Anybody seen these before?

[ANDY M]

Just a theory, but it was common for GM to ship cars ahead of the new model year release date. Since they would start building cars for dealer inventory while the current model year was still in the showroom, the new year's cars would be in the back lot, without window stickers. My dad bought a '69 Cutlass from Superior Olds in Detroit, two weeks before the "Official" release date, when he said that he wanted it now and paid cash. The dealer never put their name on the car, and we had to promise that we would keep a piece of tape over the VIN until the release date, and not tell anyone where we bought the car. The Olds looked pretty much like the '68, so they figured no one would notice.
When was the car built?