not sure what you are saying Tiger, but, they are open to air. that allows heat to escape and air pressure to escape at high speeds. Therefore, functional.

 

It would appear functional for the purpose of heat extraction.

 

Wondering how it might look if those vents were chromed (not plastichrome, but a metal chromed vent), or even a brushed aluminum. heck, make them body color.

 

Yes Crazyhorse : More those of N.Y. Autoshow also were functional for the extraction of the heat ; the example is the Terminators hood 03-04.

God knows that I love this car and I will defend it to death..., more it is necessary to be aims.

Regards.

 

I just don't get Ford's business plan. They're laying off 5000 employees at a time when they can't produce enough GTs to satisfy demand. I don't hold out much hope that there will be anything more than a token offering of Shelbys, but if there is and the price ever does get down to a reasonable level I'll take one

 

That would be good for none striped cars.

 

TigerGT, Were did you find that picture? Do you have any more?

mglanchez Did one of the blue Shelbys have white stripes?

 

SVTPerformance.com by Hissman

 

Both of the blue ones I saw had gray stripes. One was inside in the lobby. I might be able to scrounge a picture of that one.

I forgot to mention that I saw a yellow vert without stripes. There was also a gray w/blue stripes outside being tested. Hole shots back and forth across the parking lot.

 

Sorry, the one in the lot must have been Tungsten with Satin Silver. It was pretty far away...

 

Ah, well, that explains it. That's a faux Shelby; a GT in Shelby trim as was pointed out to me.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tres Wright @ January 31, 2006, 10:13 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
I just don't get Ford's business plan. They're laying off 5000 employees at a time when they can't produce enough GTs to satisfy demand. I don't hold out much hope that there will be anything more than a token offering of Shelbys, but if there is and the price ever does get down to a reasonable level I'll take one [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen.gif[/img]
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I hear you. You would think they would take one of the plants and setup a Mustang/Mercury/Lincoln variant production. The Stang with a Cougar and Lincoln coupe offering would probably justify it's own plant.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mglanchez @ January 31, 2006, 6:08 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Don't ask for pictures, as I wasn't allowed to take any.

Just took a tour of AAI. Saw several Shelbys. I saw an orange vert (no stripes), red hardtop, and 2 blue hardtops.

Word has it that they are running through pre-prod right now. 10 Units to be built. Lots of engineers running around. Really cool to see, and there was lots of excitement in the plant.
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How did the 2 Blue hardtops look?....and what color striping on them?

 

In post #29 he said both of them had silver stripes.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kevinb120 @ January 31, 2006, 6:33 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
If Ford makes 40,000 a year of them the world(and ford's pocketbook) will be a better place [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] If they make less then 10,000, its gonna suck.
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10,000 is the number I heard from an inside source.

 

Thanks for the link TigerGt [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumb.gif[/img]

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Svtstinger @ February 6, 2006, 1:36 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
In post #29 he said both of them had silver stripes.
[/b][/quote] Thanks,..I see that. I am also waiting too see the vista blue with white stripes,...I'm hoping it looks killer.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kevinb120 @ January 31, 2006, 7:33 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
If Ford makes 40,000 a year of them the world(and ford's pocketbook) will be a better place [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] If they make less then 10,000, its gonna suck.
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Making 40,000 of "them" year would be a VERY bad business decision for Ford.
No way in the world could Ford come within a mile of selling 40K / year.
After the intitial hype wears off Ford will have trouble selling 10,000 GT-500s a year.
The market for $25K plain vanilla Mustang GTs is only about 70,000 / year so how in the world would Ford sell 40,000 of the $40K+ GT-500s?

Super Muscle cars just don't sell that well. Do you realize that between 1964 and 1971 ( 8 years ) Chrysler sold less than 11,000 street Hemis?