That sounds entirely plausible to me.
This kind of reminds me of what I went through when ordering my '82 Firebird SE. I ordered the car with a WS-6 performance package (oversized stabilizer bars front and rear, disc brakes all around, 15" wheels, and posi-traction). Because I ordered my car in what was considered "an incompatible color scheme" (charcoal grey exterior with camel tan leather interior), the dealer (Myrtle Motors, in Maspeth, Queens, NY) had to pull in some favors. The factory[1] advised that if I could wait for it, they would run me a one-off car at the end of the model year. Sometime around August, I was told that they had superseded the WS-6 with the WS-7, which was all the same except drum brakes on the rear axle. Why? Because Camaros & Firebirds shared common parts on an as-needed basis, and Chevy pulled the last of the disc brake axles, none were left. I took delivery of my car on September 29 of '82. Go figure!
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1. All Firebirds and Camaros were built in Norwood, Ohio at the time, in the same plant - not sure before or after.
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Lewis Rosenthal
'63 Bonneville Convertible
'56 Safari
'82 Firebird SE
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