[GTO JOHN]

I have a 69 GTO Baltimore built and there is a $5.00 Export Prep charge on the PHS. What would that have been for?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by GTO JOHN

I have a 69 GTO Baltimore built and there is a $5.00 Export Prep charge on the PHS. What would that have been for?

I'm totally guessing, but it could have been for extra export "shipping / mutilation protection".

Like extra shipping seat covers, paper floor mats, etc.

These days we also do plastic over the shifter and steering wheel, apply export specific labels and such.

K

[70Steve]

Originally Posted by GTO JOHN

I have a 69 GTO Baltimore built and there is a $5.00 Export Prep charge on the PHS. What would that have been for?

It is interesting comparing these GM Overseas Distributors Corp sheets.
My old 69 Firebird was shipped 11/22/68 and tagged as number 200733 (above the Amount for the first row of option prices), compare that to your one. My export prep is code 761 and cost $15. Also, the number up the LH side of the sheet is 085 0971.
I can't remember the exact numbers of your sheet as I type this, but IIRC it was a couple of hundred difference in less than one month. I don't know if this has any significance at all, just throwing it out there!

I know my old Firebird came to Australia, so maybe the difference in Export Prep code and cost to your GTO is possibly related to the fact that overseas U.S. Serviceman could order their new car whilst stationed abroad, ready to be picked up on their return to the States at the dealer of their choice?