If you could have only one: Ford GT or Corvette ZR1

[twobjshelbys]

If you can't decide, take them for a test drive. The Gateway Auto Museum and Resort has these to offer:





My wife and I went there last October and when we came in at night I saw them in the parking lot. Next morning I went out to take pictures of the awesome redrock scenery and got a chance to study them up close. There are:

2 x Ford GT
2 x Ferrari (model?)
2 x Aston Martin DB9
2 x Corvette Z06

For a mere $20K (which I interpreted to be a one time charge) you can go drive any or all of them for 5 days every year.

They get driven hard. I asked how they could open them up and one guy told me that they were going from Gateway to Telluride on one of the "country" roads and over the crest of a hill came a sheriff who just turned around and stopped. The guy told me when he looked down at the speedo he was going 135. At the next town there were two sheriffs in the road blocking. They stopped and the lead guy showed his business card. They all got a lecture and a verbal warning for going 60 in a 40.



If you ever get the chance go to the Museum. It's John Hendricks (the Discovery Channel guy) collection. All American cars, from the early 1900s to the muscle car era of the 1970s. His pride and joy is the Olds F88 prototype.

[Hexnut72]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

2 x Ford GT
2 x Ferrari (model?)
2 x Aston Martin DB9
2 x Corvette Z06

The Ferrari's are 360's.

[REAL 1]

Its hard to look at all those wrecked FGTs. Sad. What a shame.

[REAL 1]

JWilly: The FGT has tremendous "heritage" and is true Ford based off Ford's1960 issue which are automotive icons and automotive GODS updated for today. It is a modern supercar version of the GT40 or what the GT40 would be today. Its an updated GT40. In fact the name "Ford GT" is actually the correct and official name for the GT40. The GT40 moniker came about from a press article noting the height of the car. They have always been technically and offically called Ford GTs by Ford then and now(aka popularly as the GT40). The remarkable thing about the FGT is that it is already considered an automotive icon in its own time. There are already several books on the FGT and its heritage.

I myself like both the Daytona Coupe and the GT40 MarkII or Mark I for that matter. Very hard choice but I would lean to the GT40 but then again I don't like the fact the windows don't open in the Safir GT40 and watching Alan De Cadenet in a "Victory by Design" video tearing down a road in an original Daytona Coupe made my mouth water. The sight and sound of that beast was awesome. They are both old school which is neat. The new FGT is an updated more liveable version of the GT40 and the windows actually go down!

[McDoo]

[quote=REAL 1;923914] The FGT has tremendous "heritage" and is true Ford based off Ford's1960 issue which are automotive icons and automotive GODS updated for today.


Aw come on you can't be serious. Automotive GODS !!!! Give me a break. Heritage my ass. Ford couldn't do it so they got Shelby to run the team cause they couldn't do it along with the Mustang. Just give it up.

McDoo

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by Hexnut72

The Ferrari's are 360's.

Thanks!

The guy that I met was taking pictures at the same time I was of the sunlight on the peaks. He later told me that he was driving the automatic Ferrari with paddle shifters because he wasn't comfortable driving supercars on mountain roads and the auto was just "safer". He rated them:

Ferrari
Ford GT
Aston Martin
Corvette.

He said the manual transmission Ferrari would be his choice to by because eventually you would figure it out. He said the Ford GT was "too much a race car" - which it is. The Aston was far too civilized - power seats, A/C, cup holders, etc. And the 'Vette was just another vette.

Any car that you can reach behind you and pet it on the head of the supercharger when it does a good job gets my vote . Yeah, GT.

The Ferrari's in the pictures were good though.