Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IIRC the original was actually just Ford GT - 40 was added by the press. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Feldman" <roy@detroitphotographic.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 3:01 PM Subject: [Leica] GT40 > "All GT40's have the steering on the right" is simply not true. I > worked at Ford and was the chief photographer in charge of the Ford > GT. I can tell you I drove at 3 GT40's with the steering on the left, > we used these to photograph initial press kits and photoshopped the > new skin on them. > Mr. Ford started the program because he couldn't buy Ferrari, if you > believe he was going to make a car he couldn't drive around > Dearborn.... > With the first reborn GT we wanted to name it GT40, but we (Ford) had > more or less given the name away to a small manufacturer after the > original program was done, they wanted several million to buy it back, > hence the name Ford GT. > The new current prototypes all had GT40 painted on them and after > loosing the name battle, I had to photoshop "Ford GT" on about 40 > pictures in time for that years introduction at the Detroit Auto Show, > requiring me to work all day on christmas that year (any idea what 4x > time pays at Ford..?...I made more in a month than I had all year). > Also, in order to meet today's street driving requirements it was > necessary to raise the bumper thus making it taller than 40 inches, > the current one is a GT 43. > Roy Feldman > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >