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I have never seen a magazine test car that was a "factory" conversion that it was not noted as such.

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I think we've seen a number of Mopars that changed configuration from brochure photo to road test, no? Sometimes it was airbrushing, sometimes it was a little more.

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As most everyone knows, high performance magazine articles from back in the day were to alert the public of latest hipo offering from the factory.

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Red herring, plus we all know (right?) that road tests can't always be trusted, especially if the editor didn't like the PR guy's attitude.

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I think from what has been shown here is proof enough that the cars WERE built.

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I think what has been shown here is that there's enough Chevy people who don't see it as proof.