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Originally Posted by roundportponchos
my thought, was since the car was made in july, 70(late car), & a 34k mile car, van nuys plant... Also does not look like it ever had a 1/4... I just thought, since so late, factory used up 70 supply, then went to later one..
this california car, defin not a rebody......
I would not think, that if a 70 has 71 style 1/4s, that it is not a dead give away as a rebody. I would think, that the car had both 1/4s replaced, as most have..
I have a 71 TA, van nuys dec 70 built, has correct 71s....
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roundport-
two things .. I have learned a long time ago, the odometer means very little. I have 6 70-72 style odomaters here with miles ranging from 20k to 80.. I could easily put the 29k on my 71 that has 86k and restore it and say it was a 29 k car.. it is just too easy to replace odometers on these early cars. I learned a long time ago not to believe in "actual" miles on many of these cars.considering they were never collector type cars to begin with-compared to corvettes or similar. they were absolutely abused and the stuff of 18 year olds wanting to be cool type cars. so I am so scheptical of any low milage original survivor out there. My guess is there are less than 10 real survivor untouched original 1970 TA's out there.they just we never "cared" for like other cars. We are talking about Trans Ams here. They were the poor mans/rednecks corvette.. As much as we all like them now, that IS what they were...
Look in the trunk. What do you see when you look at the back of the rear seat??IS there a standpipe there?? is not it is a 1970 body. But if the below door vent part is the 71 style, I still bet it has had a 1/4 installed.. Then again, I have also learned to never say never...Fisher could have assembled a body with a 71 style quarter, but I seriously doubt it.. July is when all of the RA IV's started being produced.. Never seen one of those with the mixed quarters. And I have seen 3 of the Van Nuys cars,2 were made in July and I forget when the other was made..... I am absolutely sure there are others here who have seen way more IV's than I have.. All IV's were made after July... so others can chime in on this...If your contention that Fisher was using 71 style quarters in July 70, then many of the IV's should also have this....