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03-14-2010, 08:49 AM
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Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
Has anyone ever found some original documentation on a car that was wrong? Maybe a typo from the factory on a build sheet or a trim tag that had options that could not be ordered together. I haven't found any yet and was just wondering if any one knows of any that exist.
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03-14-2010, 05:41 PM
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Re: Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
a real cool factory mistake is a fellow that lives near me that has an X-11 on the cowl tag real 69 Z-28. Most likely the only one.
i'm sure if that happened, anything could have happened on the buildsheet/docs.
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03-14-2010, 06:04 PM
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Re: Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
A friend of mine has a 70 6BBL RoadRunner that is a post car with a fender tag that indicates it is a hardtop.
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03-14-2010, 07:49 PM
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Re: Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
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Does your gas pedal count for a mistake because my Toyota has a very sticky pedal. [/ QUOTE ]  This boy is funny... "Funny like a clown!"
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03-14-2010, 08:23 PM
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Re: Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
Our 427 car didn't have it's own build sheet but did have the right half from an SS396, in the rear seat back, that was built 75 before ours. Probably a set out on the cushion line. All the tags on the car were normal.
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Chevelleless after 46 years......but we did find a low mileage, six speed, silver 2005 Corvette. It will just have to do for now. 
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03-14-2010, 08:50 PM
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Re: Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
70 Brookwood (?) wagon with C60 on the build sheet
and it wasn't there on delivery... 
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03-16-2010, 01:05 AM
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Re: Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
Bought brand new. 1975 Buick Skyhawk, Had Oldsmobile Starfire dashboard, emblems and steering wheel. Not suprising G.M. Quality Control
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04-08-2010, 05:37 PM
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Re: Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
Not a factory mistake,but interesting nonetheless.When I first got into the hobby,I pumped gas at a local gas station where the mechaic was a GM dealer mechanic in the mid to late 60's.He was telling me how a customer came in with a 65 vette with a blown up 425hp 396,and service replacemnts for those engines were hard to find,so they threw in a 425 hp 427 and didnt bother to tell him about it.I bet that one made for a zippy combination.
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03-14-2010, 08:52 PM
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Re: Has anyone ever found a factory mistake?
From my many years of 69 Camaros:
Custom interior rear trim panels on std interior car Full dash woodgrain on a std interior car Black D96 stripes on one side, white on the other 6/7 tach in a L35 SS ZL-1 with an E78 x 14 tire pressure label Missing trunk lid Camaro badge on D80 cars Mis-stamped VIN tag ‘123339N’. I haven’t seen it but there is supposed to be a COPO with a convertible VIN ‘124679N’ Several body tag errors: build dates of 09, 051, 061, NBR instead of NOR. Convertibles with no X code are common.
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