The second digit of the VIN should be a G if it's a Grand Am.
F = Grand Lemans
D = Lemans
All the '80 Grand Ams came with Ontario Gray as a lower body color, unless a buyer chose to order the car without it. I would guess very, very few were built without it. I've never seen one w/o.
Only other things standard on '80 GA (verses Grand Lemans/Lemans) were 301 4bbl, automatic trans, F41 suspension, and engine gauges; along with all the various trim nuances.
Looks like someone skillfully inserted a Grand Am nameplate into a wood grain dash strip to me. And those window louvres are the same style as the ones on the '79 "Sport Classic" I looked at in 1987.
The car looks really good cleaned up. If it were me, I'd leave the '81 front facia on it.
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