# Ford 500GT

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Juan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Juan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Juan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/21 "2006-03-06T07:24:04Z")

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puke

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**Author:** ![STEALTTH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stealtth/32/7582_2.png) [@STEALTTH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/STEALTTH)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/22 "2006-03-06T09:26:30Z")

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> [@StrokedZ28](#):
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> Get rid of the fog lights and I’d rock it.

no way, Fog lights FTW:tup:

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**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/23 "2006-03-06T10:15:25Z")

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that looks rad. twin engine would be sweeter tho.

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**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, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/24 "2006-03-06T10:25:30Z")

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just noticed the brake cooling ducts… pretty cool :tup:

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**Author:** ![rj-92](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rj-92/32/7310_2.png) [@rj-92](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rj-92)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/25 "2006-03-06T10:38:18Z")

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I think its sweet!

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**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/26 "2006-03-06T10:47:31Z")

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I like the GT style hood though.

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**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/27 "2006-03-06T10:50:04Z")

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> [@MaximaSE98](#):
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> NO IT DOESNT…who wants to drvie a 4dr grocery getter anyway

:word:

Grocery getters are so fucking ghey. :tdown:

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**Author:** ![Deuce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deuce/32/7614_2.png) [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/28 "2006-03-06T10:51:53Z")

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:tup: id rock it for sure

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**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, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/29 "2006-03-06T10:52:18Z")

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> [@98 Red Ex](#):
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> I like the GT style hood though.

its the GT hood, trimed down and bonded to the stock 500 hood to, thats why it looks spot on perfect

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**Author:** ![Slomies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/30 "2006-03-06T10:52:46Z")

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> [@MaximaSE98](#):
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> NO IT DOESNT…who wants to drvie a 4dr grocery getter anyway

I DO!!! 😛

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**Author:** ![Phoenix\_305](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@Phoenix\_305](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phoenix_305)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/31 "2006-03-06T10:54:48Z")

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Move the fog lights and we’ll talk.

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/32 "2006-03-06T10:55:14Z")

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Kinda looks like they just put as much stuff on/in it as they could. Doesn’t really come together as a complete package in my eyes. However, considering it was a student project and how much trouble we had settling on anything in group engineering projects in school, it came out very very well. I wonder how much funding they had?

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/33 "2006-03-06T11:03:02Z")

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That would be fun to cruise around in.  
When I read the title I thought it was going to be a Mustang.  
The title should be Five Hundred GTnot 500GT.😛

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**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/34 "2006-03-06T11:03:49Z")

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Could be worse…at least the engine is in the right place…

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**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, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/35 "2006-03-06T12:24:06Z")

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> [@FuzzyFish](#):
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> :word:
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> Grocery getters are so fucking ghey. :tdown:

True.  
T-fucking-down!

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**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, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/36 "2006-03-06T12:38:44Z")

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i think the overall exterior looks ok, but some of the things they did are kind of crappy, like the way they made “sidskirts”. also the center console looks like shit. but its hot looking on the outside and having the GT powertrain is TfuckingUP

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**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, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/37 "2006-03-06T12:47:38Z")

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I think the sideskirts and stuff and there more so for aerodynamics over form… if you do a google search for Ford 500 GT-R you’ll find an intresting article on fordmedia about the car.

basicly, they were given the task of taking the Ford GT and turning it into a 4 door sedan, without loosing much of the performance (so that car is really a Ford GT, with a 500 skin over it).

lol talk about a bastard child though… part 500, part GT and part f150

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**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/38 "2006-03-06T13:58:58Z")

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[http://www.wccnet.edu/departments/automotiveservices/custom\_500gtr.php](http://www.wccnet.edu/departments/automotiveservices/custom_500gtr.php)

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**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, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/39 "2006-03-06T15:04:32Z")

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yeah, I saw that :tup: pretty cool… I’d love to be one of those students lol lucky bastards

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**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-500gt/8927/40 "2006-03-06T15:09:28Z")

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It cant decide if it wants to be a race car, or a street car. It’s to much of a comprimise. Besides, it’s ford. :tdown:

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