This Ford GT Has Fewer Miles Than You Walk in a Day — And a Huge Price

The question is a simple one. If a decade back you had the ducats to pony up for a ferociously reimagined 2006 Ford GT, could you resist driving it? Megan Boyd is pretty sure she knows what most people would say.

“I would have had an extremely hard time never driving a car that fun, so I guess you could call this particular auction item a case of extreme automotive restraint,” says Boyd, car specialist at Auctions America, whose Fort Lauderdale auction runs from March 27-29. “It’s got to be the lowest mileage Ford GT ever sold. Or even just out there.”

How low? Just 2.7 miles show on the odometer of this special Heritage Edition GT, a Canadian-spec machine that clearly went nowhere without its transporter after leaving its Michigan birthplace.

There were only 343 Heritage Edition models made (of some 4,000 total GT examples), all of which are modern-day tributes to Ford’s winning racing past as interpreted by fabled auto designer J. Mays. Each special-order machine features the famous Ferrari-killing GT livery from the ‘60s, John Wyer/Gulf’s light blue and orange, which adorned not only Carroll Shelby’s Fords but later Porsche’s dominant 917s.

The rest of the vehicle is standard issue Ford GT savagery, from the car’s 550-hp V8 mated to a fittingly old-school Ricardo six-speed manual transmission, Brembo brakes and a weight-saving aluminum chassis.

Apparently, folks who ordered the Heritage Edition weren’t inclined to put miles on their machines. A very similar GT — with 5.8 miles on the odo — was auctioned off by Mecum in Monterey two summers ago for $415,000. Auctions America is aiming for between $450,000 and $500,000 for this Canadian factory-floor model. That’s decent appreciation for a car that cost $150,000 new.

“It’s actually very rare to find these cars with such low, or really no, mileage,” says Boyd. “The enthusiasts who bought these GTs tended to drive them a bit. They’re tremendous track cars, too.”

This isn’t the only Ford GT that will cross the block in Florida this weekend at an event that, when compared to Auctions America’s parent company RM/Sotheby’s, could be seen as comparatively downmarket. There will be some 500 cars up for sale, many without reserve, and the average Auctions America sale runs around $65,000.

The second Ford GT to roll off the assembly line also is up for grabs (at between $450,000 and $550,000), a black beauty that belonged to Ford board member Michael Dingman. (It’s believed that Ford GT No. 1 is in the hands of FoMoCo itself.)