You may be stuck at work and need to wast some time, but I'm home and an grilling some chicken right now.
So in between flips of the chicken, here you go.
The 2005 GT is on tour with the Great American Pony Drive II. They stop at various Ford dealers and show the 2005 GT along with the 300 millionth Ford made (The Redfire GT Convert) but no one could care less about that 300M car. The tour stopped at Rodman Ford outside of Boston MA yesterday. The 05 was on display and the manager of exterior and structure engineering was on hand to answer questions. They just had it sitting on the dealer's lot and you could look it over, sit in it, pop the hood and start the engine. (I did all 3).
It does not look like an SUV, the new larger diameter tires fill the wheel cut outs very nicely.
The fit and finish was awesome (is was Redfire), especially considering that this was an early prototype. The engine had tags on it that said it was built in July 2003. The engineer couldn't tell me exactly when it was built, but he said he believed that this specific car was a P2 car (Prototype 2nd build) that was probably build around Nov - Dec 03.
My only complaints were that the shifter (MTX) felt like a rubber band. The engineer said not to worry, they've changed it 5 times since this car was built. The parking brake lever does look ugly and the the Shaker 500 woofers in the doors look ugly too.
The seats are real comfortable and the whole look and feel of the interior (dash, shape of the windshield) really reminded me of the 1967 Mustang GT's I used to have many years ago.
He also said the 3V engine had a VERY robust 300 HP rating a and is better than the Mach 1 engine.
Next chance to see the 2005 will be on Sunday at All American Ford in Hackensack NJ.