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There were 249 manual trans RA3 setups in ragtops in 69 GTO's. I don't recall the exact breakdown of Judges but say 2/3 of Judge ragtops were manuals (as was the case in judge hardtops) so you'd have high 100's of non Judge RA3 manual convertibles. Since about 10% of GTO ragtops were sold in Canada your GTO was probably one of 15-20 sold in Canada with a RA3 manual (almost all the manuals were 4 speeds rather than 3).

Since all 69 ragtops sold in Canada were built in Baltimore you should be able to get both US and Canadian documentation. The Canadian docs only include the engine number for Canadian built cars but still worth getting both.

In general Canadian buyers ordered less options than American buyers back then but inversely there seems to be a percentage of American built specialty cars (GTO's, Fbirds etc) that were heavily optioned in Canada. 69 was the first year dealers in Canada stocked American made Firebirds and GTO's. In earlier years you had to special order them and they were very expensive in Canada so they had an exotic quality there, hence why some were loaded up, rich guys showing off.

A 69 GTO in Canada looked like no other car in the road, no 68's were sold (except a very few special imports at high price) and no LeMans' or Tempests to dilute the unique body shape. It was like owning a Viper in the 90's, you looked like a movie star in a brand new 69 GTO in Canada.