Grabber Orange GT500 Convertible
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Grabber Orange GT500 Convertible
As promised, photos of the GT500 from Ernest McCarty Ford in Alabaster, Ala. Thanks to Pat Covert for taking these pix!
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Pat writes books on Mustangs, model cars, and knives. He lives here in Birmingham and we eat lunch at the Silvertron Cafe about once a month. Great guy.
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Pat writes books on Mustangs, model cars, and knives. He lives here in Birmingham and we eat lunch at the Silvertron Cafe about once a month. Great guy.
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Looks more Yellow than Orange to me...
Camera quality, location of sun (ie. time of day), cloud factor, etc. Just look to the left and check out my avatar. A very tricky color that must be seen in person...
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Originally Posted by pitpup
Too many variables to list, but here are a few:
Camera quality, location of sun (ie. time of day), cloud factor, etc. Just look to the left and check out my avatar. A very tricky color that must be seen in person...
Camera quality, location of sun (ie. time of day), cloud factor, etc. Just look to the left and check out my avatar. A very tricky color that must be seen in person...
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I really want to like the GT 500 but there are a few visual things that just don't work, such as the spoiler and the black bar on the bottom as seen on the v-6.I know they were trying to thin the profile down but I don't know. I think the lines are beautiful, but from a distance, to any non-mustangsource personel, this car will probably look like a v-6. Maybe from the front more than any other angle, because of the absence of fog lights. Just my opinion though. Great pics. Orangs is killer on any s197. Oh, and the Shelby writing in the corner, thats maybe a tad disapointing, especially since ford did it perfectly on the Hertz GT-H's.
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Just some quick color correcting as it's obvious these pics are right out of the camera.
Brought a bit more orange back into the equation
Brought a bit more orange back into the equation
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"Oh, and the Shelby writing in the corner, thats maybe a tad disapointing, especially since ford did it perfectly on the Hertz GT-H's."
I heard that the "Shelby" was moved over to the side b/c on the assembly line the guy that is doing the strips is also doing the emblem or that there is another guy right next to him. Either way there wasn't enough time to put each individual letter on to spell out "Shelby" like on the concept car or the GT-H. Now as far as the 'verts go, I don't know why it could not have been spelled out. Probably b/c there would be a need for two different emblems and Ford thought that would be redundent. All of this is assuming that that is the real reason.
I heard that the "Shelby" was moved over to the side b/c on the assembly line the guy that is doing the strips is also doing the emblem or that there is another guy right next to him. Either way there wasn't enough time to put each individual letter on to spell out "Shelby" like on the concept car or the GT-H. Now as far as the 'verts go, I don't know why it could not have been spelled out. Probably b/c there would be a need for two different emblems and Ford thought that would be redundent. All of this is assuming that that is the real reason.
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Originally Posted by HSE PWR
"Oh, and the Shelby writing in the corner, thats maybe a tad disapointing, especially since ford did it perfectly on the Hertz GT-H's."
I heard that the "Shelby" was moved over to the side b/c on the assembly line the guy that is doing the strips is also doing the emblem or that there is another guy right next to him. Either way there wasn't enough time to put each individual letter on to spell out "Shelby" like on the concept car or the GT-H. Now as far as the 'verts go, I don't know why it could not have been spelled out. Probably b/c there would be a need for two different emblems and Ford thought that would be redundent. All of this is assuming that that is the real reason.
I heard that the "Shelby" was moved over to the side b/c on the assembly line the guy that is doing the strips is also doing the emblem or that there is another guy right next to him. Either way there wasn't enough time to put each individual letter on to spell out "Shelby" like on the concept car or the GT-H. Now as far as the 'verts go, I don't know why it could not have been spelled out. Probably b/c there would be a need for two different emblems and Ford thought that would be redundent. All of this is assuming that that is the real reason.
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The letters are off to the side because they wouldn't stick very long on the vinyl stripes. The GT-H's stripes are painted, so it's not an issue.
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The letters are off to the side because they wouldn't stick very long on the vinyl stripes. The GT-H's stripes are painted, so it's not an issue.
Just my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by n3cr0mncr
Quick fix - Since everyone has been asking for it all along anyway....get rid of the chincy vinyl stripes and paint them on. Then everyone will have the stripes they want, the letters where they want, the letters won't fall off, the license plate port won't hollow out the stripes, the lines on the back will be more uniform so they will match up with the stripes on the front.....and I can save some serious typing because I won't have to scream and yell for them to quit being cheap and paint the stripes on.
Just my 2 cents.
Just my 2 cents.