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I attached a pic... Mike |
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Mine looks further back too.
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Same Here.Maybe What Mike Said 'Verts might be located differently..."
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69 Grand Prix Model J, Cameo White/Black top, 400-350HP, automatic, unrestored 53K-mile original paint 69 GTO HT, Matador Red/Red interior, 400-350HP, automatic, Hideaways, AC, PS, PDB, original numbers matching work in progress |
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SAYYYY, anybody ever see a 1969 GTO with the Valance Grills option ????
Sure 1969 GTO had them : why again? Sure 1970 was designed to have them : did they? |
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Rob Jones 1968 GTO Convertable 2bbl 265hp |
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I would have to say the rarest options are the ones that are hardest to find and have not been reproduced or that are the most costly to reproduce or that nobody wanted. We all wanted the most options we could at the lowest cost.
It ia neat that the options that are most desiriable today were not that common back 40 years ago. How many cars had vinyl tops that don't today. Most every car today has AC and automatic but what is more desirable in a muscle car is non AC - 4 speed. In the 80's most want the cars with the most options they could find now some of the "most desirable are the ones with the fewest options". Most GTO's were drab colors, Mayfair maze, Verdo Green, lime light green, Gold, Midnight green, expresso brown, today the hot colors are liberty blue, orange, yellow, red. Top on my list is: Radio Delete, Heater Delete, Power vents, Special Paint code We have all hear it 1000 times rare does not mean desirable but no 2 cars are the same and the options made it that way - not like today. |
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Always Love Special Paint Cars, how many more are you gonna see just like yours??
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How about an instant air pump for a ram air car? I guess the ram air manifolds weren't equipped to handle these but one of my 69 ram air cars had it on the invoice. Weird eh?
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Wasn't it great how personal you could make these cars back then? It was almost like you could make a car, like nobody elses in town. The order sheets were very long, & really put a custom touch to what identified GM cars of the era.
Now days, ordering a new car is like ordering a Happy Meal from Mcdonalds. Pick your flavor & they will surprise you with some sort of useless toy...... 68RT
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA |
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Anymore, a person hardly has the option to "order one" from the factory. I'll bet back in the day, it was really cool to fill out the sheet to YOUR car, order it, and wait until it rolled in on the truck just for you. Now, you walk into a dealership, get little to no choice at all, and if they don't have it, they locate one that has already been built. No feeling that the car is being "custom tailored" to you, but rather settling for one that is close to what you want and they'll rebate/discount it to the point where you'll call it your own.
Sad that the automobile has lost that "personal" feel to it anymore, but that's just my opinion. |
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i have never seen a gto with power vent windows (dont know if it was even available on gtos). i have a 68 bonneville with them. everybody says what a rare option it is.
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Never available on the GTO's, only full size.
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69 GTO convertible Warwick blue w/parchment, 400 4bbl auto trans, #'s matching, frame off resto w/ 36 options and more coming. 67 Bonneville 428 convertible one of one Verdoro green w/parchment, documented GM brass hat parade car with every option for 67, non running MAJOR future project. |
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69 GTO convertible Warwick blue w/parchment, 400 4bbl auto trans, #'s matching, frame off resto w/ 36 options and more coming. 67 Bonneville 428 convertible one of one Verdoro green w/parchment, documented GM brass hat parade car with every option for 67, non running MAJOR future project. |
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I remember adds for the first Camaro, selling point was the number of options, custom build your own car was the pitch. Most people even back then just took them as they came though.
When looking through PHS's every now and then you see one where you know the guy was on the ball: 69 for example, Hideaways, tinted glass all around, power antenna, no Cordova top, RII's, 4spd, Safe-T-Track, dash tach and gauges. a looker My 66 GTO I sold a few years back was like that on the PHS: Charcoal blue hardtop over blue interior with no Cordova top, Tri-Power, 4spd, 3.90 Posi, aluminum manual drums, fast ratio manual steering, gauges and tach, no console, in other words all go but nice looking too with power antenna, RI's, all windows tinted, woodwheel, deluxe belts, lamp group. He knew exactly what he wanted when he went down that list in 66!
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My Break Away Squad 1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops) 1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt) 1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon 1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop) 1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop) 1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon 1969 Executive 4dr Sedan 1969 Bonnie Cvt 1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them) 1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt) 1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them) 1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model) |
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Anyone seen a low fuel indicator on a 68 GTO?
I have one that was not discussed. My 68 GTO convertible was ordered as a 400 2bbl motor but the real rare option is that the dash has both the speed warning spedo and a low fuel indicator. I hadd not heard of or ever seen one before on a '68. Unfortunately the car is in the process of a full restoration and is not on the road for at least the next year. Still collecting parts for it. I actually found it on this forum in late '05.
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But I will say, I had a few dealers that tried to convince to buy one they had because ordering one would take about 6 months. Total BS, I know, but they don't call them Lot Lizards for nothing. On the other hand, when we bought my wife's Acura, we got one right off the lot. Other than the color combos, there were only about 2 options that year (the nav system and the Type-S option). They built them all loaded.
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The joker in the deck keeps sending me his card. Smiling friendly, he takes me in. Then breaks my back in a game I can't win. |
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