[428ho4spd]

Curious to hear from others that own or have owned a late built '67 from the Fremont Plant, VIN code "Z". What's your build date? Mine in 06D, 4th week of June.

[hgerhardt]

A little OT, but my '66 GTO is 07C (Fremont).
Also interesting is it came with a '67 LH inner fender with the bigger brake booster clearance divot, and side frame rails with 2 sets of holes for the T-400, but still has the '66 rear spring perches.

[428ho4spd]

That's a very late '66, had to be near the end I would think?
That is very interesting!
Thanks for sharing that!

[242177P]

Originally Posted by 428ho4spd

That's a very late '66, had to be near the end I would think?
That is very interesting!
Thanks for sharing that!

Interesting indeed. Had an early Fremont 67, 08D build (#00519).
Wouldn't mind learning more on the 67 to 68 changeover dates.

[hgerhardt]

I also get a kick out of telling Tesla owners that my '66 GTO came out of the same factory as their car did. They're like, "NO WAY!".

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 242177P

Interesting indeed. Had an early Fremont 67, 08D build (#00519).
Wouldn't mind learning more on the 67 to 68 changeover dates.

Gunnell's "Standard Catalog of Pontiac" shows the 67/68 model year changeover occurring from 7/30/67 to 8/21/67.

It doesn't say, so I've always assumed that was documented only for the "home plant" in Pontiac, Michigan, and that the satellite plants would follow at their own cadence as the launch team traveled from plant to plant.

Sometimes you can find contemporaneous literature that nails it better (like documents from an open house, or articles in the newspaper). We have open house literature for the 1963 calendar year opening of the Fremont plant (start of '64 model year).

K

[428ho4spd]

Originally Posted by hgerhardt

I also get a kick out of telling Tesla owners that my '66 GTO came out of the same factory as their car did. They're like, "NO WAY!".

Haha... love it!

[428ho4spd]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Gunnell's "Standard Catalog of Pontiac" shows the 67/68 model year changeover occurring from 7/30/67 to 8/21/67.

It doesn't say, so I've always assumed that was documented only for the "home plant" in Pontiac, Michigan, and that the satellite plants would follow at their own cadence as the launch team traveled from plant to plant.

Sometimes you can find contemporaneous literature that nails it better (like documents from an open house, or articles in the newspaper). We have open house literature for the 1963 calendar year opening of the Fremont plant (start of '64 model year).

K

Keith, I've wondered about the same thing regarding the different plants and when they began to change over for the next years models.

On my '67, three of the four T-3 sealed beams are of the '68 type and I'm confident that they are original to the car.