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Originally Posted by 'ol Pinion head
Since your '70 is a Formula, F-41 is standard content, same as dual exhaust.
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to build upon this, no standard (model) equipment will be in the PHS;
so as OPH said, no wheel option means your car had "CL" steel wheels;
No hubcap option, means your car had the "dog dish"/"poverty" caps;
647-dual horns, 434-dual outside mirrors, and (a colour matched) 461-deluxe steering wheel are also model equipment which would show up on the build sheet, but not PHS.
That's an interesting car - then again, the pure diversity in the Formula model never disappoints me - it's as though every one was unique.
power steering, power brakes, auto+console (meaning floor shift), a/c, tinted glass, and custom interior tell me this was ordered more as a cruiser.
I always scratch my head on items like recessed wipers, or the clock ordered without gauges of any sort - I have to think that these items were added for dealer inventory cars, purely because they were low cost "extras"...
Do you have any pictures of the car to share?
Is it presentable, or a basket case?
The paint chip charts can be confusing, but this is how I have been able to wrap my head around it;
The "real" 1970 Firebird was not released with the rest of the 1970 model year cars - so colours that the Firebird used were often absent from the 1970 Pontiac charts - some charts later added the Firebird colours, like the one that John shared -but if you look at it closely, in the lower right corner you can see that the colour chart was amended in 1971 - so charts printed before that time would have had colours for all 1970 Pontiac's EXCEPT for the Firebirds;
At around the same time the 1971 colour charts were made up, and the 1970 Firebird colours are often seen on those - but they are noted as "spring 1970" colours, which is a period of time before the 1971 model year.
I first came across this when ordering paint for my car in spring 2001 - the paint shop didn't use PPG, and I had to get them to use the 1969 Chevrolet paint chart to find Hugger Orange from which to mix paint for my car.