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Ford -05-'06 GTX=1 roadster by Genaddi Design, how did it end?

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    I was following the Ford GT rebirth in '05-'06 and at first liked the open car conversion design by Mark Gerisch of Genaddi Design Wisconsin, who was working with Ford engineer Kip Ewing to develop the conversion from coupe to open car. Ford dealers did not list it as an official option, it was a sort of "off the books" conversion, though Ford did not hide that one of their own engineers was working on it in his own time. Then I started to hear from GT owners that they leaked and that he was taking months to finish them Some even flew to out to Wisconsin to get their cars back. I wonder how many he made (I read 50), if he still does them and if he even stayed in business??
     
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    Palm Beach 2017 - "Less than 200 GTX1s were ever produced." then "Only about 100 GTX1s have been ordered and completed by Genaddi Design Group."

    so, is it 100 or 200? 100 finished, and 100 to go? (nah)

    From 2/08 - Seems to be a little bit of an apparently unpleasant mess. (promises not kept? money lost? Anybody know the whole story?)
    https://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/threads/genaddi-is-back-to-finish-the-job.9558/
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    from the author who co-wrote a book on the Ford GT40 and the New Ford GT (so this guy is an 'expert/historian/researcher'): "I gather between 50 and 200 cars were started, I don’t know how many were finished."
    All still a very muddled mess!
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    I would think then, that good examples of the GTX1 will rise in value. Rare and desirable.
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    I like it with the rear bumper off but black lensed taillights is going too far...I made this painting of the one I saw in Malibu at a Cars 'n Coffee recently.
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    not subscribed, can't see it. copy paste here?
     
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    Can't post it. Write [email protected] and by then I'll have the URL where I can post it. By the way one funny thing about the '05-06 is that the yellow was so unpopular where Ford thought that would be a big winner.
     
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    Why is it so unpopular? It's my favorite color on the car. Looks great with black wheels and this is my favorite GT. It's now sold, but previously part of the WheelsBoutique lineup (Fchat sponsor).

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    Worked for a Ford dealer during the time of the GT. Owner had a Tungsten/ silver stripe 06 that was sent out for the conversion. After he got it back he didn’t keep it long. Said it ruined the car. I never drove it after, but he wasn’t happy.
     
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    Technically, it wasn't a "GT" any longer after the sex change operation. Sounds like it caused a bad case of buyers remorse for the owner. Moral: be careful what you wish for!
     
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    The Heritage Gulf scheme cost an extra sum. I think it was $13,000 or $17,000 more which was a horrendous add-on at the time but they justified it by saying it had to go through the paint booth three times Now it's worth $100,000 more so here's a case where an option pays a sweet reward.
     
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    The problem with the GTX1 was there wasn't any consistency between cars and how the tops were cut creating serious problems when trying to make a standard removable roof panel. Most cars were delivered without the hardtop panel with a promise to supply it later. Very few owners got a top as I understand and when the operation came to an halt there were a bunch of half started cars. I believe the number of actual delivered cars is closer to the 50 number with the partially started number was much higher, I wanna say 75+ but that's a real fuzzy recall. I do know for a fact FordMoCo had nothing to do with the conversion. After the dust settled and people were able to claimed their cars in various unfinished conditions many cars were eventually made nearly perfect by a couple of retired Ford employees that had started their own GT maintenance and repair business after production ended on the car. They were also able to come up with a removable top solution.
     
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    Fifty out of 4000 some cars is sure enough to guarantee it's rare. Whatever happened to the guy who stopped building them? Was he sued, put in jail, declared bankruptcy or all three? I would also like to know if the Ford engineer (Kip Ewing?) that picked him to do the conversion he designed was demoted for tying Ford in with a flake operation.
     
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    A lot happened during that GREAT TIME.........Money was flying, The cars were so hot, it was one big party.
    As all good things it came to an end...
    The last cowboy era of car building from the factory.
    I spoke to Kip just last week. The final number was around 33 cars off the top of his head.
    There was a video out there back in the day when this woman cut the tops off. Painful to watch if your an adult male, she just kept cutting and cutting, its on You Tube ........
    They were cool and they were crude, very bespoke and different.
    3 of my friends still have them today.
    If you look in the book Ford Gt the Complete owners experience, theres alot more detail.
    One gentleman had a complete bespoke all denim interior! From seats to dash..
    Great times.
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    The GTGUYS took over the half completed cars and service. Once Gennadi went bust.
     
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