Now's Your Chance To Buy The First Ford GT Prototype, Even If It Only Does 5mph

Fancy owning the very first fully complete Ford GT prototype? You’re not alone, but there’s a catch. Quite a big one, as it happens.

The Ford GT CP-1, short for Confirmation Prototype One, was the first fully-functional GT built, including the interior and drivetrain. It’s also signed by 13 members of the design team, including Carroll Shelby, Bill Ford and Fred Goodnow.

Much want is happening, right? Unfortunately, as a prototype it’s not road legal, and even worse is the fact that its top speed is limited to 5mph. That’s not a typo; it’s not meant to be 50mph. It’s 5mph.

It actually went up for auction earlier in 2016, but failed to meet its reserve. We suspect the walking pace top speed might have had something to do with it.

There’s also a minor caveat about Ford still having a degree of sway over the car. The buyer would have been expected to sign an agreement with Ford over what they could and couldn’t do with it, and even to whom they could sell it on to. Seems like Ford is doing a Ferrari over this one, getting somewhat possessive over it.

Sounds like a load of hassle to us, but there’s still that guy in the back of our minds that would still want to buy it, take that ridiculous speed limiter off and head straight to a drag strip. With the car on a trailer, obviously, officer.

Source: Jalopnik