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Originally Posted by johnta1
PurelyGTO68 wrote:
You mean yours is 'After' Tom's?
Tom, what is the date code on your cowl tag?
5C/5D?
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The EUN listed on the BHC for my car is 655492. I guess the early engines were shipped out to the remote assembly plants a few weeks ahead of the changeover date?
I don't know of a lower EUN to appear on a verified deuce GTO. As far as I know, nobody has identified all the BHCs related to deuce GTOs like was done for the Firebirds. I would be interested to see the EUNs for the early deuce birds. (Although may be near impossible since some BHC had blanks in the EUN box...).
Prior to Tom's car....I haven't seen a BHC for any deuce GTO built during the week of 5/20/68 so I have wondered about the possibility that the magical 5/20/68 date was for the Firebird changeover and maybe the GTOs changed over to RAII the following Monday (5/27/68). However this recent BHC puts that idea to rest and we know at least one deuce GTO was built during the 5/20/68 week. Would still need someone like BVZ to break down the invoice to make sure but I am nearly sure this is a real RAII because we have at least 3 verified deuce GTO EUN that are lower than this car.
Has to be a RAII in my opinion...
FYI, Jim Mattison told me that my car is the earliest deuce vert goat that he knows of but I don't know if that means he just hasn't come across another BHC yet or if he has culled his records and compiled a list of all RAII GTOs. I believe such list exists for Firebirds but I am not sure about GTOs. If anyone has additional info, please share with us.
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