# Ford 500GT **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 5, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927 "2006-03-05T23:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/1 "2006-03-05T23:00:50Z")
Taken from another forum, I thought this was… interesting:roll2: What do you get when you give a bunch of students a project and some $ to do it? ![http://www.dieselstation.com/upload/files/1/qo9c13.jpg](http://www.dieselstation.com/upload/files/1/qo9c13.jpg) ![http://www.dieselstation.com/upload/files/1/qo9bpz.jpg](http://www.dieselstation.com/upload/files/1/qo9bpz.jpg) ![http://www.dieselstation.com/upload/files/1/qo9btv.jpg](http://www.dieselstation.com/upload/files/1/qo9btv.jpg) ![http://www.dieselstation.com/upload/files/1/qo9bww.jpg](http://www.dieselstation.com/upload/files/1/qo9bww.jpg) DETROIT, Mar. 3, 2006 -The 550-horsepower Five Hundred GT-R uses Ford GT powertrain and chassis components, wrapped in a Ford Five Hundred body shell. The vehicle was designed and built by the students and staff of Washtenaw Community College’s Custom Cars & Concepts program. The vehicle is displayed at the 2006 Detroit Autorama. ---
**Author:** ![Slomies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/2 "2006-03-05T23:04:20Z")
wow … I would def drive that … I think it’s HOTT ---
**Author:** ![bladez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bladez/32/7237_2.png) [@bladez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bladez)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/3 "2006-03-05T23:24:52Z")
haha nice…i would rock that for sure ---
**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/4 "2006-03-05T23:35:39Z")
I think it looks like its 1/2 finished. Just doesnt look right to me ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/5 "2006-03-06T02:24:51Z")
pretty cool car, theres a bunch of stuff i dont realy like, but it would be pretty damn cool to have they started with a pair of engeneiring prototypes both destined for the crusher, and wound up with a very sweet family car. the baby seats might need a few heat sheilds tho … ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/6 "2006-03-06T03:26:58Z")
id def rock that ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/7 "2006-03-06T04:01:22Z")
eh its alright… dont really do it for me for some reason ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/8 "2006-03-06T05:06:15Z")
> [@psphinx81](#): > > eh its alright… dont really do it for me for some reason I AM WITH YOU…and antoher car company stealing Nissan shit…first chevy steals Skyline tails for impalas and cobalts…now These doucgebags steal the GT-R name plate ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/9 "2006-03-06T05:09:51Z")
> [@MaximaSE98](#): > > now These doucgebags steal the GT-R name plate ricers have ben stealing the GT-R nameplate for years people have been bitching for years why bother to even mention it ? at least one of the 2 cars involved is named the “GT” and by doing this conversion the 500 is basicly a race car, so GT-R works fine ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/10 "2006-03-06T05:11:08Z")
NO IT DOESNT…who wants to drvie a 4dr grocery getter anyway ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/11 "2006-03-06T05:14:24Z")
and by the way, “GTR” goes back to at LEAST the 60’s, so its not like the skyline was the original GTR, nissan stole it from someone else, thats all ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/12 "2006-03-06T05:15:22Z")
you have one… ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/13 "2006-03-06T05:23:00Z")
U obvioulsy dont see the sarcasim ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/14 "2006-03-06T05:25:30Z")
Get rid of the fog lights and I’d rock it. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/15 "2006-03-06T05:29:00Z")
I’d rock it if they could make functional as a sedan again. ---
**Author:** ![cooter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cooter/32/7199_2.png) [@cooter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cooter)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/16 "2006-03-06T05:29:35Z")
eh not bad… ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/17 "2006-03-06T06:01:23Z")
I’d rock it…if it wasn’t a Ford. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/18 "2006-03-06T06:27:41Z")
ditch the graphics and scoops, paint it old man tan, and slap on some widened stock wheels… hell yeah I’d rock that. just keep the windows tinted so nobody can see the bundle o’joy out back… “what’s all that whining?” “meh, power steering pump’s bad, POS ford” :lol: ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/19 "2006-03-06T07:02:40Z")
thats friggen sweet, makes me wish my projects were like that instead of studying le corbusier’s buildings ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/20 "2006-03-06T07:20:55Z")
VERY cool :tup: :tup: :tup: I like those new 500’s alot actually… sharp cars 🙂 bet that one goes like hell [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927.md?page=2)