Right on target, Merv! Back then most techs and service guys at the dealerships had good reason to beleive the cars sold at their dealerships would come back to them for services! That was just the way it was then. That allowed for a wee bit of "authorized" local mods and upgrades.
I am certain local dealerships did many mods and upgrades to all new cars with little supervision or reprisal worries. If the buyer said he wanted it, he probably got it.
I wish I had been a buyer between 1966 and 1970!!!
'68 428 HO M3 Monster, 4-on-the-floor! Need I say more?