LSR Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Question for GT500 owners and buyers. Would you have bought the car if it looked like this (pictured below)? The picture/design was one of many sent to Ford for hopes of building the car to simular looks in 2004. Does the picture look more nostalgic or better than the current GT500 to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSR Posted December 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I myself loved everything about the car in the picture. I feel it would have made a perfect representation of a real modern day Shelby GT500 and has a more realistic look of the past GT500's. Just look at the rear lights, side scoops, c-pillar scoops, hood, fuel door, etc... Who ever designed the car in the picture was dead-on with the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel-b001 Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Love everything about it but the fog lights. YES I WOULD BUY ONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500KR Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I can not make out the gas lid etching, is that a cobra on it?I would love to get one of those lids, And yes the car is more nostalgic in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaaman Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 No on the front, yes on the back. The Gas Door is very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 No on the front, yes on the back. The Gas Door is very cool. Yes I would have bought it but I like the final design better. I would have liked to seen the extra large driving lights as from the original incorporated somehow, and maybe something more with the taillights. I'm still good with the production version :hyper: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500KR Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 The lid, I wanna see the lid! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sunshine Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I like everything excepth the dual exhaust so close together. Looks sorta "prissy" to me. The front is okay, but I'd put the fog lamps on a wider lower grill like we have and put the Cobra emblem off-centered on the upper grill also like we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I am not hot on that look. Would I have bought it, probally YES. I like the production look much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500KR Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 The lid, I wanna see the lid! lol Am I getting on obnoxious yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyRay Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Now thats the way it should have looked!!!!!!!!!! It actually looks like a Shelby!! This is my biggest complaint about the 2007 current Shelby look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgoeschel Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I like the production version better, but I would have liked those type of taillights. Something easier to distinguish from a regular GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeplissken Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I would buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyman Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I would like to keep my Shelby AND have that car too. :hyper: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500KR Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Am I getting on obnoxious yet The lid lets see the lid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 over all not bad. I like the stance of the car and the look is more like the old but it also has some scoopes etc that help and if they are functional that's great. If not then I would have said dump them. The biggest thing I think the production version needs is some functional scoopes for the rear brakes...& some type of ram air hood ideally I like the tail lights but not the reverse lights & I really don't care for the exhause close together and centered like that. I like the front but would choose the current fron end in favor of this one. I think the hood is a bit too rounded on this one too but I like the style of the hood. I would have bought it if it looked like this and had 500 HP though. I think it would not look as good in a vert as the current version does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbang Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I love everything about !! Especially the scoops. I will be installing scoops on my GT500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointcover Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I would buy it. Love the hood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdwaterHotrod Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I have always wanted a Shelby & it wouldn't have mattered what it looked like too me when it came out, but I do like the rear tail lights much better on this shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My2nd'Stang Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alloy Dave Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I like it more than the production version...especially the hood...I would buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harley99fb Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Yes, I would have bought it but I like the production model better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCobra666 Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 That car is awsome. Its definately got the look right. :happy feet: The real GT500 is much cleaner and modern but I do like this show car. I like the front clip of the current better though but this one has the tail perfect. Too bad Shelby doesnt off this look for the 40th aniv. package, I would probably be all over it. I hope Amy reads this :hyper: KC666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDoc Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 a clean look... and true to the originals more than the current design. I must say, I like it... definitely would have bought one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripthedealeroff Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Folks, knowing how Ford works, this is probably the 08 or 09 model... Question for GT500 owners and buyers. Would you have bought the car if it looked like this (pictured below)? The picture/design was one of many sent to Ford for hopes of building the car to simular looks in 2004. Does the picture look more nostalgic or better than the current GT500 to you? Folks, knowing how Ford works this is probably the 08 or 09 model... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMCBOSS Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 I like both - I just wish Ford would have lowered the production model a bit - it looks like a 4X4 for gods sake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Awsome Definately Awesome Definitely ??? ???? I guess I shouldn't play with someone with 666 in their name. The goggles will protect you, post on :hyper: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtatack1 Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 that car in the picture with the 07 nose would be the perfect car imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of GT Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Folks, knowing how Ford works, this is probably the 08 or 09 model... I agree. At least several of the styling cues will probably come over. If Ford stays the course and continues to mimic the release of the styling cues on the 07 and 08 as they did back in 67 and 68, then odds are the spread out S H E L B Y logo, taillights and perhaps even the exhaust tip location will come out on the 2008's like they did back in 68 (although I believe that the centered exhaust tips came out in 69 not 68). I also know that there was much begging and cajoling from many of us here as well as others that Ford install the tail light "bars", that I can't imagine that they won't make the 08 model. But I guess we'll find that out in about six to nine months from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCobra666 Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Awsome Definately Awesome Definitely ??? ???? I guess I shouldn't play with someone with 666 in their name. Thats all right, I know Im fair game. I will keep ya plenty busy, my spelling and grammar are a little ungood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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