[MikeNoun]

PB, yes, I know John well. We used to hit cruise nights together. Back in 1999, Tom Shaw from Muscle Car Review came up from Florida to photograph our cars for the cover(s) of Muscle Car Review Magazine.

And yes, John did remove his spoiler to use as a pattern for the repro ducktails. I recall that John also installed a 455HO intake on his car in the early 2000's (his car is a 400) to add some eye-candy under the hood, and about that time, he installed the side stripes.

There were 2 documented Lemans GT's built with the ducktail spoiler, no 72 GTO's. As supercarbob stated (and he knows these cars well, he sold 'em!), according to the PHS, John's car did not have a spoiler listed on the invoice.

That's all I was saying when I said his car is not "an original ducktail spoiler car", meaning it wasn't built as such. But his ducktail IS an original, no way a repro. Now whether John's spoiler was put on in 1972 by a dealer, or sometime in the 70's, no one really knows, but it wasn't built as a ducktail spoiler GTO.

I miss John at the cruise nights, but I know his first priority is raising a family now. I remember how many times kids would come by and yank on his Tiger Tail sticking out the back!