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Originally Posted by chicagoland
72 GTO's were option packages on hardtop and post coupes.
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Thanks for the history lesson that I learned back around '77 or '78. So can you help me with my request? A GTO is a GTO, regardless whether it was an option package or a separate designation. Heck, a Z-28, or SS are options on Camaro or Chevelle/Malibu, but is there a distinction made in their cases? Cobra is a package on a regular Mustang, SRT-8 is a Challenger or Charger, or even a Jeep Cherokee, or Chrysler 300. Bottom line is, SO WHAT?
You probably don't think my '04 and my '06 GTOs are "real" GTOs, either, but they are VERY real to me.
1971 was the last year that the GTO carried the infamous 242 designation, but MY favorite year is the 1972, even though the differences were very modest. Yet, the minor changes were enough to determine which year I preferred, and the lack of a 242 made no difference to me, still doesn't.