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1. re: GTO (score: 1): Author: "j kleemeyer" <jkk@adams.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:36:56 -0600; Wow, I always thought that stood for "Gas, Tires, and Oil'. JK; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00770.html (7,311 bytes)
2. Re: GTO (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:33:49 -0500; At the time the cars were being marketed, GTO was defined in the ads as "Gran Turismo Omologato". Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It is better to remain silent, and b; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00804.html (7,998 bytes)
3. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:52:01 -0600; By "the cars" I'm guessing you mean the Pontiac, as opposed to the '62 Ferrari GTO. I don't think anybody used GTO before that. I wonder if that is what Ferrari intended it to stand for as well. What; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00836.html (10,056 bytes)
4. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Bkitterer@aol.com; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:32:48 EST; OK you got me into this. Can not find the reference so am going on memory (you know what thats worth) Snip <<What's interesting is that Ferrari made only 39 GTOs and 100 were required for homologatio; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00846.html (8,414 bytes)
5. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:37:54 -0800 (PST); A GT usually designates a fast powerful coupe that is designed for fast, effortless high speed travel, and less for curvy road driving. Examples would be the more sedate Ferraris (front engine), Asto; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00847.html (9,264 bytes)
6. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Peter C <nosimport@mailbag.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:10:32 -0800; And I suppose X1/9 is manly? ;-) so why would they give it a "sissy" italian name?; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00848.html (8,726 bytes)
7. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:16:40 -0800 (PST); More imaginative than calling a car an "S"... :-); /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00849.html (8,765 bytes)
8. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Peter C <nosimport@mailbag.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:47:10 -0800; As in Innocenti?............ I give you win Ciao Peter C (not S ...for a variety of reasons) remember the bad joke which punchline was".. look at that S car go!"?; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00850.html (9,332 bytes)
9. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:25:44 -0800; X1/9 always sounded like a bathroom cleaner to me...a manly one though! Sorry Ulix ;) CTP; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00854.html (9,386 bytes)
10. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:59:31 -0800 (PST); A good one :-) Hey guys, I think the name is stupid too. They called the super boring sedan the "Mirafiori", then they design the best handling sportscar in the world and they call it some math probl; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00855.html (9,980 bytes)
11. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Peter C <nosimport@mailbag.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:32:36 -0800; Makes you wonder what X1/1 through /8 were like. Peter mgCgt ___/__|\__; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00859.html (10,232 bytes)
12. Re: GTO (score: 1): Author: pasgeirsson@juno.com (Paul A Asgeirsson); Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:08:25 EST; Ferrari also did things that would seem odd, like calling a type the "250GT" (the number is the volume of one cylinder in cc's) I had a friend that owned a Morris and a 250GT SWB. It now has a Morris; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00870.html (8,641 bytes)
13. Re: GTO (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 11:14:07 +1100; Ferrari weren't the only ones to skirt around the homologation. Our beloved Sebring Sprites were another example... See "Spritely Years" for the details. Mike required is either. seats U.S.; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00871.html (9,212 bytes)
14. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@compuserve.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 17:20:38 -0500; MY brother used to purposefully mispronounce his: "ex-nineteen", but then ... we're weird! Message text written by Christopher Palmer X1/9 always sounded like a bathroom cleaner to me...a manly one t; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00902.html (8,735 bytes)
15. RE: GTO (score: 1): Author: Nory P <nory_midget@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 12:30:54 -0800 (PST); No less than "Sprite" or "Midget" ;-) == **The above address is for list purposes only. Please send private e-mail, as before, to Nory@webtv.net --NORY http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/910; /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00931.html (8,027 bytes)

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