AC53
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I think that would either be done by the four (4) 1966 Shelby GT350 convertibles (only one went to a private owner), or the handful of street versions of the original Ford GT40.
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I think this is part of the confusion Bullitt in the video the ford rep is saying its limited i actually agree with u but when they make statements like that its confusingLimited edition and limited production are 2 different things and people keep confusing the two. Limited Edition (what this Bullitt is) means they're only making them for a finite time (2 model years). Limited production means they're only building X amount of cars. As far as we know officially, it is not limited production, simply a build-to-order car with restricted allocation (currently).
It may be restricted production, but limited production implies a specific number. It may in fact be limited production and Ford just isn't revealing the number, but when I talked with Ford's Mustang Marketing guy at the reveal in Detroit, he said it would NOT be a limited number car like the 50 Years LE (they announced only 1,964 of those would be made from the get-go). Bullitt will have a chassis number, but they won't be "number 200/8,000" for example.Matt, you are quite right, there is a difference between Limited Edition and Limited Production and I for one, forgot to make that distinction.
Ford has definitely said it will be a Limited Edition car, 2019 and 2020, that has been in the official releases.
What I haven't heard in those releases is anything concrete on overall numbers (Limited Production). However, we do know that these cars are on a "limited" Dealer Allocation. The two dealerships I've spoken to both have an allocation of one (1) 2019 Bullitt and are contacting other dealerships to see if they can find one that is willing to give up their one (1) allocation.
To my way of thinking, it is a bit like flow rate of a garden hose. The ultimate flow rate can only be as high as the lowest rate of the components, the tap and the hose. Which ever of those has the lowest number determins the flow rate and creates a "limited" situation.
Doesn't the existence of the limited dealer allocation, coupled with the limited production span, create a limited production number? Without knowing the dealer allocation details (most reports seem to indicate allocations of 1-2), we can't know ultimate numbers, but won't the allocation requirement/restriction coupled with the limited MY span result in a specific and "limited" (via the limited allocation) number being produced.
Of the dozen or so videos of interviews with Ford personnel that have been shot I've watched several and not having made the distinction earlier between Limited Edition and Limited Production can't recall for certain if anyone said they would be limited in numbers, but thought that they had. Guess I'll have to rewatch them this weekend unless someone has already done that exercise. ;-)
Matt, two things make me wonder about that.... when I talked with Ford's Mustang Marketing guy at the reveal in Detroit, he said it would NOT be a limited number car like the 50 Years LE (they announced only 1,964 of those would be made from the get-go). Bullitt will have a chassis number, but they won't be "number 200/8,000" for example.
It's anyone's guess really. My point about the chassis number is that if it's capped at a certain amount of cars, usually the number plate will reflect that. Look at the number plate for the 2015 LE cars versus the open-ended nature of just a chassis number on the Bullitt:Matt, two things make me wonder about that.
Certainly, responding to the question of a "limitied run" may be different to "limited number", but with the followup response, it tends to lend credence to the thought that the actual # produced is going to be deliberately limited/capped. Time will tell and I should stop speculating. ;-)
- There is going to be a "number" plate on the dash identifying the vehicle # (doesn't show xxxxx of yyyyy, just xxxxx)
- Chief Program Engineer, Carl Widmann's replies in a video that I just re-watched while having a bite of lunch to the questions:
Q) I heard this is going to be a limited run?
A) Yep.
Q) Do you know how many are going to be made yet?
A) No, we haven't announced that.
What I'm gathering, and like you say, it is anybody's guess at this point, is that Ford has decided to cap the actual number but has not yet decided/announced what that number will be.It's anyone's guess really. My point about the chassis number is that if it's capped at a certain amount of cars, usually the number plate will reflect that. Look at the number plate for the 2015 LE cars versus the open-ended nature of just a chassis number on the Bullitt: