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#95104 - 07/08/03 09:32 PM
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Gran Turismo Omologato -- Authorized for grand touring
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#95105 - 07/08/03 09:32 PM
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Wasn't it Grand Toreno or something like that
I don't think that's what GTO stands for, but my very first car was a 1974 Gran Torino Sport--the Disco Torino, if you will! Only in retrospect can I laugh about the horror of being an 18 year old female at the University of Alabama tooling around in a brown land barge {although it did have a big ole Ford 400 in it  }! It wasn't conducive to picking up guys, but I could sure run 'em down!
My favorite car of all time--1968 Camaro Convertible, candy apple red. 
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#95107 - 07/08/03 09:40 PM
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'57 Ford Thunderbird convertible, red. I'll second the nomination on the '69 Chevelle SS 396.
The Corvair? Thanks for the memories, Don. In the 70's we built a dune buggy for off-road use using the business end of a Corvair fashioned onto a 'handcrafted' chassis. Ran it for years. All us kids learned how (not) to drive in it. A riot!
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#95108 - 07/08/03 09:42 PM
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Grand Turissimo Omologato (although I will admit i had to look up how to spell Omologato)
Bravo Cub Dave! (very close - Turismo)
Not according to a 1963 Pontiac Press Release Press Release
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#95109 - 07/08/03 09:44 PM
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It's not a classic yet, but I like it just the same.....1996 Chevrolet Impala SS.
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#95111 - 07/08/03 09:52 PM
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Only in retrospect can I laugh about the horror of being an 18 year old female at the University of Alabama tooling around in a brown land barge {although it did have a big ole Ford 400 in it }!
When were you a freshman at Univ of AL. I was a freshman there at one time. I may have seen your large barge.
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#95114 - 07/08/03 10:47 PM
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I think it was about a 67 Mustang my cousin had in Surfside SC when I was a kid. Convertible. Red. And Roger Miller "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd" on the 8 track.  Good times. Memorable times.
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#95116 - 07/09/03 01:17 AM
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You dudes in your 1967 Mustangs will be stuck on the side of the road tinkering with your transmissions as my little volkswagon scoots by I dated a guy who collected the dumb things...they ALL had tranie problems!!!
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#95117 - 07/09/03 01:32 AM
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Who remembers, "How does the man who drives the snow plow, get to the snow plow?"
While the bug is dependable, it just wasn't as kewl.
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#95121 - 07/09/03 01:23 PM
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What, have you forgotten the Pacer!
And YOU forgot the Pacer's equally ugly cousin - the Gremlin! "So...where's the rest of the car...?
And my vote for worst designed car ever......
The Pontiac Fiero! Nothing like having the engine...right next to your ear! Not to mention the comforting smell of leaking gas from the poorly designed fuel system.
Bonnie - I had a Fiero for about 3 months - got it from my sister - it was actually a fun car to drive and it had the speakers right in the headrest for some good headbanging!
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#95122 - 07/09/03 01:24 PM
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Grand Turissimo Omologato (although I will admit i had to look up how to spell Omologato)
Bravo Cub Dave! (very close - Turismo)
Not according to a 1963 Pontiac Press Release Press Release
Ha! I'll be! Good eye, Dave.
Leave it to us Americans to try and change the original into something bigger and better. The Italian GTO was Gran Turismo, but the 1963 Pontiac changed it to Grand Turissimo. (like in music - "Forte" is Italian for loud; "Fortissimo" means very loud) Maybe we figured we had more roads to tour, so we had to increase the turismo!! 
Or - maybe the press writer just couldn't spell. 
I would tend to agree it was a bad spelling press writer!
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#95126 - 07/09/03 02:34 PM
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We have a 1964 1/2 convertable Mustang with less than 10,000 original miles on in, maroon paint job and white interior. That's the parade car. Then we have a 1966 Chevy Biscayne with a flame paint job on it that attracts young and old when we take it out for a drive. Both are fun cars.
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#95127 - 07/09/03 03:24 PM
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1965 Stingray Corvette - white with red leather interior - I'll own one someday.
My dad has a 1955 Chevy Stepside pickup - bought it brand new and is now fixing it up, almost all original equipment. Whoever takes over my Dad's farm inherits the truck. He also has a 1989 Buick Riveria with only 50,000 miles, what a beauty.
Favorite car I ever owned was 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta. The color was Claret and it had a gold pinstripe. Lots of memories with that car.
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#95128 - 07/09/03 03:55 PM
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Here it is: Click Here Had the 4 speed, 273 high performance four barreled engine, positrac rearend, dropped a big cam into it, added some G50 tires, airshocks and traction bars and I was in heaven - off course that was in the mid 70's.
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