Re: Step-front GT chronology

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:18 AM 8/6/98 -0400, Dana Loomis wrote:
>Actually, the GT's original step-nose design "went away" in stages.  brian
>and Scott are right that the production 1750 GTV was first to get the flush
>hood treatment.  A few 1750s were built in 1967, but production started
>seriously in '68.  

my italian market "1968" GTV 1750 was built in september of 1967. it has
the flush nose, but interestingly enough, it also has a 1600 style airbox
setup.

i'm told by the previous owner of the car, a serviceman who was in italy at
the time, that when the flush nosed cars came out, a lot of owners of older
coupes took them into the body shop and had their noses redone to look like
the new ones.

richard

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