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John Coletti--why did he leave Ford?

Discussion in 'GT40 & Ford GT' started by bitzman, Dec 4, 2007.

  1. bitzman

    bitzman Well-Known Member

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    I know there's a new book on him, must be limited circulation, not in the regular Borders or Barnes & Noble outlets.
    He was Ford's in house hot rodder in his last few years at Ford, I remember he had a Boss 429 style Mustang engineering project car, and later the Super Stallion. He was mentioned a lot in connection with the Ford GT but then suddenly he left Ford.
    The Ford PR man told he--"he had 30 years in at Ford and decided to retire" but I was just wondering if there's a story about why he left--whether it had anything to do with the GT, which I think was a success, after all they sold over 4000 of them at full list price and for the first year above full list price.
     
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    I think it had something to do with the dismantling of SVT, which happened just before he left.
    David.
     
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    I believe he went to Ford of Europe from the SVT group. Has he left the company?
     
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