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Old 12-08-2011, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mogeo View Post

.....and is virtually guaranteed to have been installed at some point in the car's post-delivery history."

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I don't necessarily agree with FGFs conclusion regarding this statement. My '68 convertible is a factory 400HO, auto, non A/C car with standard interior, power windows and tinted glass-all. It was built at Lordstown in June of '68 and I do have the bird glass. Given that when I bought this car it had 36k original miles and was pretty much untouched. It still has its original top and interior and even still had its original deluxe wheel covers on it when I bought it. I am pretty sure my bird glass is original to my car even though it was built so late. Like other have said, there is no rhyme or reason to it. I think a few runs of it were made and the workers at the plant used it until it was gone, maybe judicioulsy or maybe randomly. I have also seen glass on '68 Camaros that has an "Astro Air" (or something like that) etched in the glass in the same spot. It seems GM did this on these camaros and birds with the deletion of the vent windows and inclusion of the new ventilation system in '68.

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