To be honest, I have no idea what they are thinking. They do the same with the Raptor F-150's, and Shelby GT Mustangs, even though not to the same extent. My guess is that they want to keep them somewhat rare to keep the value up for some reason. That said, the application for the GT was skewed towards people of notoriety, even if they were not true enthusiast. It might be a blessing in disguise that your father did not get approved. I heard some dealers were going to mark them up in the six figure range over sticker.
i have no doubt you are right about the exclusivity. and im sure youre right about the celebrity preference. even on the application they ask what kind of social media presence you have. but it seems like a contradiction to me. they want the cars to be seen by the general public, but they are artificially going keep numbers down thus making it less likely the public will see the car? i just dont see what purpose that serves? and besides, they made something like 4500 of the 05-06 and you hardly ever see one of those... ok sorry to hijack, im done complaining about what is admittedly a very extreme first world problem haha