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The SHELBY AMERICAN
Summer 2016 10
Jeff Burgy’s
FORD GT CORNER
We’ve been wondering when Ford
would be bringing out a line of 2016
Ford GT merchandise. We got an e-
blast from their website in April show-
ing 14 items, including six different
t-shirts, a hat, a ceramic mug and a
decal.We have to say that we were un-
derwhelmed. We expected more in the
way of graphics because as nice as the
car is, the shirts were just not very in-
spiring. Don’t take our word for it –
judge for yourself. The website is:
www.fordclubmerchandise.com
The Ford GT decal is something you
might want to put on your refrigerator
out in your garage. It’s 9 3/4˝ x 2 5/16˝
and will cost you seven bucks.
Two ‘06 Ford GTs in Gulf Heritage
livery went across the block at the
Barrett-Jackson auction in West Palm
Beach, Florida the first weekend in
April. One was advertised with 2.7
miles (the other had 3K miles) and we
were naturally curious to know what
a virtually no-mileage GT would sell
for. The 2.7-mile car [
pictured at the
right
] fetched $425K and that gener-
ated a couple of questions. We turned
to Ford GT Registrar Jeff Burgy for
the answers.
A mileage of 2.7 is barely more
than moving the car through produc-
tion, putting it on the transporter and
moving it around the dealership. Was
that the lowest mileage GT in Burgy’s
registry? Not quite. The lowest one he
knew about was another ‘06 Heritage
model that was sold with a miniscule
1.7 miles. Another Heritage was sold
with 1.8 miles.
What was the top price paid, so
far, for a GT? That would be $510K
(not including premiums) for an ‘06
Heritage with 100 miles at the Mecum
auction in Monterey in August ‘14.
The next highest price paid was
$475K (plus premiums) for a Heritage
with 5,718 miles at Barrett-Jackson in
January, 2016.
There would seem to be no direct
correlation between low mileage and
high price. However, it is obvious that
the Gulf Heritage editions, a $13K op-
tion when the cars were new, now
bring $50K-$75K over other colors.
Only 343 Heritage models were made
and more of them in “wrapper” condi-
tion have been purchased by collectors
than any of the other colors.
Both of these cars were Canadian
builds (extra reinforced front bumper
and an extension piece on the rear
bumper) which usually sell for slightly
less than US built cars. So, it’s really
hard to predict prices in advance.