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02-23-2009, 05:22 PM
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Damn, this is fun.
MSWAIM: Do you really own a Shelby GT500???? I am so envious.
I tried to buy a Shelby a couple of times after I got rid of the Lightning and the Blackwood but could not swallow the over-invoice prices the local dealers were demanding. So, still driving the box stock '92 Town Car.
I think I posted this on another similar thread, but one of the most fun things about the Lightning Forum from 1999-2001 as you mentioned were the spirited posts. Especially the "Tuner Wars" which were a real hoot to both experience and read.
Nostalgia is good, especially for someone as old as myself.
Bill
MSWAIM: Do you really own a Shelby GT500???? I am so envious.
I tried to buy a Shelby a couple of times after I got rid of the Lightning and the Blackwood but could not swallow the over-invoice prices the local dealers were demanding. So, still driving the box stock '92 Town Car.
I think I posted this on another similar thread, but one of the most fun things about the Lightning Forum from 1999-2001 as you mentioned were the spirited posts. Especially the "Tuner Wars" which were a real hoot to both experience and read.
Nostalgia is good, especially for someone as old as myself.
Bill
Bill you can probably gt a GT500 at cost now.. I know the dealers up here by me in Jersey were letting them go below MSRP..
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02-23-2009, 05:27 PM
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02-23-2009, 06:24 PM
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I remember the thread on the 01's and the " ricer " taillights and the amount of times i went to different dealerships to try and get a deal on a lightning.
Then in 03 i think it was TheHylandr
who posted up a link to where you could get a pin for x plan, so i ended up with a 03 Lightning at x plan after years of trying to get a deal, thanks again 
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Then in 03 i think it was TheHylandr
who posted up a link to where you could get a pin for x plan, so i ended up with a 03 Lightning at x plan after years of trying to get a deal, thanks again .
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I remember the thread on the 01's and the " ricer " taillights and the amount of times i went to different dealerships to try and get a deal on a lightning.
Then in 03 i think it was TheHylandr who posted up a link to where you could get a pin for x plan, so i ended up with a 03 Lightning at x plan after years of trying to get a deal, thanks again .
Then in 03 i think it was TheHylandr
who posted up a link to where you could get a pin for x plan, so i ended up with a 03 Lightning at x plan after years of trying to get a deal, thanks again .Long story short I have some 1999-2000 looking tails from a 2003 supercrew on mine.....
May the force be with you
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03-04-2009, 11:14 PM
Now that I live out here in the midwest, I keep forgetting how close some of you guys are....
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03-05-2009, 06:29 PM
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Quick update on the Shelby GT500 option.
I was visited today by the Sales Mgr. of my local Ford Dealer in response to my continuing interest in the Transit vehicle.
Got to noshing and we were talking about various SVT and other HiPo Ford vehicles and it turns out they have 5 (FIVE) Shelby GT 500s on the lot and no takers.
Off the top, he said they were up for grabs for dealer cost, but " a deal could be made".
I sent him an email an hour ago asking him to quote a range of leasing options and am waiting to hear back.
As I said to him, this is a totally irrational thought process to pursue but I have wanted a Shelby Cobra since they were first introduced many, many years ago. I never could justify one, in part because, as this guy said, they were getting $20K over list a year ago, and I never pay more than list and usually, a lot below posted dealer cost.
If I can steal one, I think I may do it. What the Hell, you only live once, I have wanted one since the 1960's and I will be 69 years old on the 18th of this month.
Now, I have to just convince Pat I have earned this prize. She was willing to go along with leasing/buying the Transit but doing the same with a Shelby Cobra is going to be a reach.
Bill
I was visited today by the Sales Mgr. of my local Ford Dealer in response to my continuing interest in the Transit vehicle.
Got to noshing and we were talking about various SVT and other HiPo Ford vehicles and it turns out they have 5 (FIVE) Shelby GT 500s on the lot and no takers.
Off the top, he said they were up for grabs for dealer cost, but " a deal could be made".
I sent him an email an hour ago asking him to quote a range of leasing options and am waiting to hear back.
As I said to him, this is a totally irrational thought process to pursue but I have wanted a Shelby Cobra since they were first introduced many, many years ago. I never could justify one, in part because, as this guy said, they were getting $20K over list a year ago, and I never pay more than list and usually, a lot below posted dealer cost.
If I can steal one, I think I may do it. What the Hell, you only live once, I have wanted one since the 1960's and I will be 69 years old on the 18th of this month.
Now, I have to just convince Pat I have earned this prize. She was willing to go along with leasing/buying the Transit but doing the same with a Shelby Cobra is going to be a reach.
Bill
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03-11-2009, 01:53 PM
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03-11-2009, 03:55 PM
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Quick update on the Shelby GT500 option.
I was visited today by the Sales Mgr. of my local Ford Dealer in response to my continuing interest in the Transit vehicle.
Got to noshing and we were talking about various SVT and other HiPo Ford vehicles and it turns out they have 5 (FIVE) Shelby GT 500s on the lot and no takers.
Off the top, he said they were up for grabs for dealer cost, but " a deal could be made".
I sent him an email an hour ago asking him to quote a range of leasing options and am waiting to hear back.
As I said to him, this is a totally irrational thought process to pursue but I have wanted a Shelby Cobra since they were first introduced many, many years ago. I never could justify one, in part because, as this guy said, they were getting $20K over list a year ago, and I never pay more than list and usually, a lot below posted dealer cost.
If I can steal one, I think I may do it. What the Hell, you only live once, I have wanted one since the 1960's and I will be 69 years old on the 18th of this month.
Now, I have to just convince Pat I have earned this prize. She was willing to go along with leasing/buying the Transit but doing the same with a Shelby Cobra is going to be a reach.
Bill
I was visited today by the Sales Mgr. of my local Ford Dealer in response to my continuing interest in the Transit vehicle.
Got to noshing and we were talking about various SVT and other HiPo Ford vehicles and it turns out they have 5 (FIVE) Shelby GT 500s on the lot and no takers.
Off the top, he said they were up for grabs for dealer cost, but " a deal could be made".
I sent him an email an hour ago asking him to quote a range of leasing options and am waiting to hear back.
As I said to him, this is a totally irrational thought process to pursue but I have wanted a Shelby Cobra since they were first introduced many, many years ago. I never could justify one, in part because, as this guy said, they were getting $20K over list a year ago, and I never pay more than list and usually, a lot below posted dealer cost.
If I can steal one, I think I may do it. What the Hell, you only live once, I have wanted one since the 1960's and I will be 69 years old on the 18th of this month.
Now, I have to just convince Pat I have earned this prize. She was willing to go along with leasing/buying the Transit but doing the same with a Shelby Cobra is going to be a reach.
Bill
If you decide to by a GT 500 send me a private message and I will get you a T shirt with the builders of your cars signitures on it. I am the new Manager for the Shelby Gt 500 (NICHE Line) at Ford Romeo Engine Plant.
God Bless,
Suavy
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03-11-2009, 07:25 PM
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. No it wasn't wrecked I checked. I have been a member for a while, though I dont post much here. I read alot before I even signed up. It did use to get a bit heated, and it still does.
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03-11-2009, 08:47 PM
Every time he broke up with a chick it was good for a link to a bunch of pictures as well, lol.
You still living over on the Eastside? We need to catch up one of these days.
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Speedy, RTKilla's "lair", back in the snapperbanger thread of old.
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03-12-2009, 03:35 PM
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