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Jan,

That is a good observation. June 29 1966 was the official announcement date. The emblems for the header and the trunk easy to apply later. The fenders not so much.

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is that 09D cowl date?

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I would like to see some of the drive train date codes (engine stamp, distributor, etc.) and some of the sheet metal date codes (deck lid, hood, fenders, etc).

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcmiller</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I would like to see some of the drive train date codes (engine stamp, distributor, etc.) and some of the sheet metal date codes (deck lid, hood, fenders, etc). </div></div>

Not Codes in the traditional way that would be useful as the hobby currently defines and uses data analysis. This is a tag off of Pilot car 10....Lots of paper tags color codes and Part numbers all hand written.

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Big day at the UAW Summer Picnic.

I slipped outside to snap a picture. While I was outside right in front of the Camaro the UAW financial Secretary was rear ended hard trying to turn into the hall-- by a lady who might have been distracted. UAW guy is ok. Lady got out of the car limping all shook up (after placing the car in reverse instead of park) and the car took off again this time going after approaching traffic backwards with no driver so now she is limping and chasing it and everybody is steering to avoid a pending secondary collision... Lady's car finally jumped a curb and got hung up in the median.

What a day. Finally got a picture with the guy from the cover of the book...how cool is that?

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It's funny that both the first Camaro and the first Z28 were gold. I guess somebody knew they would eventually be worth their weight in it.

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I have a question as to what I am looking at in the picture showing what looks like window tracks. Is this from this coupe? If so what is that silver cylinder for?

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: volspeed1970</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a question as to what I am looking at in the picture showing what looks like window tracks. Is this from this coupe? If so what is that silver cylinder for? </div></div>


That's a power top cylinder on a convert.

BIG

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 68l30</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: volspeed1970</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a question as to what I am looking at in the picture showing what looks like window tracks. Is this from this coupe? If so what is that silver cylinder for? </div></div>


That's a power top cylinder on a convert.

BIG </div></div>

Okay so that is not from this car then. I am old and have forgotten stuff over the years but that had me stumped. Thank you BIG

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Material_Boy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...why didn't the General use a flashier color with the debut of this car? The gold is beautiful but it just doesn't jump out like a red or yellow ETC. I also wonder why they didn't use a 327 rather than the 6 and an automatic transmission rather 3 on the tree? </div></div>
These are pilot builds - they build a mix of powertrains and options.

JohnZ has said this about the color:
All Chevrolet prototype vehicles were painted &quot;Gold&quot; as a quick means of identification.