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Re: Look what's back - GT 350 naming

To: bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Look what's back - GT 350 naming
From: SPL311RDST@aol.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:22:06 EST
In a message dated 1/7/02 7:08:33 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com writes:


> The cars height, 40 inches.  If we're on that subject, what does the 350 in
> GT350 stand for?

I know  this one... When they were trying to figure out what to name the car, 
they were standing 350 feet from the shop building and that's what stuck.  
This was per Carrol Shelby, don't know if he was trying to pull our leg or 
not.  When they up-rated to a larger engine it became the GT500 because it 
was a logically larger number. 

Laurie :-)
70 SPL311
AzROC
Chandler, AZ

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