On this production run topic, does anyone have any additional information on the Van Nuys cars? I've read several times that the model year was "18 months" due to the delay of introducing the 70-1/2 F-bodies, and that 69's "may" have been titled as 70's. Pontiac also toyed with the idea of adding some trim to the 69's and selling them as 70's to help get the cars off their lots.
To help move the slow selling 69's at the end of the normal 1969 model year, an announcment was made in March 1969 that all 69 Firebird sticker prices would be reduced by an average of $72. Items that were normally standard would now be optional. The Space Saver Spare was one of them, as well as certain lamp groups.
So the production run appears to have gone from September 26th 1968, through late December 1969. Pontiac sold 69 Firebirds until February 26, 1970. Jim McDonald (Pontiac General Manager) stated at a Fall 1969 preview for journalists that the 69 Firebird model run would be extended to December 1969, then the factories would be converted to 1970 model production. Now, the question is, what would the trim tag state when Firebird production ran over 1 year?
Example: A 69 Firebird coupe tag states 11A, how do you know if that was the 1st week of November 68, or the 1st week of November 69? Would these both have 69-22367 on the tag?
