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Topic: Ford Loses GT40 name
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69stanger
Journeyman Posts: 77
From: Northridge, CA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 10-22-2002 09:49 PM
 
maybe this is old news for some but Ford lost the the GT40 name and is going to call the GT40 just GThttp://www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=41173
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IIGood
Moderator Posts: 3919
From: Arnold, MD, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-22-2002 11:59 PM
Cripes. Talk about hindsight.This could get confusing now too. "Hey, I own a GT." "REALLY? How can you afford that $100K sports car?" "No, I mean a Mustang GT." Or vice-versa. ------------------
Frank S.----MCA Member 40390
'99 Mustang coupe
'77 Ghia--"II Good"
'76 Cobra--project
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1889
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-23-2002 02:39 AM
They wanted Ford to pay 40 MILLION dollars just to use the name?!  What a bunch of greedy ba$t@%&`s!!!!  ------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker under construction, 302 5 speed
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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GTRocks
Gearhead Posts: 4800
From: Lusby, MD
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-23-2002 01:56 PM
I think I would have gone with GT50 or something..... 
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dark7068
Gearhead Posts: 862
From: BC, Canada
Registered: May 2002
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posted 10-23-2002 02:25 PM
GT2K
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6376
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 10-23-2002 11:40 PM
well maybe i won't buy one after all
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fordnmerc
Gearhead Posts: 1001
From: Watkins Glen NY USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-23-2002 11:59 PM
GTFOWith the FO for those greedy money grubbers.  ------------------
David Spread Joy. Less cholesterol than butter! 1978 LTD II 2 Door
1979 Ranchero GT
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T5owner
Gearhead Posts: 724
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 10-24-2002 01:44 AM
Sounds like the T-5/Mustang no-deal back then, although on a bigger scale.
Anyway done right, Ford. It is just a piece of name and then .... I have a GT40 press kit, that might be worth hundreds of $ in 30 years??  [This message has been edited by T5owner (edited 10-24-2002).]
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ZRX61
Journeyman Posts: 43
From: LA County
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 02-27-2005 08:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Rory McNeil:
They wanted Ford to pay 40 MILLION dollars just to use the name?! What a bunch of greedy ba$t@%&`s!!!!
Ford had the chance to buy the name for peanuts back in the '60 when it was owned by Lola.... which is what a MkI GT40 actually is... but they decided they didn't want the name..... Hindsight is always 20/20..
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cobravenom71
Gearhead Posts: 1349
From: Poinciana, Fl USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 02-27-2005 09:14 PM
Technically speaking, the Ford LeMans racer was NEVER officially called the 'GT-40'. The real name of the car was the...Ford GT.
'GT-40' was a nickname hung on the car by the motoring press in reference to the fact that it was 40 inches high.
Considering that the new car is 44 inches tall, I think that should have been used in the name.
'GT-44' has a nice ring to it.
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