IT'S FINALLY TIME! HELP ME BUILD MY MUSTANG GTD...

Hey everybody, how's it going? Welcome back to the channel. I hope you're having a great day. Welcome back to the Speed Phenom Film Studio. We're out right now shooting these new videos. I hope you enjoy the new setup. It's going to be looking even better in the future. I'm going to keep expanding it, but I had to hang up the YouTube plaque. I just love seeing that. It reminds me back towards our Mustang days because we passed 100,000 subscribers when I first bought my Shelby GT500 when I got the world's first delivery of it in Michigan. Well, guess what? We're going back to the Mustangs. I'm just so excited right now. We're finally getting back behind the wheel of Mustangs here on this channel. I know Ford has changed a lot over the years, right? When I owned my Mustangs, they were part of the S550 generation and the S197. Those were the previous two full generations, either ranging from 2007 to 2014 or 2015 to 2023. Now with the 2024 and up Ford Mustang, they've changed it quite drastically, right? The whole interior has been revamped. They have tons of new pieces of technology everywhere. I like what they've done with it because when you look at even the cockpit, when you get behind the wheel, they don't even have the AC vents listed anymore, or not vents, the buttons, HVAC buttons. It's all integrated within the center screen. I've been saying this for years. I mean, so many brands can do this. It'll save not only a lot of space to be able to make the cockpit even more ergonomic and just cool for performance cars, but it'll save weight. Just look at the McLaren in the garage right now. My McLaren 750S, there's no HVAC controls, physical buttons anywhere. It's all through the screen. So I think more brands should follow suit with Ford to do that. I'm just excited because I did try to get the Ford GT back in 2022 or whenever the final application cycle went out, I tried to get one. Unfortunately, it didn't work out. My application was denied, but this time around, I actually got accepted. Can you believe that? So this vehicle is being built by the same team, essentially, the Multimatic guys, and the factory has been transformed to be able to build these Ford Mustang GTDs. So today in this video, I just have really cool news that you can talk because I'm talking super fast. It's right around that time towards the end of October when Ford said, we're going to be sharing the initial steps now to get yourself all lined up for ordering the new Mustang GTD. Right around this phase and over the forums right now, everyone's talking about how the order delivery preferences came out where you're choosing what you want to do with your car. So if you want to read more about that, check out the Mustang GTD forums. It's cool hearing from fellow people who are getting the car, but they're talking all about this online. So that's where this content also comes from. I'm making this video because we really need to get to the bottom of how we want to build this car. Because if you can buy this vehicle without all the DRS and all those track focus upgrades, I want to figure out who that build is for, right? Versus someone else going down the route of a carbon series or a maxed out track spec. I know for me personally, and I want to preload this video with the thought process of what I would like to do with the car, obviously go to the track and put down the fastest lap time as possible. Maybe copy whatever spec they use to go to the Nürburgring and put down their record lap, right? That's what I want to do. However, there's so many different ways to look at this because when you get the chance to get the Mustang GTD, similar to like a Ford GT, there are certain opportunities that present themselves. For example, if the carbon series is available for me, what if it's a limited version? What if it's not? Anyways, what do you think if you got the opportunity to buy the Ford Mustang GTD, and this is your dream Mustang, would you save all the excess funds that you would pay towards upgrading it for options and put that towards tracking it, right? Maybe upgrade the trailer or buy more and more tires. That can be one pathway. Another pathway is to really max out the car and build a custom build. I know with the Ford GTs, you can pay to get a fully bespoke custom color. You can pay money to even lock it out. So you can have a one-off, let's say Lamborghini red or green, something like that, and lock it in and lock it out for everybody else. This is so no one else can copy your spec or build it. I thought that color choice option for the Ford GT, and don't quote me on this. I'm just going off what my recollection is leaning towards. I think it was around $30,000. That's a lot of money. I don't think I can swing that, but let me know your thoughts regarding what you can do with these vehicles. So when it comes to specing the Speed Phenom car, I want to make sure we do it right. Our pastime, our history is all based off Ford Mustangs, right? And I'm really excited to go back to the track with the underdog. The underdog that has, well, superpowers now ready to take on the most aggressive and crazy, let's say, supervillains out there. We're just going to call all the exotic cars as supervillains, okay? Where we're creating that frame of mind, right? The all-American Mustang is going to be the underdog hero of the story, right? Let me know your thoughts on that one. That's pretty funny. What you hear from Ford, they call themselves the underdogs. I thought I saw the CEO say that during their initial reveal video. Anyways, with the Ford Mustang GTD coming out and specing it out for delivery, what do you think? Is it worth to try to spec it in such a way that you're getting all the exposed carbon fiber bits, like on the front splitter or the rear diffuser? That could be a lot of money. Should people do that, like us? Or should we save all those excess funds and build it to be very track focused, then go to the track? Because that extra funds, you know, I'm not made of money. You know, I'm a regular guy like all of you. So it's really a big purchase for me. It really is. And I'm very excited to get the opportunity to get this vehicle. And it's not going to be easy. It's a lot of money, again. So I'm eager to spec it out right, but not go too far. If they do make a special, let's say, heritage edition, like they did with the Mustang, not the Mustang, the Ford GT. Actually, no, no. They did it with the Mustang. Yeah, that's right. I was thinking correctly. I was thinking of the Shelby GT500 heritage edition or the GT350R. If they do make one of those and we get the opportunity to get a heritage edition, what do you think? Is it worthwhile to get a heritage edition? My complaint with a heritage model is this. Yes, it would be cool to get. However, and let me preload this with, I noticed this with Corvettes with the 70th anniversary package. If you get these special designed vehicles, you're not actually as limited as you perceive you are. Because people can have the same exact spec as you versus if you build a truly unique one, especially if you pay money for the custom color, there will only be one car like your car, yours. So let me know your thoughts. Is it worthwhile to go after a special edition if there is one and if we get the opportunity to get one because the allocations are so hard to get or save all that extra money? Again, everything in this video is based off of public comments from fellow owners of Mustangs just talking about different ideas and concepts. So let's stay tuned to see if anything is revealed. But for now, we're just basing off what everyone's talking about online. Here's a game plan. We're going to spec this vehicle out ASAP. So I want to know your thoughts. What color do we get? Do we get red, blue, black, white? Please share your thoughts in the comments down below. I'll show a bunch of different photos from Google of different colors on this new Mustang GTD. I want to get your thoughts. What's the best color? If we go back through memory lane, our GT350R here on the channel, which made for incredible track videos going against Porsches and more, was white and blue. The GT500 Super Snake was black on black, so black with black vinyl stripes. The third one was another GT500, black with no stripes. Finally, the last one that we had was the Shelby GT500 Carbon Fiber Track Pack. That car was Ford Performance Blue with over-the-top painted Oxford white stripes. What an incredible paint job that was. It looked really good on that car. I do think that was a very pretty car. It really was a pretty car. That and the GT350R color combo was just spot on. It was spot on, in my opinion. What color should we go for? Please let me know. Also, if you're getting a Mustang GTD, please let us know in the comments section down below what color you're going to go for. I'm so excited to bring you guys along on this journey to share what the Ulsted Mustang can do on the racetrack because we originated on the racetrack with Ford Mustang. We're taking it back. We're taking it back right where it all began. Stay tuned because we're bringing the Ford Mustang GTD directly to Speed Phenom Film, our PPF studio here on the beaches of Carlsbad, California, where our state-of-the-art team will be putting on an amazing wrap for the vehicle. I'll be documenting that entire process, so if we cannot protect one of you with your Mustang GTDs in the local area, now you know the shop working on a GTD. It's going to be so much fun doing a custom track build. For more information about Speed Phenom Film, if we can help you wrap one of your vehicles, please look in the description down below. You can find us again in Carlsbad and email us at support at speedphenomfilm.com if you're curious about a quote. We do anything from PPF, ceramic coating, window tinting, and more. If you enjoyed this video, please hit the like button. It really does help me out. And subscribe for much more great content coming out your way. While you do that, hit the notification bell so you're up to date with all the new videos coming out your way. I'll see you in the next one.