Yes, those old factory photos could cause some confusion to a casual viewer now that the World knows what 001 and 002 really are. The uncropped version actually has a medium/dark colored Hardtop with Vinyl Top car ahead of the light colored Vert. And then 2 more Birds behind the Vert.
Mike Noun is just sharing pictures from his archives. Its been on there for years already - its not a recent addition. Someone else - years and years ago - laid the claim to its contents. Its been used in some books also.
A slew of explanations could be applicable to the conflict the pictures create. 427King listed a good one - and there are several more - including the actual accuracy of the photos themselves. Just a grain of salt in a big salt shaker. 001 and 002 VINs are as strong of identity as one could hope for.
I would have liked to have been in financial position to buy the pair while they were on eBay. Thought they would have brought 50-75k back then.
300 or 325k for them as they were seems ....... a tad bit inflated ...
