Camaro History On Display Tomorrow Evening

[Mr70]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kurt S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">JohnZ has said this about the color:
All Chevrolet prototype vehicles were painted &quot;Gold&quot; as a quick means of identification. </div></div>

I assume he was talking about the 1967 camaro when he said this?...I know of other years chevrolet protoypes that were not gold.

[70 copo]

The majority of the 1967 F pilots are colors other than gold.

[Mark_C]

How did this car get an 09B cowl tag? Did all the pilot cars not have cowl tags when they were originally assembled in May?

[Kurt S]

He was talking prototypes. There's many pics to back this up.
These are pilots - probably not relevant....

[Kurt S]

I take it the decklid is not the original? Early cars didn't have decklid emblems.

[the427king]

The alternate vin was not there when it was on ebay as per the owner or person who listed it . I dont believe it was due to rust but rather a race modification.

[70 copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mark_C</div><div class="ubbcode-body">How did this car get an 09B cowl tag? Did all the pilot cars not have cowl tags when they were originally assembled in May? </div></div>

#1 build in the Pilot book delivered from Norwood Fisher body to Chevrolet Norwood on 5-21-66. IBM card was already key punched for September Production on this particular unit.

The coach for the car was built out as unit 860 (which obviously it was not) as a test for the Fisher Body automated systems. (IBM 360 Model 40 computer)

[70 copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kurt S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I take it the decklid is not the original? Early cars didn't have decklid emblems. </div></div>

According to the owner the decklid is the original.

[70 copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: the427king</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The alternate vin was not there when it was on ebay as per the owner or person who listed it . I dont believe it was due to rust but rather a race modification. </div></div>

Old discussion on the car from this site:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...;Number=400045

[Mark_C]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The coach for the car was built out as unit 860 (which obviously it was not) as a test for the Fisher Body automated systems. (IBM 360 Model 40 computer)


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What does this mean in plain language what were they testing if the tag was made in September? If the car was built without a tag originally, just what was being tested, or was it just post dated to September even though it was stamped in May? I have an image of a May of 66 Camaro tag, body number 46 VIN 13 05B build week. Assuming this tag is also from a pilot car and is real (and it does appear to be) why would this car have a tag attached to it when it was built, and this one has the tag it has? I'm do not doubt that this is a pilot car, but I'm not understanding how the numbers ended up the way they did. What was the process for selling a pilot car, when it had finished its, show, or engineering duties? Did it need to go back to the assembly plant and get reworked to make it legal to sell?