Originally Posted by jvandyke
Year- nothing definitive, the dash cover has covered those numbers, nothing on the door jam. Nothing in engine bay on cowl, VIN on title indicates '70, there were fender badges in the spare parts pile, taillights are older (non-split Manta type), but windows are pop out and the GM badge under rear window isn't there, nor can I detect filler over it's holes, Dash lights are round, which, is was correct for '70 I thought, rectangular on 69 only? (well, 68 too). The total lack of VIN on the car has me a bit nervous. Anywhere else I can look? I think I'm looking on the right place for the cowl, right in front of driver, no? now I'm off topic.....
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Some things to help figure the build date:
1) IIRC, your VIN started with a "94"? So yes, that is either a '69 or '70. Officially, the '71 started with a "77" (after a Sept 1 1970 build date).
2) Only the '73 (and somewhat after the official start date of Sept 1 1972) had the split taillights, and a VIN # starting with 0Y0.
3) The pop out vent windows started in the 1971 model year. Yours MAY have been modified, but it isn't very common
4) Round indicator dash lights were after Chassis #94-1925380, part way through the '70 model year (This change also includes a change in the wiring to the standard ‘71-‘73 wiring diagram, although the ‘70 service manual shows the older wiring diagram, so be careful if you have a ‘70 with this change - get the ‘71 wiring diagram)
5) GT's had two VIN plates. One on the dash, driver's side, thin black strip with only the VIN numbers. The other place is on an aluminum plate, passenger side cowl, just below the wiper under the hood (also has a bunch of other data, including paint and interior codes). It was also stamped on a plastic decal on the driver's door, along with the build date, but those often disappear with a re-paint.
HTH