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A Blue and Yellow 250 GTO

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  1. 65 f.i.

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    #1 65 f.i., Apr 7, 2012
    While driving down Olive Mill Road in Montecito this evening, I caught a glimse of what appeared to be a Blue and Yellow GTO being driven on the road. Reproduction, Replica, or Real? Any record of such a car in this area of California?
     
  2. Jack-the-lad

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    #2 Jack-the-lad, Apr 8, 2012
    If real, it could be 3445GT which belongs, I believe, to Chris Cox. Blue and yellow were former owner Ulf Norinder's Swedish racing colors.
     
  3. Terra

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    #5 paparatzo, Apr 8, 2012
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    I saw the very same car. I turned around and caught-up with it at the 76 station.
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    First drive according to driver/owner.
     
  6. tritone

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    #6 tritone, Apr 8, 2012
    .....we may have reached the tipping point.....paraphrasing "Vizla" in one of the other threads: "....so we should simply assume they're ALL fake/replica/reproduction until otherwise identified...."

    Just as well my GTC is gone; I'd be pissed always having to say...."yes dammit, of course its a real one"....
     
  7. Terra

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    #7 Terra, Apr 8, 2012
    Oops, my bad -- this clearly is NOT the Fantasy Junction car! The car in the Santa Barbara photos is RHD, three-louvers, no rollbar, a much-more 3445 GT-esque Swedish blue, with yellow only on its nose.
     
  8. Bryanp

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    #8 Bryanp, Apr 9, 2012
    I believe you are correct - there are so many fakes, that in this thread, one fake has been confused for another fake!
     
  9. michael bayer

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    #9 michael bayer, Apr 9, 2012
    I note Fantasy Junction styled it as a "Reconfiguration" ......
     
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    #10 paparatzo, Apr 9, 2012
    The car looks a lot like photos of 3445 GT; but with the stripe and numbers removed.
     
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    #11 mcimino, Apr 9, 2012
    Geez, regardless of what it is, that does look very nice. Even the windshield and door window seem to line up better than most clones. I would have pulled up to the pump on the side of the gas filler though, don't you think? :)
     
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    #12 Terra, Apr 9, 2012
    Did you happen to ask the owner the Serial No. or from where he acquired it?
     
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    #14 65 f.i., Apr 9, 2012
    You are correct. There is a difference in the hood and the indicator lights which is blantent.
     
  15. iwanna860monza

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    #15 iwanna860monza, Apr 9, 2012
    IMO a darker shade of blue
     
  16. The Kook Abides

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    #16 The Kook Abides, Apr 10, 2012
    LOL!!!
     
  17. tritone

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    #17 tritone, Apr 10, 2012
    Giving that nearly dead horse another thwack; it is helpful to be able to compare "the real one" directly with "the NOT real one" in the same thread.....
     
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    #18 velocetwo, Apr 10, 2012
    About 7 years ago a GTO of that same color was unloaded in front of my house by a car transit company. It was on it's way from Arizona to the midwest or midwest to Arizona for a restoration. I wish I took a picture.
     
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    #19 readplays, Apr 10, 2012
    The irony or caveat (depending on where you're standing) is that for the question at hand, the real one *isn't* a real one. After the accident(s) Ulf Norinder had 3445's body replaced with a Drogo creation. The body on 3445 today was made 15 years after the Series I's left the factory.
    Your point is well taken, nonetheless.
     
  20. tritone

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    #20 tritone, Apr 10, 2012
    oh....

    And some posters are saying there is no need for an identification/discussion thread....
    Viszla was right!
     
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    #23 michael platzer, Apr 11, 2012
    yes - looks like the same car. s/n?
     
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    #24 bertdeboer340, Apr 11, 2012
    Is in the name of the picture:

    330 GT 2+2 6197
     
  25. michael platzer

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    #25 michael platzer, Apr 11, 2012
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    thank you - i knew i have seen that car before but i looked only through the 250 GTE- based rebodies.
     
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