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Differences ...
In the UK and elsewhere it is the Date of initial Registration with the appropriate authority that determines the legitimacy (and legal definition of) the 'year' of a car - not when it was made. Thus any car issued with number plates before 1st January, 1969 is a "1968 Model" there.
Buick/GM in the U.S. of A. on the other hand emphatically list a cut off VIN number so that a GT MUST be numbered before XX1535504 to be a "1968 Model" there.
That is why there are some "1974 Models" talked about over there - registered after production had ceased in 1973 - that are "1973 Models" in actuality.
The bottom line is that the one verifiable thing is the VIN number and I would not accept any GT anywhere as a "1968 Model" unless the original VIN was below XX1535504 ...... Those who claim to have "1968 Models" which have VINs above that figure are just trying to cash in on genuine rarities. I don't think any GTs with VINs before XX1535504 have been fully documented on this site - yet. Please prove that there are a couple of such somewhere.
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