TomoHawk Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 According to 'F'-records, the technical name for the GTO is "250 GT comp./62" And, It was originally GT-O, intil a typist forgot to put in the '-' The rest is histoir. Just thought I'd throw that in for info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 250z Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I read this somewhere: "From 1962 when the FIA's new rules affecting the former Sports Car category came into effect. Essentially, the rules stated that at least 100 cars of the type must be built in a single year's production to comply with the new category created for Grand Turisimo cars. Ferrari argued that the 250 GTO was a development of the 250 GT swb berlinetta. The FIA permitted this and thus the GTO was allowed to race. The "O" in GTO designates that this model was "Omologazione" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Say GTO and people remember muscle car Pontiac "GOAT" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomoHawk Posted January 19, 2003 Author Share Posted January 19, 2003 That's how I see it... It really was just a 250 GT with a few bopdy modifications, but still essentially the same. If some idiot tells me, "that's not a gto, GTO's are from PONTIAC." I'd probably slap it HARD, then tell it, "Ferrari didn't make any GOATS!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 Where you been, Tom.. any progress on your "goat" Nezzie 76 and I have about completed a hardtop for his topless goat while you were celebrating the holidays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedRacer Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 Actually, the "O" stands for “Omologato.†Here's a couple of words about that from the write-up on my car that is located on this site. "The first race of the year was the Daytona 24 Hour and Ferrari submitted an entry form for it’s “Homologated†(classified) car. The Italian word for homologated is “Omologato†so the form listed a Ferrari 250 GT Omologato. The race promoters at Daytona shortened the name to fit the form by abbreviating it to the now famous - GTO." http://www.hybridz.org/Review/0002/Ferrari_GTO.htm The rest is history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 SpeedR, u da man,,I always wondered about that. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomoHawk Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 More GTO controversy... First, they can't figure out how many they made, now they can't figure out how they named it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 In the 60's, the Italian factory workers were out on strike every other week which may explain why production records are vague and not many surviving Fiats of that era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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