The idea of a popular, evocative concept car reaching production undiluted from its original form is an idea that largely went out with Harley Earl and three-martini lunches. Nonetheless, Ford’s GT40 concept car of 2002 must have proved as tempting to Blue Oval executives as it was to auto show crowds. Its concept was simple: take the Le Mans-winning design of the Ford GT40 of the 1960s and translate its styling and engineering into a modern supercar.

The resulting production GT40 was unlike anything Detroit had ever produced, capable of sprints to 60 mph in well under four seconds, bearing a top speed that surpassed the Porsche Carrera GT and Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR and setting new track records at the Nürburgring. That power was courtesy of a supercharged 5.4-liter V-8 and six-speed gearbox, sending to the rear axles 550 brake horsepower and producing a throaty, muscular exhaust note that was as American as “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Assembled entirely in the United States, utilizing space-age construction technologies, the GT proved that Ford was still capable of holding its own against the best Europe could offer, just as the original GT40 had.

During the three years of production—2004, 2005, and 2006—4,038 GTs were built, with demand far outstripping supply and early cars selling for substantial premiums over the original MSRP.

It was natural that a Ford dealer as successful as Don Davis acquired one of those cars for his private collection. That car is number 1FAFP90S85Y400530, offered here in Centennial White with Blue stripes and with “all the options,” which in the world of Ford GTs means $5,000 painted body stripes, $4,000 McIntosh CD stereo system, $3,500 lightweight BBS forged aluminum wheels, and $750 red Brembo brake calipers. The Ford shows less than 900 miles since new and has always been very well-maintained, both prior to and during Mr. Davis’ ownership. It is presented with a clear CARFAX report verifying all of the same information.

Sadly, one cannot buy a new GT from a Ford dealer any longer. The next best thing is to acquire a nearly new car from the private collection of a Ford dealer. The opportunity to acquire Don Davis’ car, with its extraordinarily low mileage and all option boxes ticked, provides the prospective buyer with a fork in the road: it can be preserved as a fresh-out-of-the-box example of a landmark automobile in Blue Oval history, or it can be broken in at the speeds for which it was built. Regardless, in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”