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
Comments
What’s the 0-5 mph time?
Isn’t it possible to get it road legal? And/or to up the limit to something more unsafe? Like 10mph?
I thought you weren’t allowed to go faster than 5mph in the US.
If I had the GT, I would put the Voodoo engine in it and put the LM aero parts on it.
This car is on long island and i live only about 20 minutes away from where the car is housed! Ive seen many times before and the parts are taken form other old ford models no one cars about. apparently some of the piece are held together with duct tape and glue
Why is it even limited to 5mph?
The real reason it can’t go over 5mph is because underneath is a mustang…They were so scared for their lives that what they did is simply mounted the mustang frame and engine backwards to give the look of a cool new Ford gt but the harsh reality is, it’s a backwards mustang wedged in reverse so it can only crowd surf at 5mph
This fits the supercar owners that do nothing but drive around in heavy traffic at 5mph to show off lol!
5mph I’d buy on of these it’s even got proper racing stripes
Buy it and LS swap it! … As simple as that!