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Guess the GT500 vert, or the Shelby GT500 CFTDP (carbon fiber topless/doorless pack) was not a viable 2021MY offering.
 

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I like to disassemble things.
Looks like they wanted to simulate damage from a failed brake pedal pivot bracket that didn't fall under the recall.
 
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The Mfg destroying vehicles is hard to take.
Years ago, a motorcycle magazine test rider reached out to me because he broke down in my neck of the woods. I left him a business card at an event a year earlier so he knew where I lived. We got his luxury BMW touring bike back on the road but I was heartbroken to find out this amazing bike was going to be destroyed the next week.
Doesn't really matter how it’s destroyed as long as it’s documented some how....breaks my heart.
Pull the wheels and wing when nobody is looking ;-)
 

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The parts themselves don't necessarily have to be destroyed. A while back, there was a GT350R in an auto recycling yard that was an early '15 TT or prototype. It still had the wing and various other parts on the car, but the car itself was cut in half. I actually bought the wing, but when the manager of the yard found out what I paid for it, he stopped the sale and refunded my money. An argument ensued and I called the Attorney Generals office. As long as my money was refunded, thats all they cared about.... So I never got the wing.

My point is that as long as the car is destroyed (demilled), I don't think they care about the parts.
 

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My point is that as long as the car is destroyed (demilled), I don't think they care about the parts.
With the MC story I referred to, the whole bike was to be crushed. I didn’t understand it but that’s what I was told. Now did someone pull parts beforehand? I don’t know, I sure would have.
A lot of things happen when nobody’s looking
 

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It’s absolutely a sad situation. Those parts could be auctioned off for a good cause... JDRF, for instance.

If Jim Owens and Ford signed that wing, I’d definitely bid on it.
 

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Unfortunately, they have to destroy those vehicles because due to the fact that they were never meant to be driven by anyone but Ford, even selling parts would expose them to unacceptable liability.
 

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how is a GT500 any different than an ecoboost as far as cutting into A/B pillars or seeing how it'll "blend" with a concrete obstruction? Ahh well, that's what engineering sample are for...
 

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