Gt500
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67 AGAIN
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Well, I can report the new ramps I had made for my trailer earlier this summer work perfectly.
No meed for planks, 2X10’s.
They passed one of the toughest tests today I think.
Loaded a 2022 GT500 without rubbing the front splitter.
I am driving to Caraquet tomorrow to deliver the car to its new owner.
Owner didn’t want to drive it home.
Apparently it’s going straight into a collection.
If it was me, I’d want ti drive it.
Here it is all loaded up and ready to go.
Spending night in the shop.
Just have to hook up in morning and go.
Haven’t used trailer yet this summer, so going to get techs to air up tires, grease hubs and throw on inspection sticker before departure.
The car is so wide that there was barely an inch each side between the wheel arches inside our company closed trailer.
This is why I got the call to ask if my open trailer could be used.
Here we have 2.5 inches plus each side between the trailer wheel fenders.
Tightest spot is both front wheels inside the short railings.
Drove from Edmundston to Grand Falls already. Didn’t move.
Should be good.
No meed for planks, 2X10’s.
They passed one of the toughest tests today I think.
Loaded a 2022 GT500 without rubbing the front splitter.
I am driving to Caraquet tomorrow to deliver the car to its new owner.
Owner didn’t want to drive it home.
Apparently it’s going straight into a collection.
If it was me, I’d want ti drive it.
Here it is all loaded up and ready to go.
Spending night in the shop.
Just have to hook up in morning and go.
Haven’t used trailer yet this summer, so going to get techs to air up tires, grease hubs and throw on inspection sticker before departure.
The car is so wide that there was barely an inch each side between the wheel arches inside our company closed trailer.
This is why I got the call to ask if my open trailer could be used.
Here we have 2.5 inches plus each side between the trailer wheel fenders.
Tightest spot is both front wheels inside the short railings.
Drove from Edmundston to Grand Falls already. Didn’t move.
Should be good.
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Wow that car looks awesome. And so does the trailer. Lol. Enjoy the ride up. Although I am sure it would be better in the car.
Mike 2021
Well-known member
Beautiful car
67 AGAIN
Enthusiast
Caraquet Eh? I wonder where it's going .....
You’ll find out soon enough.
I’m sure the whole community will be talking about it.
67 AGAIN
Enthusiast
Love the car, but what a waste of money and enjoyment to not even drive it home and then just park it.
Than again, more power to him, if I could afford to drop $150,000 for a life size diecast to display, all would be good !!
I was wrong about it going to a collection.
It went to an individual who saw an S197 GT500 around 2010 and became awe struck.
Has been wanting one (a Shelby) ever since.
Not a car guy.
Not mechanically knowledgeable.
Does not know much about Mustangs at all.
Just knows Shelbys are something special and wanted one for over 10 years.
Will be driving it but I don’t know how much.
SVT4MT
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That's better , at least it's being enjoyed.
The S197 GT500 converted me from a Chevy guy to a Mustang guy back in 2006, but ADM and dealer greed drove me to abandon that idea, but I still got my '06 GT 'vert from my regular dealership.
Took me twenty years before I was in a place to be fortunate enough to put a Shelby in the driveway, so good on him, I totally get it.
The S197 GT500 converted me from a Chevy guy to a Mustang guy back in 2006, but ADM and dealer greed drove me to abandon that idea, but I still got my '06 GT 'vert from my regular dealership.
Took me twenty years before I was in a place to be fortunate enough to put a Shelby in the driveway, so good on him, I totally get it.
I was always a Mustang guy, but back in the day, drove everything and anything.
Last 20 years became more hard core. As for Shelby, lucky and hard work
is how I got mine, never thought I would own something like this.
But for me, I love them all and would have one of each if I had the money
Last 20 years became more hard core. As for Shelby, lucky and hard work
is how I got mine, never thought I would own something like this.
But for me, I love them all and would have one of each if I had the money
67 AGAIN
Enthusiast
Not being a car or Mustang guy, he’s jumping in the deep end right away.
I advised him to drive it with utmost respect or it would bite him back.
And to use the slippery/wet mode if he ever encounters rain.
He’s got a tiger by the tail and doesn’t know it.
He didn’t even know about the GT350.
Took a few minutes to explain the difference between the flat and cross plane cranks of each engine, so he doesn’t look too bad when he runs into knowledgeable people who start asking a few questions.
Anything he knows is from watching videos. But not being car guy, he doesn’t quite know what the videos are talking about.
When I described the crank differences, he said: Ho that’s what they meant in the video!
He had seen a video on it but still didn’t understand what they were talking about.
It’s funny but refreshing at same time.
There’s an innocence, like a child discovering new things.
As car guys, we don’t run into that in our circles, and don’t relate to it much.
You almost feel bad for the car.
But he’s going to take care of it.
His first priority wasn’t how fast the dual clutch tranny shifts, the sticky tires or the size of the brakes, but getting it ceramic coated.
Ho well, he’s still a lucky guy just to be able to get his hands on it in these times.
There are not many around.
I advised him to drive it with utmost respect or it would bite him back.
And to use the slippery/wet mode if he ever encounters rain.
He’s got a tiger by the tail and doesn’t know it.
He didn’t even know about the GT350.
Took a few minutes to explain the difference between the flat and cross plane cranks of each engine, so he doesn’t look too bad when he runs into knowledgeable people who start asking a few questions.
Anything he knows is from watching videos. But not being car guy, he doesn’t quite know what the videos are talking about.
When I described the crank differences, he said: Ho that’s what they meant in the video!
He had seen a video on it but still didn’t understand what they were talking about.
It’s funny but refreshing at same time.
There’s an innocence, like a child discovering new things.
As car guys, we don’t run into that in our circles, and don’t relate to it much.
You almost feel bad for the car.
But he’s going to take care of it.
His first priority wasn’t how fast the dual clutch tranny shifts, the sticky tires or the size of the brakes, but getting it ceramic coated.
Ho well, he’s still a lucky guy just to be able to get his hands on it in these times.
There are not many around.
Mike 2021
Well-known member
Love that colour ?
Mike 2021
Well-known member
Guess I love this colour also
Must be the car
Mike 2021
Well-known member
Ya I little biases ?