Do you happen to have the name of the product you used?
Great minds think alike haha. I was thinking about putting the original badges on the car as well. I may do that still, but I think I would like to incorporate the newer design with the retro colors and see how that turns out. What are you using the gas cap emblem for?
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That boss is sick!
Wildcardfox, were you out there in Michigan for the car events? Or was that photo from a forum or social media?Woodward tonight.
My buddy was there, took those photos, and shared it with me. I asked if I could share them specifically to show you since it is your configuration and you could finally see what your car will look like.
That looks like a dealer or manufacturer plate on the car. It might be mine, and they're out there testing it out. My car is way behind on delivery. In production since 6/20. They're probably having a good time with it somewhere.
The car that looks like yours, the base model with painted black stripes is some person’s actual car. The other two are manufacturer cars. There’s an “M” in the center of the license plate’s number on the other two. That “M” denotes that it is a manufacturer plate. So that car is a privately owned car. If I was there and I saw Ford parked over in parking lot, I would try to park there too.
I was kinda of joking....kinda
. Thanks for quelling any angst I was having. Trying to be patient and wait for my car like a cool cat 
....but I have my days. Saddened that I'm not the only base painted black. I'm still sure there won't be too many.
No worries. I too wondered if it was a Ford owned car, which is when I was told about how to spot them.I was kinda of joking....kinda
Great review & thanks for sharing your experience! I only have 119 mi on mine so far & still breaking it in. Soooooo looking forward to opening her up more & more as the miles collect. Right now sitting at PPF/ceramic guy so I can have more confidence taking her out without as much concern for rock chips/etc. I am planning to take her to NJMP road track. I did an xTreme xPerience event there with their GT500 few months ago & have another scheduled in 2 weeks. I get to thrash theirs before mine hits at least 1k miles. Doubtful this season, so hopefully will be on track in spring. The little that I have drove have been amazing from a senses point of view. Frankly, I could drive it normally all day in track mode & be happy. But soon WOT will be calling!!!Sorry for the long post. I haven't found anything in the paint outside of it needing to be claybarred. They did a good job with it. When I got to the dealership, everyone said that the salesman pulled the car into the service bay and was out there waxing the car himself on Friday, the day before I arrived. That's after he was in the ER and out sick from Monday - Thursday. This was the only thing I found. I never saw it when I was there and I can only see it in certain lights, but there's always something on the bottom of my door panels.
Yes sir, I have been having a good time with it as much as I can. I got my first trophy ever at a car show. It kind of stinks that I took it from someone else considering the car is brand new and only had 250 miles on it, but this trophy is dedicated to the people at Ford Performance and in the Ford Design Studio for making the car possible.
I have some very minor mods that I put on the car. I had the Bemaro Wimbledon White GT500 lettering on the front. I looked up and found some magnets that I think should work to make the rain tray easy to take off and put on. Those will be here later next week I believe and then I can do that. I had these center cap covers that I designed in photoshop and then had made. They're OK,, but I think I may try and find someone who will CNC or laser cut this design into an actual metal center cap. I was talking with some of the old-school Shelby guys, and I found the first gen repop of the 1960's Bower license plate frame you would have been able to get from Shelby American and put that on the car. There is a GT500 plate frame that I also have that was produced in the early 70's, but if you had a new 67 GT500 and got a license plate from Shelby American, this was it. I may switch to the GT500 eventually, but I like this one being period correct. I'm really trying to tie in the heritage aspect as best I can, similar to what Ford did with the Guardsman Blue coloring on the GT350 Heritage Edition cars.
I also contacted Shelby American about their Signature Edition package to turn the car into a bonafide CSM# having Shelby. For most guys, I don't think that may be all that important. Ever since I was a kid though, I wanted a 1965 GT350 or a 1967 GT350/GT500. So for me to potentially have a real Shelby American car like my Uncle Steve had is a dream come true. In between all of that, I have only put on 600 miles, but every time I want to take the car to work and look at the forecast, it calls for rain that never seems to come. There's a big weekly car show up at Bear Mountain (in the general vicinity of West Point if you are familiar with NY) that draws a few hundred cars going on tomorrow, so maybe I will take the car to work. The forecast says that it is going to rain tomorrow evening and night. It's only 20 minutes away from where I work, but it's an hour away from my house. I'm not sure what I am going to do yet.
All of that being said, this car is amazing! The closest thing I have to compare it to was my Laguna Seca which made about as much power as the 2013 GT500 while N/A. Even then, FI vs. N/A power is very different so I don't have a direct comparison. The power with the GT500 is anywhere and everywhere you want it. With the Boss, the dyno sheet showed the car making power all the way up to the hard limiter at 8250 without falling off, but when you really wanted to go, you would really have to downshift into 2nd or 3rd and it would just pull like a freight train from there up to redline. With this car, the torque curve seems flat, and the power just seems to climb up until the redline, kind of a close feeling to the Boss. The big difference between the two power-wise is that the GT500 just pours on the speed to the point where you can easily go from 20 to jail in a few seconds, even without flooring it. The Boss had lightweight internals and drivetrain so it would rev up to 8250 from 2000 RPM in the blink of an eye and it was time to shift to the next gear. It's really incredible how violent both cars are when you floor it, but the difference in what happens in the blink of an eye makes them vastly different.
The suspension in normal mode is fairly nice for a high-performance Mustang. In track mode it is so precise and rock solid that it doesn't get upset all that much. Before I put the Cortex Watts link on the Boss, you could get the rear end to dance on you mid-corner. With the GT500, it just stays planted. There might be some minor wheel hop depending on the road surface and how soon and hard you get on it mid-corner, but it is extremely compliant. It is extremely confidence inspiring, thanks to the suspension and transmission. It has been about 5 years since I've done autocross or have been on a track, so my "skills" are very rusty, and i have only driven it on the street. That being said, this car is very much point-and-shoot. We have a mini tail of the dragon style road close to me and on hairpin and decreasing radius turns I can take faster without the tires screaming for traction and the brakes just flat out work. The first time I hit them seriously, I was very impressed. Although, coming from the Boss with the 4 piston Brembos and the Pagid RS29 brakes, the factory GT500 brakes impress me a lot for what it's worth. Dust is dust; not much you will do about that except get some Sonax and keep cleaning your wheels.
As others have said who have owned a GT350, the first few days of me driving it, you felt like you needed to go shift the car even though I haven't driven a stick in 5 years. It really feels like a manual transmission from what I can remember. This is my last Boss to GT500 comparison. With the Boss in stock form and especially modded, it was just begging to be set loose and wanted you to push you and the car to your limits to get an extremely rewarding experience when you drove it and it loved you for getting after it. If you weren't pushing it, it was kind of lackadaisical except for those glorious side pipes. With the GT500, when you think you are pushing it, it kind of feels like it is telling you, (if it was a person) "Ok, is that all you are going to push it? You know there's a lot more performance to be had, push harder next time and I'll take care of you." The Boss wanted you to really push the envelope and wring it out. The GT500 is happy if you are beating the shit out of it or if you are just putt-putting down the road. All and all, it is an amazing car and if you don't have an allocation, don't hold out hope that maybe your dealer will get one. Go find one of these cars and enjoy whatever is left of summer. You're going to have an absolute blast!
Are those the chassis numbers of those cars?
