GTs, 40s and Panteras @ RA 30th Northwoods Shelby Club Meet

Alex Hirsbrunner

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A few shots from this weekend. Beautiful weather and another great event at Road America.

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Ford GT development mule. Beat down. No Ford emblem on hood, horrible gaps, road grime galore. Yes, I'd take it!
 

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Note internal bracing. Not really a roll bar. No other tubes visible in the passenger compartment.
 

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Private GT. Note static cling material to prevent the normal sandblasting you get at speed at RA.
 

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Be careful when you close the deck. If you don't center it on the way down you will be sorry.
 

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Not a Ford GT, a GT40 or a Pantera, but a very creative use of the space made available when removing the rear bumper of an early model GT-350.

At this size it may be hard to see, so that's a bottle opener there.
 

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Re: GTs, 40s and Pantera @ RA 30th Annual Northwoods Shelby

There are some more photos I took that show the details of the Ford GT's four point deck latching system. Looking at it up close, it seems like the components used could easily be adapted to a RF etc. I'll post a link when I get them up on my personal site.

Regards,

Al H.
 

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Re: GTs, 40s and Pantera @ RA 30th Annual Northwoods Shelby

Just a few more that I missed...

Mule VIN #37
 

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Re: GTs, 40s and Pantera @ RA 30th Annual Northwoods Shelby

If you look past this beautiful comp. orange Boss 302 you may see a Ford GT :).
 

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Re: GTs, 40s and Pantera @ RA 30th Annual Northwoods Shelby

GT at speed. Turn 5 again. This car is dead silent. Even going up the hill to turn 1, it is quieter than a stock NA 32V 2003/2004 Mach 1.
 

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Re: GTs, 40s and Pantera @ RA 30th Annual Northwoods Shelby

For those of you that may have never seen crystal clear Elkhart Lake, here you go.

Regards,

Al H.
 

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