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negotiation and purchase process with
me, which is a story in itself, and took
a day off from school so we could travel
to Dallas with a trailer to pick it up. I
had the splitter, transmission cooler,
and brake duct kit still in their origi-
nal boxes. The picture shows Kyle with
the salesperson the day we purchased
the Boss. Boss 302s are awesome cars,
and the purchase experience from
Ford was second-to-none. From the
unique owner’s kit to the Boss 302
driving school at Miller Motorsports in
Utah that original owners got to at-
tend, it was a first-class Ford experi-
ence. I listed the car at $45K on the
Boss 302 Forum and on eBay. I re-
ceived several low-$40K offers, and
sold it for my $45K asking price from
the eBay ad. It went to a couple in
Riverside, California who are thrilled
with the car and the incredible docu-
mentation I had on it and on the Boss
302 program.
I told Automotive Consulting that
I was back in the market and they
found another four-option, white car
on the east coast in a small collection.
The price was $298K for this 1400-
mile car that came from the Don Davis
collection in Arlington, Texas. I re-
ceived pictures and testimony from
the owner that it was a perfect, never
damaged car, with all original docu-
mentation, car cover and bag, air com-
pressor, tow hook and battery charger.
At the same time, there was a
small Ford GT rally in central Texas.
A friend of mine took his black, no-
stripe car to the rally, and told every-
one that he had a friend who looking
for one and, low-and-behold, someone
said he knew of one that met my re-
quirements. Although the location was
not important as I planned to ship the
car I purchased to the GT Guy again
for inspection and modifications, this
car was in my backyard at the Austin
Ferrari dealership. Kyle and I went to
look at it in the pouring rain. It was a
very nice, low mileage car. Except it
had gray calipers and a bad gauge (a
well known issue with Ford GTs if you
don’t keep the battery charged). The
dealership was working on that. It was
the first white car that Kyle, who is
now 11, had seen. He called it a space-
ship.
I decided to purchase the 1400-
mile car on the east coast as Automo-
tive Consulting would ship it directly
to the GT Guy for me. Rich performed
his magic on the car, and like always,
he kept me informed along the way.
The car was delivered a couple of
weeks later.
A Ford GT is a lot different from a
Shelby or a Mustang. It is low and it
is so fast – and it draws so much
attention. With 4038 made, you would
think you would see more of them. I do
miss my 427 GT500, but a Ford GT
more than makes up for that hole in
my garage!
The SHELBY AMERICAN
Fall 2016 51
Ford GT facts and figures courtesy of Jeff Burgy.