[north]

From what I’ve seen in decades of boneyarding is that all 69 Pontiacs (except firebird of course)had chicken wire on the cowl.

Also the black out paint in back was used on all A and B bodies in very early production unless the car was painted a dark color. I think this only happened for the first few weeks of production and I’ve seen examples from most plants.

There are lots of tricks to assess if a car has original factory installed sheetmetal. For example there seems to be three distinct A body rad support variants as the model year advanced, same for trunklids.

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by north

From what I’ve seen in decades of boneyarding is that all 69 Pontiacs (except firebird of course)had chicken wire on the cowl.

Also the black out paint in back was used on all A and B bodies in very early production unless the car was painted a dark color. I think this only happened for the first few weeks of production and I’ve seen examples from most plants.

Dad's 69 has both of these features factory. Funny because he's had a lot of "so called" Pontiac experts try to tell him it's not original. Oddly they are still in disbelief when he tells them he bought it new, it came this way.

Finally though more of this is coming to light.

[GTO JONES]

I also still have all the paper work, protect-o-plate, the tag on the ignition switch and the original book that came with it. Oh and the metal punch outs from the keys on the ring.

[Bigd400]

Some more details to sort out. Would the bar on GTO fender emblems still be painted body color on a white car?? Or is there a parts list somewhere of what colours could have been ordered. Read about it but never did seen any actual part numbers. Can’t really tell if they were ever painted.