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The SHELBY AMERICAN
258 Fall 2015
The “proper” fix was to adjust the
in-out position of the door glass. What
my dealer actually did, though, was to
put some dirty hand-prints on the door
trim (to make it look like they had
opened the door up to adjust the glass)
and then just jammed some dum-dum
in between the door glass seal and the
T-Roof panel. I discovered this the first
time I had my elbow on the open win-
dow sill and rested my hand up on the
T-Roof panel. Yuck. What was that
black goop all over my fingers? Like
every other repair I ever had at that
dealer, I had to take the car back a sec-
ond (or third) time and bitch to get
them to fix it correctly.
The first fifty 2005 Ford GTs off
the line at Wixom received post-pro-
duction testing. It was called a “Pre-
Delivery Performance Confirmation.”
Along with the inspection evaluation
sheet [
pictured at the right
] each
owner received a letter stating: “
Dear
Owner of VIN 1FAFP90S75Y400115.
On behalf of the entire Ford GT Team,
it gives me great pleasure to present
you with your new 2005 Ford GT. To
ensure that your GT provides excep-
tional performance your vehicle was
evaluated by the same team of engi-
neers that developed the Ford GT.
Only the first 50 production vehicles
will receive this special treatment
from the engineering team. Your vehi-
cle was evaluated at the Michigan
Proving Ground on September 29,
2004. The attached evaluation form
confirms that your vehicle meets our
stringent performance standards
.”
Back to Legendary’s GT. This car
was initially built for the Canadian
Market but appears to have had the
unique Canadian bumper bracket ex-
tensions removed. The original plan at
the beginning of 2006 model year pro-
duction was to build 100 cars for
Canada and another 100 cars at the
end. The first 100 cars were completed
in February and March, 2006. At the
end of the model year the second hun-
dred cars were ordered. As the cut-off
date for the 2006 model year produc-
tion approached, new Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
were in the offing for 2007 and the
2006 models would not meet these
standards without significant struc-