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Back in 1988, I bought a '69 Olds 442 just because it was unusual. Olds division did not offer Carousel Red or Hugger Orange, but this car was C.R./ H.O from the factory. Paint code on data tag read SPEC. Back in the day, if you laid down the green, they would build almost anything you wanted. The orange 68 may have been borrowed from one of GMs other divisions but would most assuredly have SPEC as the paint code.
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68 GTO Pictures
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http://firstgenfirebird.org/firebird...anual/R-5.html
The fact that it's an Endura-delete makes it MUCH more promising . . . time for PHS! |
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PHS
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Very interesting car Bill. I'll bet that car was beautiful when it was new.
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PHS one more time
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Damn, that trim tag looked like it had 24267 on it!
It's even Orange under the Ivory Cordova top.
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Late car, look at that EUN! 810337
What are codes 674 & 556?
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Bill,
Nice project there, have you tried to actually match up paint to see if the car is Carnival Red/Carosel Red/Hugger Orange or something else? Did you get any notes with your PHS about the special paint or chrome bumper? Last edited by wase; 03-09-2009 at 10:00 PM. |
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Didn't they also sometimes just put "- -" in the paint area for special colors?
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I own an Endura delete car also. Only 2108 made.
Cool.
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'68 GTO 4-spd Hardtop (11) '68 GTO Convertible AT (1) '70 LeMans Sport Land of Lakes Muscle Car Classic Facebook Event Facebook Wall (Kurt Smith,Minneapolis) |
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I parted out a Carousel 68 GTO years ago, it had a chrome bumper... The car was very rough. I think I kept the cowl tag off of the car. Back then, I didn't care what the original options were. Assumed a repaint. I do remember it was a very late production car. I wonder...
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Paul FAST Automotive -The Pontiac restoration shop, not the fuel injection guys! I had the name first. My site... needs updated- www.fastrestorations.com 68 GTO's (RA II, RA I, HO, convert, Pro Street, Racecar, etc.), 2 69 GTO Judges, 70 GTO racecar -10.77 @ 124mph, 68 Tempest survivor, 3 03 Aztecs! |
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Both of the cars in this thread having "1" on the data plate in the Paint space can't be a coincidence..
I'm thinking that the original car in this thread belonging to wase may be a repaint but a repaint of the original color, Carousel Red. That would explain the messy overspray in the dataplate/cowl area. Wase, have you pulled a kick panel, fender, etc. yet?
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In my book that car's a builder.
I Like Chorme bumper cars! Mike
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The '68 Pontiac A body chrome bumper is the best chrome bumper of the entire 1960s. Everybody else's bumper was just hung on their cars like an afterthought...a necessary evil but the Pontiac bumper is artfully blended into the body of the car.
The '69 is close but not nearly as pretty as the '68.
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Quote:
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Paul FAST Automotive -The Pontiac restoration shop, not the fuel injection guys! I had the name first. My site... needs updated- www.fastrestorations.com 68 GTO's (RA II, RA I, HO, convert, Pro Street, Racecar, etc.), 2 69 GTO Judges, 70 GTO racecar -10.77 @ 124mph, 68 Tempest survivor, 3 03 Aztecs! |
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Wait - this is 2 cars we're talking about.
Wase - is your car a Convertible? Do you have the PHS?
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Took you awhile to figure that out Boss?
IT looks like BIll's got a helluva collection there. MIke
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so many pontiacs, so little time.................. moderator is a glorified word for an unappreciated prick.................. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein "There is no such thing as a good tax." "We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." - Winston Churchill |
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RPO code 674 was the Endura Bumper delete code number. Does anyone have a '68 with a confirmed special-order color and endura bumper? Anyone else have a Pontiac-built, special-order color '68 GTO with Endura delete? Does your data plate have the same info embossed in the upper rh corner? Last edited by gtoric; 03-10-2009 at 04:27 PM. |
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Yeah, "The Boss" has it right. We are forgetting that GM often would get a number 1 interchanged with a letter capital I, & the reverse. So even though the GTO's Trim Tag was stamped with a 1, it really stands for an I. And I was Autumn Bronze, a late model year Special Exterior Color for both "F" & "A" bodies. He also correctly noticed the second 1 (I) after the 29. This would stand for an Ivory Cordova Top if a htp., or an Ivory-White soft top for a convert. I also see a note that any of these Special Exterior Colors ordered on a GTO would have required the option of a chrome front bumper, since the Endura bumpers were not offered in these S.O. colors.
The other late year S.O.colors were; Pink Mist, Carnival Red, Windward Blue & Marigold Yellow. Now, the 29. Could that be a code denoting the neccessity of a chrome front bumper? A Build Sheet from a chrome bumper GTO might confirm that. Anyone have one to look at? Only a guess on this possibility. |
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