This is the closest you will get to owning a 250 GTO

"Tapas" (tapas)
08/27/2019 at 13:03 • Filed to: None

It’s a recreation - no surprises there. But the 250 GTO is one of the few cars that I’d prefer owning a recreation to the real thing.

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If I get to buy, drive or ride one of these through some miracle, I will have to budget in a spare pair of pants.

If any of you Oppos buys this, you gotta let me have a go!

DISCUSSION (27)

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 13:09

Judging by the price, my Hot Wheels 250 GTO might be the closest I’ll get.

Tapas > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
08/27/2019 at 13:20

If you still have both kidneys, maybe this recreation is within the realm of possibility!

OPPOsaurus WRX > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 13:20

ther is (maybe was) a guy in my town with one like that with a sawzall opening in the hood and what sounded like an old V8 that had the carb sticking out the sawzall hole.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 13:20

Oppositelock: come for the one-liners, stay because you sold your kidneys for a BaT listing

functionoverfashion > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 13:32

Much like the original cars built at Scaglietti’s workshop, it was hand-formed over wooden bucks.

So... hand-built V12 Ferrari... yup, should be downright affordable! But yeah, compared to a “real” 250 GTO, I guess.

Thomas Donohue > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 13:37

Forza 7 on Xbox! No need to worry about denting some fenders at Monza.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 14:00

I saw a 250 GTO in person many many years ago. It was amazballs. Not over a million amazeballs tho. I still can’t wrap my head around the astronomical prices some of these rare cars are getting. This car is like taking a 280z 2+2 and shortening it down to a standard 280Z. Kinda weird but if it’s what you like than good on them.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 14:05

wow, that’s pretty legit for a fake. There’s a black one around my town that’s clearly a corvette, which is what I expected this to be.

Tapas > Thomas Donohue
08/27/2019 at 14:12

But its not reeeall

Tapas > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/27/2019 at 14:14

I saw TWO in one day in Monterey 2 years ago.

It was one of the best days of my life.

AuthiCooper1300 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/27/2019 at 14:21

As interesting as a 250 GTO is (because old Ferrari and history and all that), I find the 250 GT Berlinetta passo corto to have a certain arresting beauty a GTO can’t possibly match.

Thomas Donohue > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 15:00

Nor is the $100,000 project above!

Tapas > Thomas Donohue
08/27/2019 at 15:02

Why isn’t it?

Thomas Donohue > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 16:32

Just meant it’s n ot a real GTO. Plenty of other original cars you could buy for $100,000.

Or maybe $120,000

Kinja'd!!!

Tapas > Thomas Donohue
08/27/2019 at 16:35

Very true.

But the engine is the same, the chassis and body are very similar. It’s the closest you can get to a 250 GTO.

$ 100k can even buy you a house or feed like 10k people for a week. But that’s not the point.

Thomas Donohue > Tapas
08/27/2019 at 16:48

Wouldn’t be on top of my Powerball Garage List, but you do make a very valid point.

Sub $100k I go for this:

Kinja'd!!!

Sub $175 k $ 300k I go for this, since it’s vintage but I wouldn’t hesitate to race it around at a track day.

(the cheapest Dino’s are $300k now!?!?!??! F— me......now I have to be afraid of wrecking a Dino???? )

Kinja'd!!!

Future next gen S2000 owner > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/28/2019 at 10:47

250's trade on reputation, pedigree, and bragging rights for rich people. People saying I want it and I’ll pay for it to prove how much money I have keep the prices high.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tapas
08/28/2019 at 13:02

Doesn’t end for 5 days and already $110k. I bet all those carburetors are fun to tune. And re-tune. Over and over...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Thomas Donohue
08/28/2019 at 13:03

$110k. And still five days to go.

Tapas > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/28/2019 at 13:33

I don’t understand why people give perfectly rational arguments against the purchase of something so irrationally desirable.

It’s not gonna be reliable. It’s not gonna be cheap. It’s not gonna beat any other $100k+ car built in the last 15 years.

T his car is so gorgeous (to me) , I would look past all that if I had the means.

And it is supposed to be like your 4th car.

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Tapas
08/28/2019 at 17:02

This modernized replica was for sale on ebay a while back. I would have bought if I had $45k to spend:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F293176154859

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tapas
08/28/2019 at 17:18

Please: if you have the dough, and you like that car, then I’d be like, “Will you take me for a ride in it?” I think that as ridiculous wastes of money on cars go, that would be a fine one, but I’d make sure I could get the carburetors adjusted first, because I expect that’s gone be a thang with that ride.

Let’s watch and see what this car goes for; do you want to make a guess? $200k? $300k? I’d think you were way dumber spending the same money on anything that was built in the past 15 years.

So I’m with you. And: it ain’t a Ferrari, so +1.

Tapas > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/28/2019 at 17:26

I agree with your sentiment.

Even though I’m not in the market, I hope the gavel stops at $200k tops.

Any thing more would be disheartening.

Tapas > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
08/28/2019 at 17:27

WWhoa! That's a decent replica for a decent price

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Tapas
08/28/2019 at 17:44

I’ll leave this here

Tapas > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
08/28/2019 at 23:52

I saw that when it came out.

The sound!

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Tapas
08/29/2019 at 03:54

I love the headlights. Its exactly what I would do if i owned a 250 GTO