Freds going to love this one. Nice to see pictures with out snow 

Heres a quick update on this '68 s/d
cowl tag info;     C08U29U46TP27
S.T. 68 73837 OS 791005
793  1 23 8  GG
Now because of the early production date ( August 23 1967 ) the vin # is as follows and i'm wondering........is this the 44th '68 beaumont off the assembly line? And, IF it is, could it be the first s/d off the line? You # cruncher guys may know, what say you? As far as it being a 3 spd std on the column, the jury is out on deliberation on that one, although it has a x-shaft bracket on the frame, and a perfect round hole in the firewall for the clutch rod and a set of pedals, it has a auto column still in it?!?! and is a '68 beaumont column. Coffee break is over, going to investigate some more.


-- Edited by 68sd on Friday 4th of March 2011 09:35:02 PM

Very interesting car.

Nice colour combo if I am reading it correct as GG is ash gold metalic  with 793 Parchment bench interior . Very nice.

Dave, just fax the vin # to George at vintage GM at 8 am Monday eastern time and you will get a fax back in short time with all the info you need.

-- Edited by 70 SS ACADIAN on Saturday 22nd of January 2011 05:44:54 PM

O.K. heres something interesting, first off the floor hump is the original and is unmolested and has no holes, so therefore its definately a column shift car, BUT, not only does it have a auto column in it but we now see that someone cut off the left side of an automatic brake pedal in this,so called, clutch pedal ass'y! I'm going to bet its an automatic, even though theres the proper bracket on the frame for the x-shaft and the hole in the firewall for a clutch rod! Pick a side everyone, anto or standard, and we'll find out next week when i contact George. But still don't have an answer about the production #. Is this the 44th '68 beaumont off the production line in "68?
Thanks to all in clarifications. dave 

woulda looked like this new , other than white interior

cheetah 427 wrote:

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do you want to sell the side chrome off it ??? lol

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sorry ron, that would be a negative.

 

68sd wrote:

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does it still have the headlight monitoring?




C08 -vinyl top
U29 Instrument Panel Courtesy Lights
U46 Lamp Monitoring




-- Edited by 68sd on Saturday 22nd of January 2011 07:40:26 PM

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you know fred, this is confusing too! i see no indication that it had fibre optics at all, the only option i can see is a frt / rear spkr switch on the dash, now i didn't climb right in, but it looks to have had 2 rear speakers in there. they are since gone, but the original package tray liner is there and looks factory cut out, has the orig radio and is a plain a.m.! if george verifys it had fibre optics though, we have a set from a '68 chevelle ss we wrecked out a while back that i kept, so we're good!

 

Did he give you any history on the car ? Like what happened to the original 396 engine ? Or was this a car he got in this condition ?