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I'm looking at a '67 400 4 speed car built in January, but the body tag doesn't indicate its a 400. The motor is correct apparently WZ, not exactly a detail that someone does when modifying their car.
Does anyone know if the early car's body tags noted all the options correctly? Could this be a dealer installed option?
1967 FB 400 4-speed A/C Tyrol Blue w/ Dark Blue
1967 GTO 400 AT A/C Gulf Turquoise w/ Black (dad's 1st car, my last car)
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Interesting that it has the single traction bar too.
1967 FB 400 4-speed A/C Tyrol Blue w/ Dark Blue
1967 GTO 400 AT A/C Gulf Turquoise w/ Black (dad's 1st car, my last car)
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If it's worth the investment on your part for the car, then it's worth the $$$ for the PHS documents. A lot of funky things can happen during 48 years of ownership.
Two things to check on that LH traction bar - if there is NO Riv-Nut into the inside face of the LH rear frame rail, then it did not leave the factory with both bars and probably did not leave the factory as a stick car. Also - there would be two studs through the rear floor pan under the seat that would be hard to either make go away or appear.
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I'm with Mark on the PHS.
The difference between say that car being sold at numbers matching prices only to find out that it isn't is a lot of money.
AFAIK, the body tags correlated with the broadcast copy which correlates to the billing history....which then...PHS. I have never heard in 20 plus years any car that was a 400 or 326 HO that didn't have the correct code cowl tag.
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I'd guess it's a pieced together car with parts from many other cars.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold  1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
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Thanks guys. I emailed the owner yesterday, explained to him that I doubt the originality of the car for a variety of reasons. He hasn't responded. Before this he was responding within hours. So, I'm pretty sure he knows the real story and is just playing dumb.
1967 FB 400 4-speed A/C Tyrol Blue w/ Dark Blue
1967 GTO 400 AT A/C Gulf Turquoise w/ Black (dad's 1st car, my last car)
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He's waiting for a sucker to come along that has no idea and isn't informed enough to do the work.
1968 400 Coupe, verdoro green, black vinyl top, auto
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