. Shelby's charity for kids. Second, Carroll was there to inspire the auction.
naielah
04-13-2006, 11:06 PM
The bottom line remains that at the end of the day the GT500 is still a Mustang. Having said that, I will not spend more than $42K for a brand new Mustang. I'm not big into nastalgia.
NJStangFan
04-14-2006, 06:27 AM
I'm not big into nastalgia.
How 'bout nostalgia? :hehe: :geek:
THNDRRR
04-28-2006, 07:18 PM
I was there at B-J and that 'Stang got more attention than most of the exotics at the show. I got some great pics and an autograph from Carroll !!

I hope the GT500 can take the lead over the new Camaro and the new Challenger though. The car is flat-out awesome !!

:hehe:
gcassidy
04-29-2006, 04:59 AM
If (and that's a BIG if) GM and MOPAR produce them, they'll most likely be $10~20K less than a GT500, and everyone will compare them to the Mustang GT.
GapBoyPCS
04-29-2006, 02:50 PM
I just finished watching that particuliar auction on B-J. I believe the vehicle sold for a high price because the money went to Mr. Shelby's charity for kids. Second, Carroll was there to inspire the auction.

That's probably why it went so high -- tax writeoff/deduction for the donation to charity. ;)
NJStangFan
05-01-2006, 06:56 AM
That's probably why it went so high -- tax writeoff/deduction for the donation to charity. ;)

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