I looked at two of my cars:
12A LeMans convertible from Baltimore: BAL 544671
Compare that to the 02A GTO HT of Robz also from Baltimore:BAL 566584
Sure sounds like Baltimore 69`s are using a different system than Scott explained. If you ignore the first "5" then the next five digits sound like an overall count of Pontiacs produced in that plant; 44,671 in early December and up to 66,584 by early February.
I also looked at my 07A Fremont GTO convertible and it is BF 00387. Obviously not the same system as the baltimore plant, perhaps this is the system Scott is talking about. It could be the 387th GTO vert built in Fremont that year, sounds a bit low for so late in the year but that plant has a low %age of my convertible PHS`s (just under 10%). Maybe if you factor in the much higher survival rate of the southwest cars built there the actual %age built in Fremont was lower (it would need to be about 6%)
Maybe that explains why there is two opposed opinions about this, I guess it varied by plant in 69.
The answer lies in more data!
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My Break Away Squad
1969 Fbird (base OHC, 350, 400HO & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA ht’s)
1969 Custom S 2dr ht
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr ht & Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 ht & Judge ht)
1969 Cat (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr ht)
1969 Ventura wagon 2 seat
1969 Exec 4dr post
1969 2 Bonnie Cvt's & 2 wagons
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr ht & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix 2 SJ’s
1969 2+2 2dr ht (Canadian)
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