The original Ford GT needs no celebrity provenance to ignite a bidding war, but a 2005 example personally owned by beloved Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker was guaranteed to fire up potential buyers in the final moments of a Bring a Trailer auction.
Over the course of about an hour, a rapid-fire series of bids took the celebrity-owned American supercar from $564,000 to a hammer price of $627,000. As the Drive points out, that’s significantly higher than the $478,000 the exact same car fetched at RM Sotheby’s Monterey Car Week auction in 2021. It’s also significantly higher than the top end of Hagerty’s $556,000 valuation for a 2005 Ford GT in absolutely pristine condition.
While Walker’s ownership definitely pushed the value to extreme heights, its rarity as one of just 14 of 4,000-plus total Ford GTs produced with a racing stripe-less Mark IV red paint coat adds extra value. The car is exotic in any form, having famously been designed by Camilo Pardo with aluminum body panels and an aluminum space frame in honor of the 1966-1969 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 race cars.
From the factory, the supercharged 5.4-liter V8 got an aluminum block, cylinder heads, and pistons. Factory-rated output was 550 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque. Walker’s featured a chrome supercharger assembly, an Accufab throttle body, an aftermarket ECU tune, and an aftermarket exhaust system.
To match the body, the Brembo four-piston monoblock calipers were finished in red. The cockpit is trimmed in Ebony leather and fitted with carbon fiber Sparco racing seats with GT40-style ventilation grommets and harness slots. The console on the center tunnel houses rotary climate controls, and amenities include a McIntosh CD stereo, air conditioning, remote keyless entry, and push-button ignition.
With the extraordinary sale of Walker’s Ford GT, don’t be surprised to see the market value on 2005—2006 examples take a hike.
