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Flower Power; A look inside Ford's show-stopping GT40 concept.(Brief Article)

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| January 14, 2002 | Mandel, Dutch | COPYRIGHT 2002 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It is November and Ford vice president of design J Mays is deliberately coy. A call comes: ``Let's meet in front of Ford's design rotunda. Tomorrow at 5 p.m. I'll be in a black Land Rover. Leave your car and get in. I want to show you something.''

Um, sure. One of the first rules of automotive journalism is listen to the guy with the crayons. Will Mays spill his guts or is he just aiming to keep a low profile while with a scribe? Following the recent corporate keelhauling, it might be both.

Mays scoops us up and it's off to destination unknown. ``They're photographing the car,'' he says quickly. ``I want you to see it before the sun sets. It's yellow ...

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