How did this landscaper buy the car billionaires couldn't?

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  • Andy Nelson (IG: oufan2929) explains how he got lucky enough to get an allocation for the new Ford GT!
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ความคิดเห็น • 956

  • @pbrascal37
    @pbrascal37 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3556

    This guy seems to undersell his role in the car culture here. He's personal friends with Houston from Royalty Exotics, Ed (obviously) and Kyle from 1320 at a minimum...and got a heritage Ford GT allocation...My man isn't just some lawn boy from kentucky, he's just very humble.

    • @sam0wings
      @sam0wings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      He said he’s from Oklahoma

    • @FATmenDRIVEtrucks
      @FATmenDRIVEtrucks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Edmond, Oklahoma* nice little place

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +432

      Met Houston when I sold my 05 GT. He lowballed me... became buddies after he lost a bet on how much I'd sell the GT for, lol. Ed and I have known each other for a decade or so through Lambo-Talk forum. 1320 Kyle and I have been buddies since he would ride in my TT Vipers back in the day at Tx2k. It's really just a small world of car enthusiasts... Thanks for the compliment. I just try to stay real/authentic.

    • @dvandentop
      @dvandentop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@andynelson9225 it really is a small world if you go to the bigger events

    • @okieg8960
      @okieg8960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@FATmenDRIVEtrucks very nice, 1/5 GTs in Edmond so far :)

  • @johnnyg9804
    @johnnyg9804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +848

    More stories with guys like Andy please. Humble, down to earth, and extremely relatable. Great story buddy.

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thanks Johnny:)

    • @nl3712
      @nl3712 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @jondoe8241
      @jondoe8241 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andynelson9225 Andy Nelson did you own a white Lamborghini with a 76 or some number on the side? I remember seeing it in the city a long time ago.

    • @JS-oi5jt
      @JS-oi5jt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yea, extremely relatable. I remember my biggest struggle during covid was not getting my hyper car delivered so instead I went out and almost bought a Bugatti. What the actual fuck? How is that relatable ... all videos like this should include a part B on a second channel where finances and investments are discussed more in depth to educate people on how they made their money work for them to afford these luxury items.

    • @mxs4193
      @mxs4193 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JS-oi5jtthis guy started out like any average Joe, but he was passionate and extremely hard working. He wasn’t born into money, and is still down to earth even after becoming rich. That’s what makes him relatable.
      Also, this isn’t a finance channel. Why would a car channel go into detail about how to build a landscaping business? There are other channels for that.
      And just so you know finances aren’t the only things that can bring hardships in life. I couldn’t imagine how stressful it must be to manage a business of his size. Dude is probably working/on standby 24/7.

  • @CrazedG11
    @CrazedG11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    This guy is truly what it means to be a car guy, he mentioned he lives in the Edmond, Oklahoma area, and I can't remember a Cars and Coffee (in Edmond) where I didn't see his GT there out for everyone to enjoy. I still have pics of it on my phone from months ago. Truly a beautiful car

    • @paulwemhaner9343
      @paulwemhaner9343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Agreed. He was out there just last month (May 2022) and was so cool to talk to. May have to switch my landscaping company to Nelson Landscaping just to help support his addiction. haha

    • @TheCodyLaxton
      @TheCodyLaxton ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OKC cars and coffee always impresses me

  • @my31and37
    @my31and37 2 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    Totally get his point about REAL car guys...And great to see someone that busted his hump to attain his automotive dreams. That really takes the excuses out of not getting what you want..

  • @eddiebaker3267
    @eddiebaker3267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    So this guy bought ONE car at a time, not ten, though hard work, not laughing and destroying things on TH-cam?
    Good on him!

    • @Akimbo1313
      @Akimbo1313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      What’s wrong with laughing and destroying? World leaders do that all the time

    • @TheWehttam97123
      @TheWehttam97123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Woke up and chose to hate the world😭

    • @eddiebaker3267
      @eddiebaker3267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Akimbo1313 TH-cam is a tremendous opportunity, IF you stay away from politics AND you can laugh constantly. The destruction is just a lazy option.

    • @ericstang0519
      @ericstang0519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Sounds like you’re mad about @whistlindiesel

    • @eddiebaker3267
      @eddiebaker3267 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericstang0519 Here's my take on that channel. It's like Ronnie from my 1st grade class hit it big. He's still the same punk, doing the same stupid s***, but he monitized it, and now our dumbass culture has made him novueriche. [?]
      But he's still a punk.

  • @MustangsTrainsMowers
    @MustangsTrainsMowers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Here in Stillwater Minnesota a carpenter was doing extensive upgrades to a house when the 2008 crash happened. The house owner had a red with white stripes 05 or 06 Ford GT and his income dived after the market tanked. The carpenter finished the house and the house owners only way to pay the contractor was with the Ford GT. So the house owner signed over the title and the carpenter took ownership of the GT which he drove around town almost every day that it wasn’t winter time. The carpenter must have sold it or parked it since I haven’t seen it in several years. But the value of an 05/06 GT has climbed enough to buy a very nice house.

    • @rodrogers6895
      @rodrogers6895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I used to live in River Falls, Wisconsin.
      About 50 years ago there was a news story from the Stillwater area. Someone had inherited their grandfather’s house and we’re stripping the wallpaper off the walls. As the more recent wallpaper came off, they discovered that the walls had been papered with 3M stock.
      Research indicated that the grandfather had been a 3M employee and when, during the Depression, 3M was unable to pay their employees in cash; some of them had been issued stock.
      I don’t remember now what the total value was, but the stock was redeemable and nets at the grandson several hundred thousand dollars

    • @buckeye392
      @buckeye392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rodrogers6895 wow, that’s actually incredible

    • @BaileyGoldstein
      @BaileyGoldstein ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My first job was in Stillwater at the Dairy Queen on main st. Small world!

    • @curt714
      @curt714 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was just working up there in somerset at ASM for the past 2 years

  • @SkodaYetiFan
    @SkodaYetiFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    God that has to be the best looking new GT they ever made. What a stunning car, just perfection. Beautiful wheels too.

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Warms my heart, Snow Man. Thanks!

    • @sbizness1
      @sbizness1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Man i said the exact same thing…His by far is the best looking one ive ever seen.

    • @LeeM74
      @LeeM74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I, too have to agree. That is the best GT I've seen yet. Those stunning HRE wheels set it off no end. 👌

    • @ZboeC5
      @ZboeC5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@andynelson9225 You nailed the color choice. There aren't enough superlatives to describe how beautiful it came out. The wheels really make it pop. I'll never not want an 05-06 GT myself though, favorite car of all time.

    • @stevevlahos1
      @stevevlahos1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The wheels make the car. That stance as well as the color! Perfection ❤️

  • @Balisage
    @Balisage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Seen this car in OKC all the time. Makes me so happy everytime and I'm so glad he drives it regularly. Really good guy.

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you sir!

    • @djahearn
      @djahearn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I live in OKC. I want to see this car on the road so bad 🔥

  • @mattfarahsmillionmilelexus
    @mattfarahsmillionmilelexus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    That car is amazing, and the HRE wheels are perfect on it. But I wouldn't have sold the '05. To me, that is in the top 5 most beautiful cars of all time.

    • @okieg8960
      @okieg8960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He’s owned many cool cars. But the current fleet is pretty amazing this, 765lt, 993 turbo,720s and the best part is he has a young daughter who’s always with him in a car seat. He’s owned the 1/1 Monterey edition ( pink ) SV

    • @tjmoneybags
      @tjmoneybags 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But we'll never know because you didn't get an allocation...

    • @okieg8960
      @okieg8960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tjmoneybags what ?

    • @tjmoneybags
      @tjmoneybags 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@okieg8960 something from the video. Idk what it was now. Sorry

  • @JordansDroid
    @JordansDroid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Man this channel never disappoints. Thank you once again Ed for having a platform where stories like this can be shared for all of us to enjoy!

  • @nsxmatt
    @nsxmatt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    These are the types of people who deserve cars like this. Glad Ford saw that.

  • @TCcustoms_
    @TCcustoms_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Great video! As a fellow Ford GT owner, I agree completely! The Ford GT concierge is next level!

  • @jamesrogers4674
    @jamesrogers4674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've cut lawns for 10 years. Bought my house and 2 duplexes within about 5 years of mowing. Bought my truck and a couple vehicles for my wife. Bought a 68 mustang fastback, focused on real estate so haven't restored it yet. Have enough tools and equipment to start several different types of businesses.
    Lawncare has been good to me and my family. I've been blessed.

  • @alexghazarian1144
    @alexghazarian1144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +750

    "If you ever sell this thing, it's gonna bring all the value"
    "I'm not in it for that. It's really about the experience, it's about the story...It's really about the car"
    This is the kind of customer brands should sell their limited production run cars to. Not people who are interested in the money behind it, but who are in it for the love of cars and their love for that particular brand.

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Amen, brother!

    • @robwaters8848
      @robwaters8848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      To be fair, he didn't want the heritage car ...

    • @alexghazarian1144
      @alexghazarian1144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@robwaters8848 I get that, but I’m referring to his overall mentality of getting the car based on his love of the GT and the story that will come with it and him not seeing it as merely another investment opportunity

    • @Andrew-hd4wl
      @Andrew-hd4wl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Huh, thanks to this extension update it looks like I can now see I'm not the only ludbud who follows cars too. Cheers!

    • @bwofficial1776
      @bwofficial1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If I ever buy an exotic, I'm going to drive it and I'm going to drive it like the engineers intended. I'm not buying a car to park it in my garage and look at it, I'm buying it to enjoy the whole experience. I greatly respect Rowan Atkinson for daily driving his McLaren F1 and using it to run errands. He knew how much it was worth and he didn't care, he loved driving it.

  • @TakkoSaur
    @TakkoSaur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow, I'm 19 now, bought my first car, a 2012 mustang (v6 sadly, still extremely fun little car), when I was 17 after mowing lawns since I was 13, now I work in a lab and am currently looking at a c6z06. Sorry for rambling, but genuinely, this is incredibly inspiring. I'm already very happy and proud of what I've done so far, but it's so nice to see that something like this is a possibility at all, and it's oddly comforting knowing I still have a long way to go. :)

    • @r0b3rt_959
      @r0b3rt_959 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why does everyone downplay the V6? It's still cheap speed, for Christ's sake.
      And personally, if you have been able to find a nice C6, you should take a look at the late C5 Z06 (03-04s), nice ones go for about 20-25K and it's a good deal: LS engine, 400 ponies, interior's your usual cheap GM plastic from the time, but that's alright lol

  • @timothycoyne5874
    @timothycoyne5874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love enthusiasts like this. So happy a GT went to a person who appreciates the car and will actually drive it. Far too many cars are just being bought by collectors now for investments instead of to be enjoyed as often as possible. Thanks for living the dream most of cannot!

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the kind words, Timothy.

    • @fatpad00
      @fatpad00 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine if manufactures put in minimum milage clauses like how they prohibit trading. Something like 'must average X miles on the car per month over each year, or [manufacturer] can buy it back for sticker price.' With some caveat for shop time.
      Too many of these class of car just end up rotting away in a museum.

    • @djoj1986
      @djoj1986 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At the last dealer ship I worked for Chrysler. We got a customer was willing to pay major bucks for a Dodge Challenger Demon but only with one condition. That it had to have less than 5 miles. We ordered one and it arrive and all the sales managers also fainted. The car came in with 12 miles. So no deal. This guy that wanted to buy it was a car collector so we was not going to drive it. It was going to be trucked to his garage and put away.

  • @EdBolian
    @EdBolian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    What did you guys think of the latest Car Trek series? All 3 episodes of Car Trek 7 are live now on Tavarish’s channel. Our next series is already shot and it is being edited now.

    • @XGGaMeRGX
      @XGGaMeRGX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wish it was longer but I enjoyed it! Looking forward to the next one.

    • @TheCannonball79
      @TheCannonball79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most enjoyable and well done as always.

    • @theanomalous1401
      @theanomalous1401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      #CarTrek7👍 Muy bueno❗#FreeKimmy

  • @grod6998
    @grod6998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    What a guy. What a spec too. I’m in love with the color and perfect wheel color to compliment the Miami Blue. Favorite spec I’ve seen so far.

    • @okieg8960
      @okieg8960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s also stuck in race mode ( intentionally)

  • @gordontweston
    @gordontweston ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ‘Lawn boy’? What a humble successful guy both in business and family life. You worked hard for it fellah and deserve everything you get. Enjoy!

  • @Wickit96
    @Wickit96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Need more stories from guys like this. A true, down to earth, humble car enthusiast. Gives all us who started in a similar way with minimal or less than average situations, pure inspiration and hope. Wonderful story 🙏🏽

  • @Catechuman23
    @Catechuman23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Daaang that's quite the experience! The smiles at the end when they received delivery, priceless.

  • @rawdawg9381
    @rawdawg9381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My Grandfather worked at a place called "news and smokes" when I was young, and they also carried magazines. I recieved all the leftover monster truck and car mags that didn't sell. Aside form all the " free chew" promos lol (never got into chew) but I became a nut for cars. The engineering, the insane genius behind it all. Still fascinates me at 42 years old. Best Vin video, or top 3

  • @Hope4NewDay1
    @Hope4NewDay1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is one of those "Finally happened" moment where a true car guy is able to get the car he wants and drive it instead of parking it in a garage to slowly decay

  • @iansharpe8420
    @iansharpe8420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The 05' GT is a rad car, so raw. The new ones are bitchin, the carbon is just beautiful, I always enjoy seeing them out and around in socal.

  • @SAXONWARLORD1000AD
    @SAXONWARLORD1000AD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    one of the most deserving guys to get one , im sure - congrats

  • @PittsSZ
    @PittsSZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Statistics almost made me quit college. Glad to see Andy achieved his dreams. Cars are a great motivator.

  • @TPD
    @TPD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is one of my fav stories ever on here

  • @joeym2675
    @joeym2675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That’s Awesome The Blue Collar Working Man works his way up to a Huge Landscape Business and then into a New Beautiful Ford GT!!! What a inspiration!!!

  • @johnrambo5619
    @johnrambo5619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I got approved for a GT first round of applications because I've owned a lot of obscure Fords. that's what they were looking for, along with you'd never sell it, and put enough mileage on it every year.

  • @mentalmetalist
    @mentalmetalist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Back when the Auto Trader magazine was still available at the local gas station, I mowed lawns as a kid to earn money for my first truck. 1994 Ranger

  • @zachg9065
    @zachg9065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Finally someone who is a true car guy that buys the car for the experience and doesn't care about the money that it's worth.

  • @BucksCorner101
    @BucksCorner101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That car is hands down 1,000× better looking than any heritage edition! Beautiful spec on it sir. You deserve it!

  • @ijfba
    @ijfba 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how he mentioned that his wife wanted him to keep it. She truly loves him

  • @bryancheron6902
    @bryancheron6902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's nice to see someone so passionate about the car enjoy it so much. Have you ever met someone with a cool car that barely knows anything about it, and they just bought it for image or whatever? This is the opposite of that, and it's gratifying.

  • @loganholmberg2295
    @loganholmberg2295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Good for him. Too many people get into the college trap nowadays when there is allot of opportunity out there for people who are willing to work hard at a trade or just plain labour. Don't get me wrong a college education can be a great thing. If your willing to get something out of it AND you get one that has job prospects when you complete it. Like an Engineer, teacher, nursing, research, etc. Getting something like a degree a history and/or arts degree has so few prospects apon completion it should be a crime that universities turn out so many of them.
    I have too many friends with English, history or arts degrees that spent years serving tables trying to figure out where their lives went wrong while I got an design and drafting diploma from a Canadian tech and trades school for 3 years and was happy making decent money for a farming heavy equipment manufacturer and paying off my student loans long before they got their shit together.
    IMO I think apon graduating high schoolkids should take a year or 2, get a job and do some traveling. You don't know shit about the real world so how can you be expected to make a career decision that could affect your next 10-30 years while in high school? The real world is sobering to the dreams of a child. Allot of my friends realized too late that university wasn't right for them and but they found happiness doing carpentry, becoming an emt, policing, becoming engineering techs, etcs. And so they also ended up with crippling student loan debt for an education they didn't use or appreciate.

  • @Sikeslikescars
    @Sikeslikescars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So inspirational seeing him on this channel. I have passed that Ford GT twice, have a few pictures. Never knew his story till now.

  • @spartan5008
    @spartan5008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    100% agree what this bloke was saying about real car guys. And what a guy, humble and made this all for himself!

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the kind words, Spartan

    • @spartan5008
      @spartan5008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andynelson9225 You 100% deserve it man ❤️🤟🏼

  • @larrysorenson4789
    @larrysorenson4789 ปีที่แล้ว

    My pal in Phoenix did the same. In early highschool he changed his pocket money landscaping into a business. In the next two years he had two full time three man crews. He bought the giant standing mowers and expanded to four crews. His dad was an insurance agent so he had grown up around insuring homes and businesses. He used his cash and a relationship with his fathers bank to purchase Phoenix modest homes for between 13 and 20 thousand dollars and rent them out with his mom doing calls and accounting. His senior year he had the landscape business, owned 13 rental properties and drove a Porsche to school. He never looked back; no college, just work. He made shrewd investments and did very well. While in high school he and his brother began playing music in local clubs. He is a drummer and singer. His brother is on keyboards, saxophone and clarinet. They were playing every weekend with mom or dad driving them to gigs. They caught the eye of promoters and finally had a twenty year run in show lounges in Las Vegas. All the while they would drive/ fly back to Phoenix during the week. His lawn business grew with mom at the helm. Buildings were purchased at an increased pace and the boys prepared to take over the insurance business.
    Today they both work full time in their insurance business. He owns tons of properties but you would never know it. Just a couple of energetic kids living the true American dream.

  • @dinukagamage
    @dinukagamage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Congrats Andy on the GT. Beautiful spec. Would love to see the application video if its available on TH-cam?

  • @seanroney6033
    @seanroney6033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m glad he was able to get his car and I always enjoyed talking college football with Mr. Nelson. Good luck to your Sooners this season! Go Blue! I’ll be cheering for my Wolverines.

  • @eggreedgious5194
    @eggreedgious5194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Average landscaper: I've owned 14 Vipers but just felt they were entry level.

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Over a 10 year span I owned those Vipers. Some of them I flipped to make some money, one of them I flipped (literally) into some trees, some I road raced and some I drag raced... Only kept one long term. Was fun going through them for a decade...

    • @eggreedgious5194
      @eggreedgious5194 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andynelson9225 you missed the point completely

    • @granjaking
      @granjaking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eggreedgious5194 you missed the point.
      Work hard, pay wages and try to buy All those vipers (I prefer my Porsches, Komatsu, hitatachis , caterpillars) and be successful enough to have that opportunity.
      Persons first. Guilty pleasures next. (After a lots of pay bills, work, family whatever).
      Don’t forget to dream, and be serious to those do need you and to you too. 👆

    • @bwofficial1776
      @bwofficial1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eggreedgious5194 Given that he owned 14 I think he got the point. He likes fast cars and Vipers are a cheap way in.

    • @eggreedgious5194
      @eggreedgious5194 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@granjaking tl;dr?

  • @bibbysvj
    @bibbysvj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never was a fan of the newer Ford GT but this Miami blue color and those wheels make this thing pop like no other!

  • @madisonmoore5497
    @madisonmoore5497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a fellow Oklahoman (Tulsa) I'd like to hear more stories from Andy. And also would like to know how often he attends Cars and Coffees in OKC lol

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm there almost every month:)

  • @jebediahgentry7029
    @jebediahgentry7029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is without a doubt the most beautiful Ford GT I've ever seen. That color with those rims is perfect!

  • @cryptodwayne5174
    @cryptodwayne5174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That color is unbelievable on the Ford GT 😍 Nice Spec 👌

  • @ADITH_UCIT
    @ADITH_UCIT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I used to cut school to cut grass." The only guy in history to utter those words.

  • @swiper1818
    @swiper1818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Well done and many congratulations! Love it that you got the car - keep it and give it to your daughter👍👍👍

  • @FH-wi6ek
    @FH-wi6ek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man is so humble, really loved the story in this video. Thanks

  • @GTI_Lite
    @GTI_Lite 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen this car in Norman once or twice! I didn't know the color was bespoke chosen by the customer. That's awesome!

  • @jordanp1859
    @jordanp1859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’d like to see more videos with this fellow Oklahoman. Enjoyed your story from Tulsa. My family lives in Edmond, maybe one day I’ll see a Miami Blue blur that belongs to you zooming by.

  • @Skottink
    @Skottink 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The ford GTs with the stripes off is wanna the most beautiful cars ever built.

  • @LavenderSystem69
    @LavenderSystem69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    FWIW, those high dollar loads do tend to get expedited a bit by reason of security concerns, and one of a few hundred cars of its type would carry even greater concern for load hijacking, sooooooo...

  • @mtmadigan82
    @mtmadigan82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A buddy at my hs and lived with at a big ten college did similar 2nd year. Goes im going to be an electrician. We all tried talking him out of it. He didnt leave for any bad grades, money etc. We thought he was insane. Did well, started his own company after like 10 years. A bunch of us are lawyers, cpas, mbas etc. He makes more than all of us by double each year, and when you look at our professions we are very comfortable. Mike rowe from dirty jobs talks this up a ton about blue collar gigs that you can live great, not have massive debt from college and its this stigma in a lot of circles that no college equals no real future. Couldnt be further from the truth.

  • @saleemwaheed9956
    @saleemwaheed9956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great guy, and a well deserved allocation.

  • @porthose2002
    @porthose2002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "You know, any time your going to have a car delivered..." Words I've never spoken, nor will I likely ever be able to speak. Still, great to hear about your experience!

  • @Goxilla
    @Goxilla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Miami blue works with those rims and it´s nice to see one without stripes

  • @sammarley347
    @sammarley347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    saw this car in Monterey in person last year in monterey, and it was insane!

  • @heyitsfranklynn168
    @heyitsfranklynn168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Immediately i knew that feeling of loving cars so much it hurts in your soul

  • @kw0017
    @kw0017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Utter madness to turn down a Heritage.
    But completely insane not to want that car in Miami Blue. It's sensational

  • @wrz4581
    @wrz4581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shows how working your ass off gets you want you want, working for yourself is a huge risks and pays off, you don't need college to get what you want.

  • @McGriddle69
    @McGriddle69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just realized this guy owns Nelson landscaping and I hear their commercial on the radio all the time on the radio here in OKC. That's a pretty cool story.

  • @violinmiata
    @violinmiata 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Passing up an F40 for a Ford GT is a problem that most of us will never face!
    Not sure how I would have handled that one lol

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My only consolation is that I don't think I'd actually fit in an F40...

    • @krinkov2875
      @krinkov2875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd go f40

  • @OCDRex11
    @OCDRex11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a lot of people are missing is the work ethic(s) and drive that lead him to his financial success. That is so overlooked in today's world. Everyone expects things to be handed to them and don't try or care to try. I feel the same as Andy in that a goal as a child is never to be forgotten. Do I have a Testarossa in my garage, no, I have a C5 Z06. But, I have owned many cars and have loved every one of them along the way. That was all from my childhood and chasing goals.
    Lastly, humble and humility go a LONG way in life. I find that it isn't about what you have it is who you are.

  • @AlreadyDeadInside83079
    @AlreadyDeadInside83079 ปีที่แล้ว

    PERFECT COLOR too...your wife has great taste. That car is my true dream car. I've been a die-hard Ford guy since I was a grade school kid. Perfect. Thanks for this story. I love it!💯

  • @yaro757
    @yaro757 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    would have personally taken the heritage and wrapped in in a color. would have most likely even looked better with the heritage having more carbon parts on the outside of the car. still happy for this guy

  • @realecomkid
    @realecomkid ปีที่แล้ว

    Ford choosing this guy is what allocations should be about, not the social influencer, the rich person, or the celebrity, but true hard-working people that this was more than a car - a true car enthusiast. Kudos Ford. Right person, right allocation.

  • @wawaversyss7326
    @wawaversyss7326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Grass is money!

  • @Riley_1955
    @Riley_1955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first car I ever bought with my "Lawn mower money" was a used 4 door 1964 chevy car 6 cylinder automatic in 1972 .....I was a junior and I bought it from a girl I knew that was a senior in HS and I paid $150 dollars for it and it ran like a champ and I abused the hell out of it and it still ran fine when I sold it......Man those were the days.

  • @theoneandonlybosable
    @theoneandonlybosable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Very happy for this guy, he seems great. But the catalog of recorded stories is surely running dry.

    • @nicholasdouglas7080
      @nicholasdouglas7080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sure is scraping the very bottom of the barrel lately

    • @bwofficial1776
      @bwofficial1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicholasdouglas7080 Happily, this guy is not at the bottom of the barrel.

  • @curtstimbert
    @curtstimbert 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Steve the Ford GT delivery specialist probably has the coolest job on the planet flying out to meet the customers and go over the car with them as they take delivery of their new Ford GT

  • @JonsDailyHustle
    @JonsDailyHustle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a lawn care and landscaper here...this definitely brings me some goals in my future I hope I can hit. Awesome story 👊

  • @Decambo
    @Decambo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heart warming story. This will be a million view video, no doubt.

  • @oklahomaoffroad
    @oklahomaoffroad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in edmond and have seen his car a few times at cars and coffee. It is such a beautiful car and such a beautiful spec. plus hearing his story is awesome. this video was amazing.

  • @michaell1744
    @michaell1744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One secret tip to buying a Ford GT. Billionaires and TH-camrs hate him!

    • @DonnieDarko727
      @DonnieDarko727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have to scroll down for 10 mins and then send your email!

  • @RinconPilot
    @RinconPilot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The American dream is alive and well! Thanks for sharing

  • @franz5036
    @franz5036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hold up. Can we talk more about how he got to where he is now?! Dude starting mowing lawns and build his hustle into an empire to the point where he’s buying super cars?!
    This man who a lot of us strive to be. Work and do what we need to do to achieve our goals. Fucking inspiration!

    • @andynelson9225
      @andynelson9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the kind words, Franz! Yes, lots and lots of hard work. Consistency and discipline is the key!

  • @bwofficial1776
    @bwofficial1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice story. He had a dream and he worked to make it happen. Worked hard is surely an understatement. No excuses, no passing the blame, no asking for handouts or freebies.
    If I ever buy an exotic, I'm going to drive it and enjoy it fully. I'm not buying a car to park it in my garage and look at it, I'm buying it for the whole experience. I'm going to drive it how it's designed to be driven. Someone has to have the highest mileage X and I want to get my money's worth. I greatly respect Rowan Atkinson for daily driving his McLaren F1. He knew how much it was worth and still used it to run errands because he loved driving it.

  • @afohunter2410
    @afohunter2410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Proud of this dude, he's a guy who deserves one

  • @nazspeed1
    @nazspeed1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thats the kind of car you drive to enjoy you really dont care what it can do.....you are just happy you can do it.

  • @gtowsweet
    @gtowsweet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice, love your story. You deserve this car for your hard work since childhood. Enjoy the Ford GT that lots of people couldn't even buy with their millions or billions of dollars. The dream of every car enthusiast.

  • @joeroad6618
    @joeroad6618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my lawn mowing side business paid to rebuild my entire Trans Am, hard work pays off!

  • @pete6705
    @pete6705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It looks absolutely gorgeous in that color

  • @ksteak27
    @ksteak27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Screw pharma.... I'm going into the mowing business! Congrats to you, Andy! Worked hard and living the dream (but still humble).

  • @mjohns5944
    @mjohns5944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Colour choice was spot on.

  • @salem99099
    @salem99099 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He is a real car guy.

  • @RedWhiteandBoosted
    @RedWhiteandBoosted 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @andy Nelson is a big part of why I got deep into cars and grew my collection, one day at “the pad okc” I met him and he offered me an E55 for a smoking deal. I was broke and in college and had to pass but that really struck a key with me. Oklahoma City is really overlooked in regards to car guys, not street outlaws but the other side of the car guy coin.

  • @tkreitler
    @tkreitler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is especially stunning in that color. Good choice!

  • @Christian.90
    @Christian.90 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wheel and color combo is fucking beautiful.

  • @boduke9428
    @boduke9428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm pretty sure I'll never have to pick out the color for my Ford GT but when I pretend to it's nearly an impossible challenge. The Gulf livery is near impossible to refuse but my heart belongs to Red with white stripes. My local dealership had a red 05 2nd gen in the showroom back in the day. I was buying a new pickup and had never saw one in person. I went back nearly every day for 2 weeks just to look at it. I tried everything in my power to get even a ride in it to no avail. 150k was close to four times what the Superduty I bought cost. The Jeremy Clarkson blue and white is also perfect. Honestly there isn't a color that a Ford GT looks bad in. It's almost enough to make me glad I don't have to worry about it, lol.
    Thanks for the story and congrats on the car. I hope that Veyron and F40 join the collection to.

  • @christopheronstott2358
    @christopheronstott2358 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this guy’s enthusiasm about cars, because to him it is about the cars not money not the fame or publicity one would get for owning such a beautiful super car and obviously he loves his cars, but I’m thinking he’s also one hell of a family man and obviously one hell of a businessman!! Does anyone know if he has a TH-cam or Instagram channel I’d love to see some more aspects of his life so if anyone knows please let me know!! I’d greatly appreciate it !!

  • @2vcrew782
    @2vcrew782 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m a Ford blue oval fanboy and I’m telling you Ford has to love the story and his story is exceptional. Not to mention his cute daughter racing around with dad in the 05 GT absolutely sealed the deal. I’m still driving my 2002 Ford Mustang GT dreaming of becoming a Ford GT owner

  • @ItsDuct
    @ItsDuct 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The video of the daughter in the GT is so special.
    My kids are the same way in my Viper when I roll into it.. it’s such a special moment that will surpass even the Miami blue GT.

  • @bobsoxx5008
    @bobsoxx5008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great story, no excuses ambition and HARD WORK. I wish i had half the drive as Andy.

  • @dingdangding4873
    @dingdangding4873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My friends call us “project” cuz we’ve been dating for so long 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @vincentfresco5767
    @vincentfresco5767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Easily one of my favorite videos… congratulations !

  • @lbwashingtoncapitalsfan4li124
    @lbwashingtoncapitalsfan4li124 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is one of the most beautiful Ford GT I have ever seen

  • @daviscoady1999
    @daviscoady1999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reliable trucking is the real deal! Love working with all those lady’s and gents

  • @ShockwavesFTW
    @ShockwavesFTW 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Normally not a big fan of how the new Ford GT’s look, but that model truly is gorgeous. Glad it went to such a cool dude, too.

  • @colinwhite5355
    @colinwhite5355 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here in NE England you get £10.00 for cutting a lawn. A Ford GT is about £400,000. Ten lawns a day gets you £500 per week. Maybe save £100 of that. That’s £5000 saved in a year. Only needs 80 years and there’s one in the garage. Start work when you’re 16 and, bingo, you’re cruising at 96 years young.

  • @kevz557
    @kevz557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FUCKING AWESOME !!! CONGRATS BRO . GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT .