Thread: 1971 gt-37
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Old 08-06-2022, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by mysticmissle View Post
is a february/march car considered an early build? i believe heads are B dated, i will have to review that at some point. It will not find its way back in there, under my stewardship however.
Had this T been ordered with the GT-37 option, it would indeed be considered an "early" 71 as the style of stripes, as well as deletion of the GT-37 emblem on each fender takes place very close to the third week of March of '71.

Styles of body stripes...
Being a T-37, this Canyon Copper T-37 if ordered with D98 appearance stripes would have arrived at the dealer with red/white thin eyebrow stripes. A dealer desiring to add the factory stripes back then, thats the style of stripes that would have been added.

The long reflective sword style stripes with GT-37 cutouts were introduced on the 71 1/2 GT-37's. The plain (no GT-37 cutout) style sword style fender stripes were not used until the '72 LeMans were built with D98 appearance stripes.

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