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This is
my replica Ford GT40.
I built it from a base kit package over 5 years.
This means it is a 'Ford GT40R'.
Where possible it uses Ford parts or specially fabricated components to comply with current engineering standards.
The present Ford is more prototype than GT, if the company had the gonads to run the production based model complete with truck engine in the original shell it might (just might!) have grounds for claiming credibility.
Is it possible to walk into a Ford dealership and order a 6 cylinder EcoBoost 'Ford GT'? I don't know myself but I doubt it.
And frankly, I could care less.
Of course, not being an 'expert' such as yourself '1212', I can only base my opinions on following Motor racing in general and GT/Sports cars for around 50 years.
Great, you have a replica in which you tried to replicate a Ford GT. Nice car and I applaud your dedication.
It is not a Ford, though, no matter how many Ford parts you put in it. It is merely a replica of a Ford.
The present GT, whether you want to admit it or not, is a Ford GT. Just because it does not fit your idea of what a GT should look like does not mean it is not a GT. It just means you don't like it and you choose not to call it a GT despite the fact that it is, indeed, a GT. Now we circle around to my argument that can be best summed up as: Eye of the beholder. You don't like the way it looks, but others may find it attractive, may applaud Ford for coming up with a design that goes outside of the box and makes the car very competitive on the circuit.
My Focus ST does not look anything like the Focus that was released back in the late '90's/early 00's. Does that mean my car is not a Focus? Or does it mean that the style has changed and mine is merely a different interpretation of a car Ford calls the Focus? Does that mean my car is uglier than the early Focuses? Or just different?
No, it is not possible, now, to walk into a Ford dealer and order a 6 cyinder EcoBoost Ford GT. It is not possible because the time to order is over until Ford chooses to make more of them. It is a limited edition model as I am quite sure you are aware, thus your question is either a logical fallacy of which you are aware of (willful ignorance) or you are not as well informed as you think you are.
Yet, when they were taking orders for the current GT, yes, you could order it that way. As a matter of fact that was the only power plant offered in the vehicle, of which, of course, you should have been aware of if you were as knowledgeable as you say you are, which then supports my assertion that you are using a logical fallacy to make you argument or are not as informed as you present yourself to be.
Your whole argument is based upon the subjectivity of your opinion, and, perhaps, the opinions of others with whom you share your beliefs. This does not mean you are correct, nor does it mean that you are wrong in your assessment. I merely means, what I stated in my prior reply: How one views that car is subjective, but one should not determine their politics of a car's success based upon looks.
What, exactly, are you attempting to prove by doing that?
I gather you do not like the current iteration of the GT, you have made that clear. That does not mean it is, as you insist, ugly, it just means you do not find it attractive. Others may disagree.
If you have anything other than a pic of your opinion of how a GT should look, please, provide it.
Otherwise you are merely stating an opinion based upon emotional attachments to a car from a bygone era, not fact.
Yours is a very nice car though. I would love to take a closer look at it. I hope it gives you the same kind of joy I know it would give me. Kudos on your efforts.
