>BTW, I've heard tales of American car dealers in the late 50s actually
>changing trim pieces and whatnot to move a hard-to-sell car as a later
>model year than it was originally. I'm not sure how true that is, but
>it seems to be a persistent myth.
Most American cars in the late 50s had significant changes from year to year
which would have made this impractical. The full-size Chevrolet, for
instance, was not identical in body style from year to year until the
version which commenced for the 1965 model year.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
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