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Ford GT Heritage Edition with 3,000 Miles Heads to Auction in New York
A 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition, one of 343 built in Gulf-inspired blue and orange, is offered on dealer consignment in New York with just 3,000 miles and a clean Carfax report.
By Charlotte Redford · 4 min read
A 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition with just 3,000 miles on the odometer is being offered for sale in New York on dealer consignment, bringing one of the rarest modern American supercars to the market in near-delivery condition. The car is one of only 343 Heritage Edition examples produced, all finished in the Gulf-style Heritage Blue and Epic Orange livery that echoes the GT40 racers of the 1960s.
The Heritage Edition was created as a direct nod to the GT40 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968 and 1969 wearing the same blue and orange Gulf Oil colours. Underneath the paint, the modern GT shares the racing car's obsession with lightness: an extruded-aluminium space frame, roll-bonded floors and aluminium body panels keep weight down while the mid-mounted engine provides the performance.
That engine is a supercharged 5.4-litre double-overhead-camshaft V8 with an aluminium block, cylinder heads and pistons, a Lysholm screw-type supercharger, dry-sump lubrication and a water-to-air intercooler. Factory output was rated at 550 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque, sent to the rear wheels through a Ricardo six-speed manual transaxle and a helical limited-slip differential. A Ford Racing muffler has been fitted by the selling dealer.
The car's factory specification includes forged aluminium BBS wheels, red-finished brake calipers and a McIntosh stereo system. The BBS wheels measure 18 inches at the front and 19 inches at the rear and are wrapped in Bridgestone Potenza tyres. Brembo brakes with optional red-painted four-piston monoblock calipers and cross-drilled, ventilated rotors measure 14 inches up front and 13.2 inches at the back.
Inside, the cockpit is trimmed in Ebony leather with manually adjusted Sparco seats featuring carbon-fibre shells, GT40-style ventilation grommets and harness slots. An aluminium console with rotary climate controls tops the central tunnel, and rubber mats cover the aluminium floor panels. Equipment includes a McIntosh CD stereo, air conditioning, remote keyless entry and push-button ignition. An airbag is said to have been replaced in 2019 at 2,900 miles, and aftermarket inserts have been added to the headrests.
The leather-wrapped steering wheel sits on a tilting and telescoping column ahead of a GT40-inspired instrument array: a central tachometer with a 6,500-rpm redline and an offset 220-mph speedometer, with toggle-switch controls beneath additional gauges for coolant temperature, oil pressure, voltage, boost and fuel level. The digital odometer shows 3,000 miles.
Additional equipment includes HID headlights, a front splitter, a rear diffuser and air conditioning. The car is offered with a window sticker, owner's manual, two keys, a trickle charger, a clean Carfax report and a Michigan title. The window sticker lists initial delivery to Lucas Ford in Lima, Ohio, and a total suggested retail price of $174,595. The Carfax report is free from accidents or other reported damage, while the Michigan title carries a «Not Eligible For Plates – No Tax Paid» notation.
The Ford GT remains one of the most significant American performance cars of its era, a machine conceived as a halo model that drew directly on the company's Le Mans-winning heritage. Heritage Edition cars are among the most sought-after versions precisely because of that visual link to the GT40, and low-mileage examples rarely come to market. With 3,000 miles recorded and a documented history, this example sits at the collector end of the spectrum, where condition, originality and provenance matter as much as specification.
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