I believe this dealer is on crack...BIG TIME !

[Charles147]

I'm sorry if this causes anyone some butt hurt but the S550 50th anniversary edition is not worth a penny over normal retail price. Yes even though there are only 1964 made, it's just not going to be a collector car. Seen any Mustang 35th anniversary editions worth anything ever or 40th? Or....why would 50 years be any different or more special?
How about in a few years the 55th edition?
I won't be using my retirement money investing in one with the hopes that it will be some rare, awe and gasp inspiring car that you will only see a few times in your life and collectors hunting you down to buy it from you.

35th is only 15 years. In my state it's cant be tagged as historic yet so who knows give it time and the 35th may be worth something down the road to some folks...

And sorry but I think you are wrong to say the LE is not a collectors car. Only 1,964 cars were made and in 50 years there will be much less on the road and in good shape which will make the car considerably rare. It'll most certainly add value to the car over time.

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[rbarbieri_74]

Well, with taxes it'd come to $87,522 (Canadian, $65,653 US) for me, so sorry but I'm not paying that money for a Mustang GT... Cause at the end of the day, that's what you get ! A good looking one, but still a Mustang GT.

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[Blk2015GT]

I'm sorry if this causes anyone some butt hurt but the S550 50th anniversary edition is not worth a penny over normal retail price. Yes even though there are only 1964 made, it's just not going to be a collector car. Seen any Mustang 35th anniversary editions worth anything ever or 40th? Or....why would 50 years be any different or more special?
How about in a few years the 55th edition?
I won't be using my retirement money investing in one with the hopes that it will be some rare, awe and gasp inspiring car that you will only see a few times in your life and collectors hunting you down to buy it from you.

Again your idea of value is your own, not a general consensus. Tell that to the guys who bought a 1960s muscle car LE version where they made 2000 or less and are worth 6 figures now. No one thought they'd be worth squat 50 years later either.

 

[thaext]

I'm sorry if this causes anyone some butt hurt but the S550 50th anniversary edition is not worth a penny over normal retail price. Yes even though there are only 1964 made, it's just not going to be a collector car. Seen any Mustang 35th anniversary editions worth anything ever or 40th? Or....why would 50 years be any different or more special?
How about in a few years the 55th edition?
I won't be using my retirement money investing in one with the hopes that it will be some rare, awe and gasp inspiring car that you will only see a few times in your life and collectors hunting you down to buy it from you.

The limited editions will be way more of a collector car than the shelby gt350 will be. Not now, but in a couple years the values are going to go up, or pretty much keep its value. The limited editions are special cars, the shelby's aren't. I laugh at every dealer who give the same argument for jacking up the price on the gt350's.

 

[OySmallFry@SCS]

The limited editions will be way more of a collector car than the shelby gt350 will be. Not now, but in a couple years the values are going to go up, or pretty much keep its value. The limited editions are special cars, the shelby's aren't. I laugh at every dealer who give the same argument for jacking up the price on the gt350's.

Wait.. seriously, why are the LEs special cars? The only differences are cosmetic, right, which the parts you can buy from Ford directly. There's nothing unattainable about that other than "official" artificial scarcity..

I realize a "built" LE is not the same as a numbered LE, but there's nothing otherwise unique about them, from what I understand. So the people who will buy those down the road are looking to turn a profit, not necessarily for any other value. This seems exactly like manufacturing "collectors edition" beanie babies/patches/coins/etc - its only bought and sold by those looking to flip to other flippers, or the small numbers of people who really want that scarcity.
No disrespect to LE owners, seriously, to each their own.

 

[thaext]

Wait.. seriously, why are the LEs special cars? The only differences are cosmetic, right, which the parts you can buy from Ford directly. There's nothing unattainable about that other than "official" artificial scarcity..

I realize a "built" LE is not the same as a numbered LE, but there's nothing otherwise unique about them, from what I understand. So the people who will buy those down the road are looking to turn a profit, not necessarily for any other value. This seems exactly like manufacturing "collectors edition" beanie babies/patches/coins/etc - its only bought and sold by those looking to flip to other flippers, or the small numbers of people who really want that scarcity.
No disrespect to LE owners, seriously, to each their own.

My fellow limited edition owners know that these are special, especially the owners of the auto. There were about 254 autos with Kona Blue, and not sure how many with the white. These are going to be the only cars with autos and the pp. I thought ford was going to make it available on the 16's but I was wrong. Ford has been extremely resistant to make features exclusive to Manuals open to autos, so I truly believe if someone ever wants an auto and pp, the limited edition are their only choice.

The shelby gt350's are really nice, it's very innovative to use a FPC engine on a non exotic, and I commend ford for doing it. But, if you look at the gt500's, those saturated the market too much. There's only 1962 limited editions out there, cause two of em burned and that's it.

 

[The Great Gazoo]

LE is the only way you can get an automatic or convertible with PP for 2015. That would make is "special" versus other GT's. Sure you can bolt on PP stuff and LE stuff to a non-LE car and paint it Kona Blue or Wimbleton White but that would cost a lot more than buying one of these jacked-up priced cars.

The flippers are just trying to make a quick buck on what is perceived to be a collector's car. Prices will likely go down over the first 5-10 years and if it is truly a collectors car, it will begin to appreciate - first up to its original MSRP and then above. This is what is happening to the first gen Ford GT's -0 they are now selling for well beyond their original MSRP.

Hysteria can drive a market.....I see that right now with my retirement funds. :(

 

[Charles147]

Wait.. seriously, why are the LEs special cars? The only differences are cosmetic, right, which the parts you can buy from Ford directly. There's nothing unattainable about that other than "official" artificial scarcity..

Let me know when I can order OEM louvers since nothing is unattainable. Thanks!

 

[OySmallFry@SCS]

Let me know when I can order OEM louvers since nothing is unattainable. Thanks!

My apologies, I didn't realize they're not out yet. Do you expect Ford not to sell them eventually?

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[OH5GT 2 S550]

I'm sorry if this causes anyone some butt hurt but the S550 50th anniversary edition is not worth a penny over normal retail price. Yes even though there are only 1964 made, it's just not going to be a collector car. Seen any Mustang 35th anniversary editions worth anything ever or 40th? Or....why would 50 years be any different or more special?
How about in a few years the 55th edition?
I won't be using my retirement money investing in one with the hopes that it will be some rare, awe and gasp inspiring car that you will only see a few times in your life and collectors hunting you down to buy it from you.

 

[Blk2015GT]

Let me know when I can order OEM louvers since nothing is unattainable. Thanks!

Um they're $1,429.80 each side on fordparts.com Part # 29710B

They're not just lovered glass they're glass and open and close.

So no, 99.99% of people arent going to add these on for $3,000 to including labor since you have to take the old quarter glass out somehow and strip all the interior trim in that area to do so.

The part simply being available means nothing to the limited nature of the cars which are individually numbered- same as the GT350 and R will each come. You could always buy Shelby parts separately too but that doesn't take away the value of a complete numbered car.

 

[Charles147]

Um they're $1,429.80 each side on fordparts.com Part # 29710B

They're not just lovered glass they're glass and open and close.

So no, 99.99% of people arent going to add these on for $3,000 to including labor since you have to take the old quarter glass out somehow and strip all the interior trim in that area to do so.

The part simply being available means nothing to the limited nature of the cars which are individually numbered- same as the GT350 and R will each come. You could always buy Shelby parts separately too but that doesn't take away the value of a complete numbered car.

Are you sure you anyone can buy that part or are you just saying that its available for order on the website. Last I recall only a LE car could order replacement. Suppose you could trick the system...

For 3k you darn bet I will install. People buy 3k in wheels or spend like 2k for a front end...

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