FR500S Racer
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- Apr 25, 2017
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- SW Washington
- First Name
- Brian
- Vehicle(s)
- 2008 FR500S Challenge Race Car. 2017 GT350, 2017 RS, 2003 F350. 2020 GT350R HEP
Big thanks to Bill Ford and the others that made it happen! Great insider details! PP0001 your probably in on the 1965 pricing, too. Love the Shelby & Ford community! Hooked me bad ;) BrianVery simple and don't disagree with your suggestion but here is how this all came about.
The HEP option never existed until Bill Ford asked a FP individual to design the very last 2020 R model in a unique color/stripe configuration after which time it was decided that Bill would have the only 2020 optioned R model coming with Wimbledon White paint, Blue seat inserts and Blue stitching on the seats/steering wheels as well as his car also coming with painted Blue brake calipers and of course the iconic painted OTT Guardsman Blue OTT/side stripes and Blue badging.
I would suggest that his chassis badge designation will be very unique to his car as well.
Once the HEP option was adopted and accepted by the senior management at Ford as a very late model option sometime just before the end of 2019 the seat configuration was changed from the regular R model Red seat inserts and Red seat stitching to no Red seat inserts but the Red stitching remained on the R model all Black seats.
Bottom line if it was not for Bill Ford requesting a unique 2020 R optioned car early on along with an individual from FP taking that thought process to another level we would not have the HEP option as we presently know it but like you I certainly like the look of the R model seats/steering wheel stitching in Blue!!
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