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i own a chrome nose 68 gto that i phs sent me the billed sheet option 674
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i have a question hopefully someone can answer my chromie 68 on the engine option code 34 mine is 5
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BTW, welcome to the board! |
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Side question - was all of Fred's research in one folder or did you have to comb through years of information to find the occasional statistics sheet? |
thanks boss for the info and the welcome
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Chrome nose cars are, as previously stated, 2108. That is a known quantity.
Trying to determine Chrome Nose by Engine will be a daunting task, if not impossible, if not already performed by the likes of Fred Simmonds. Jim Mattison does not have the time to spend on such an endeavor (recognizing that there are nearly 88,000 68 GTO records to comb through and these are interspersed throughout the VIN numbers - there is no GTO section to review). Jim looks up the VIN, not the model, to provide the information. |
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Subsequently, I have found the attached document at the GM Heritage Center. In my first visit there, this doc wasn't in the '68 pile. The last time, it was. Where it came from, I dunno, but I think they must've had it but it wasn't properly organized. All of his tabulations were in folders for the respective years, rather than in one Fred Simmonds file. |
Thanks again Diego, very cool piece!
How did he find the time??? :noidea: |
I think Fred was a great guy.
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I forgot to mention one thing - why did they tabulate a combination such as Ram Air with the chrome nose?
I can't answer that, but I know there are some strange combinations tabulated. I've noticed the same thing with Buicks, which Rich Johns probably can attest to. |
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In any case, I was only pointing out that Pontiac tabulated some strange combinations that may not have any logic to us on the street. |
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http://www.mcar.ru/photo/i/09-68-GTO...n-Drag-Car.jpg |
In that case, only about 1.6% of Ram Air buyers decided to go faster with a chrome nose - hardly "most people."
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You have to agree the endura bumper was the signature design aspect of the new for 68 body. You had to have a good reason to delete it although I am surprised the number is so low for the Ram Air cars.
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I had a friend who worked in Pontiac, starting as a GMI student in 1969. He recalled the word on the street was that the hood tach was troublesome as a result of the location/hood slamming and was not a very popular option in the day. These numbers would seem to me to support that. K |
Good info ,hood tachs low numbers too , great to have someone like Fred go the extra mile. Finding out how many HOs would be a lot of work .
68 was a turning point it seems ,still has that wood grain dash,vent windows etc ,still a Lemans. Does anyone have info or pictures of Rally Stripes |
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