Ford GTX1...

**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 01:59 PM

Write up in January 2006 edition of Automobile Magazine...

I like the looks...too bad no production plans for it...

[image]http://www.automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_01_445.jpg[/image]

[image]http://automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_02_445.jpg[/image]

[image]http://automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_03_445.jpg[/image]

[image]http://automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_04_445.jpg[/image]

[image]http://automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_05_445.jpg[/image]

[image]http://automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_06_445.jpg[/image]

[image]http://automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_07_445.jpg[/image]

[image]http://automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_08_445.jpg[/image]

Mark O · January 4th, 2006, 04:22 PM

Good looking vehicle, but the one thing that I do not like about the GT is that angled line behind the rear wheels where the hood lifts up. To me, the 3/8" gap looks awkward versus the 1/4" gap on the rest of the body panels.

**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 04:37 PM

Good point...

[image]http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/images/photo_gallery/ph_gt_popup_4.jpg[/image]

[image]http://automobilemag.com/photo_gallery/0601_ford_gtx1_04_445.jpg[/image]

**KRAZYPSI** · January 4th, 2006, 07:47 PM

Thankfully it's not PURPLE!

**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 07:48 PM

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IDWIN · January 4th, 2006, 09:18 PM

Why use the name GTX anything. That makes a guy think of the Plymouth GTX. not the ford. sweet looking car though :thumb:

**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 09:28 PM

"Those of you with long memories (or a GT40 fetish) will recall that Ford produced five open GT40s in 1965. Four were roadster versions of the existing coupe, and the other was the X-1, a wild, long-nosed, 427-cubic-inch V-8-engined machine with a cut-down windshield that was made for the United States Road Racing Championship. None were very successful, but the X-1 was rebodied to look like a Mark 2 roadster, in which guise it won the12 Hours of Sebring in 1966, driven by Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby."

Courtesy of http://www.automobilemag.com

Here is a better side-profile shot of it...

[image]http://www.viperalley.com/attach/data/1/607065-0601_ford_gtx1_03_900%20%28Medium%29.jpg[/image]

**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 09:50 PM

The two different 1966 Ford X1's...

[image]http://www.nvsaac.com/photogallery/images/GT40/1966/66%20z/66riverside71z%20Ford%20X-1.JPG[/image]

[image]http://www.nvsaac.com/photogallery/images/GT40/1966/66%20sebring/66seb01y%20Miles-Ruby%20Ford%20X1.JPG[/image]

**KRAZYPSI** · January 4th, 2006, 10:54 PM

I wonder if it comes in purple?

**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 10:56 PM

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**KRAZYPSI** · January 4th, 2006, 11:03 PM

I would have preferred PURPLE [color

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**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 11:10 PM

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**KRAZYPSI** · January 4th, 2006, 11:19 PM

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**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 11:22 PM

Nice try KRAZY, but...no edit on my post...so once again...

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**KRAZYPSI** · January 4th, 2006, 11:27 PM

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Nice try KRAZY, but...no edit on my post...so once again...

Pssst...V10 PURPLE...everyone knows the 1 minute edit trick!

**V10 RCKT** · January 4th, 2006, 11:29 PM

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