Auto Worker buys $175,000 Sports Car

A modern day muscle car bought by a hard working guy.

Kenosha, Wis. - How is this for sticker shock? David Leeder, a 57-year-old electrician, worked the third shift at the General Motors plant in Janesville before heading to Kenosha for his purchase of a lifetime. Wearing jeans and worn T-shirt, Leeder paid $175,600 at the Boucher auto dealership Wednesday for the limited edition tungsten silver Ford GT. He said he fell in love with the car when he saw photographs of it. He initially balked at the price, then decided to buy it as an investment, but also for pure joy. Wife "very understanding". It is all new for the 37-year veteran of the GM plant. He said he has never owned a sports car and never been a car collector. "It will probably shock a lot of people that I know,'' he said. That includes his wife.''Oh, she is a wonderful woman. She is very understanding,'' he said. ''But maybe not about this.''He said the price is about three times what he paid for his house. The car, modeled on the GT race cars of the 1960s, is said to go from zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds, with a top speed of 210 mph on the race track.

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