Well, my issue of Hot Rod finally arrived and I got to read the full article. What a load of crap! The article makes it sound like the main intention of the 1969 convertible body is for
new turn key custom musclecars. Give me a break! They admit in the story they don't have GM licensing yet. They also suggest that the new bodies will have special VINs but that's never clarified. Furthermore, go a few pages further in the same issue and there's a huge picture of a rusted out 69 Camaro coupe. Read the caption of where the car is located? CARS, Inc. in NC.
They fully intend to mainly use these for complete rebodies using existing VINs.
Or maybe I'm just overly cynical.