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First GTO's Made
I know a guy says his GTO build date was July of '63. I believe July was the first month.
From I have heard through the years - the first GTO production cars were convertible and 4 speeds - in the silvermist color. His is a convertible 4 spd silvermist - I don't think PHS can help - does anyone know who would be a good source to find out what actual production number this GTO may Be? |
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The first GTOs were the zone announcement cars and were completed on September 14, 1963.
The July/August timeframe is the typical model changeover period but the '64 GTOs were a late introduction. K
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so that means the first gto was built on my birthday lol
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More or less.
It's not an exact science -there's a day or two of uncertainty surrounding most of these dates (based on in process repairs, post processing, etc). We keep some special builds at the assembly plant for up to two weeks after they actually cleared the end of the line, but we have a lot more electrical content (software and databased) and powertrain controls than they had back then. We use the VIN and the stamped dates because it's really the best we can do. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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But - no - there were no records kept of the "order" GTOs were built in once you hit regular production. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 Last edited by Keith Seymore; 11-06-2013 at 04:43 PM. |
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PHS can help only if you have the VIN.
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