I heard that my car was being discussed here. (Nice website by the way). I own the 69 Comanche Firebird convertible with the 348 option L74 engine. The PHS docs appears earlier in this thread. I am third owner of the car which has 51,000 miles on it.
I can assure that my documentation has not been altered. I got the PHS docs in 1994. It came with the VIN, Model and "F/B 400 R/A" with yellow hiliter marks from PHS.
I also got the car documentation from GM Canada in Oshawa. It lists "L74 ENGINE,RAM AIR III"
It is clear that the car never had pans ordered or installed by the dealer (Grant Hamilton Pontiac in Montreal). As part of the "Comanche" package, they pulled the hood inserts and chromed them, and appears that they put on a GTO dual snorkel air cleaner with chrome lid.
Personally, I don't care whether I call it a 400HO or RAIII without pans. It is what it is. That is the beauty of these old Pontiacs!
Regards, Steve
Vikki, I would check into this steve person. The odds are very great it's Jim's other Screen name. Because he just joined the group yesterday.
Also Jim the gto on py forum was a misprint. And it was corrected by Jim Mattison at PHS he even sent a letter to the owner stating it was misprinted. Go to the thread you will see the letter.
