California Special with an SLC DSO?

[alexb_]

Hi all,

I have what I'm pretty sure is an original GT/CS, but there's one thing I noticed a month or so back which has been nagging at me. The VIN starts as 8R01C so that checks out, but the door plate tag has a DSO of 73 for Salt Lake City.

Doesn't this mean that the car was sold out of SLC? Could you buy a GT/CS out of SLC? I thought that they were a California only promotional gig.

I have no other reason to suspect that this car is not an original, so hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me.

 

[izzy jr]

Dumb question but didn't see it mentioned, does the vin # on the car match the one on the door tag?

 

[alexb_]

Dumb question but didn't see it mentioned, does the vin # on the car match the one on the door tag?

Good question, I think I checked that and that the answer is yes... I'll double-check when I get home this evening.

 

[alexb_]

Good question, I think I checked that and that the answer is yes... I'll double-check when I get home this evening.

The door tag matches the VIN plate on the dash.

 

[CochinoFilipino]

Thought someone would chime in with an authoritative answer, but since no one has. I will just add a note that the Illustrated Mustang Buyers Guide says the CS was available "mostly" in CA. Take it as you will.

You might want to get a Marti Report

 

[RedGTvert]

I would have a Marti Report done. I do not see any reason why the car was not a special order out of the SLC district. Can it be a HCH?

 

[alexb_]

Well, if it is an HCS it has the wrong decals on it

Will the basic (cheap) Marti report be sufficient to tell if it was built as a CS at the factory? It looks like it would be, I just want to make sure before I order it.

 

[izzy jr]

Well, if it is an HCS it has the wrong decals on it

Will the basic (cheap) Marti report be sufficient to tell if it was built as a CS at the factory? It looks like it would be, I just want to make sure before I order it.

I'm not much help on this issue but if you didn't already have it here is the website to get a marti report.

http://www.martiauto.com/

Maybe that'll be of some use.

 

[RedGTvert]

Well, if it is an HCS it has the wrong decals on it

Will the basic (cheap) Marti report be sufficient to tell if it was built as a CS at the factory? It looks like it would be, I just want to make sure before I order it.

Yes, the basic report will define if it is a CS or not.

 

[bnickel]

you could get the cal special in the immediate surrounding states of cali right along the border mostly. salt lake city is close enough to be able to get the cal special

 

[AllStangs]

The 1968 GT/CS was delivered to the following DSO's:

53 (Kansas City)
61 (Dallas)
71 (L.A.)
72 (San Jose)
73 (Salt Lake)
74 (Seattle)
75 (Phoenix)
B6 (Canada)
B7 (Canada)

And the 1968 HCS (sister car to the GT/CS) all had a DSO of 51 (Denver)

 

[alexb_]

Good to know. And the Marti report confirmed mine is legit as well.