Joel Adams
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"

Joel Adams
C3VR Lifetime Member #56    
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"

For what it's worth, the NCRS can confirm the actual production date and the original "ship to" dealer.  That may or may not be the dealer you were told. Of course the VIN will tell you what engine was originally installed. Check the stampings on the engine and transmission. You can also see how the production date stacks up with the trim tag; remember, it does not have to be exactly the same. Depending if the car was on the line at the end of a shift, it should generally be within 1 to 3 days afterward. I say generally because for some unusual reason it could  a lot later. The thing that is most disturbing is the "corrected" notation. I've spent my whole life around the automobile business...wholesale and retail; several times each. I've been a new car dealer myself, worked directly for General Motors for 30 years, and for them as an outside contractor for another 12 years. "Corrected", depending on the laws in your state at that time, could mean anything, including "Salvaged" or "reconstructed'. I worked for Pontiac Division. Cars that were damaged in transit were repaired, driven as company cars, then sold as such, at a "brass hat" discount to the dealers. There was no law requiring disclosure at that time. I remember one '70 Catalina that had the whole top, firewall up, torn off by a low underpass. We repaired the car and I drove it as my company car. I was picking bits of glass out of my backside for a month. On the other hand, at the end of my time with Pontiac; cars that had the slightest structural damage were sent to the crusher.

Good luck,

Dan