[Cyclone Joe]

I know that ford and mercury used GT and GTA emblems on their Fairlanes and Comets/Cyclones. However in '67, they stopped using the GTA insignia. Why? Anybody know? any guesses. I don't have either!

 

[fairlaniac]

Ford DID use the GT/GTA emblem in 1966 & 1967. Checkout his link for a pic. http://dirtin.freehosting.net/photo6.html

Doug
1966 Fairlane 428 8v MR
http://www.geocities.com/fairlaniac



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[fairlaniac]

I forgot to mention. In '67 they went to a horizontal version of the badge instead of the vertical over-under crowned type.

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1966 Fairlane 428 8v MR
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[Cyclone Joe]

Okay, then do you know why Mercury did not? I have a '67 Merc, a GT with an automatic, and its not a GTA. Why? I'm assuming the A in GTA stood for automatic? Any thoughts? Thanks for the info about ford using the GTA emblem in '67 however!

 

[TomP]

no other cars except the 67 Mustangs and 66/7 Fairlanes are called GTA just because they are automatics. Ford was pushing the automatics big time in 66. It's all marketing