[John V.]

Ditto north, CC identifies a "Company Car". You will probably notice that the "Date Shipped" was several months after the car was produced. The "Date Shipped" would indicate the date that the car was sold to the Dealer but it would have been in use for several months prior to then either as a Zone Pool car or PMD/GM Corp. executive car. I'm not entirely certain, but I think if the car was still under warranty with low miles, the car was sold to the Dealer as an untitled "new" car, full warranty allowed to the 1st retail customer. I've also seen these cars "auctioned" to the Dealer at a significant discount, presumably to be sold as a "used" car. My guess is that the auction cars no longer included any factory warranty.

I'm assuming this is a '70, not sure if it matters.

The Hood Retainers was a Dealer Accessory Package. According to the '70 Price List, it retailed for $14.95.

The cable operated underdash Hood Lock was also a Dealer Accessory Package. It retailed for $9.95.

Neither was available as a factory option.

The total of these (2) Accessory Packages would be $24.90. Perhaps that Company Car was accessorized with both Packages and when Pontiac then sold it, the Dealer Invoice reflected the added options. Or perhaps it only got the Hood Lock Accessory Package and the difference between the Package price and $24.90 reflects the labor cost for installation of the Package. I think the latter is most likely.

Since Pontiac still owned the car when the Accessory Package(s) was added, I suppose you could consider it "factory", since it is documented by the original Dealer Invoice. But it was certainly not factory built with any Dealer Accessory Package.

A MEMO car is a car which required special instructions and approvals to build the car according to customer specifications. As best I understand, it worked like this; if a customer wanted the Judge option but requested that the Stripes be omitted, the request was made as a Special Instruction on the Order. When the order was received by the Pontiac Sales Dept., they considered the Special request. If it was acceptable, a numbered MEMO was issued indicating approval of the specific build variance. When the Build Order was released to production, a notation was shown on the Build Order, stating the MEMO No. and a brief description of the special request such as "Build Less Stripes".

The most unusual PHS record I have ever seen shows a MEMO for a '64 GTO which was specified to be built with the standard Tempest Hood.

Special requests were fairly frequent and a broad range of requests were approved ranging from the unusual to the mundane, each with a numbered MEMO generated. Too bad Pontiac didn't keep copies of the MEMO's, it would be cool to thumb thru them to see what kind of oddball stuff was built.

I'm curious about what you guys are seeing as a Rearview Mirror "delete". In '64, the Outside Mirror was an option, you didn't get one unless you ordered either the manual or remote outside mirror.

But the Inside "rearview" Mirror was always standard equipment, I'm not aware that you could delete it under any circumstance. It is possible that GM did/does have a Process and Option Code (referred to as UPC's way back when) for a Rearview Mirror Delete for vehicles like commercial "box" truck chassis's which might get built with no rear window, making a rearview mirror unnecessary. But my bet is, rearview mirrors have been mandatory in passenger cars for a long time and not deletable.