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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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I found "Pilot Job" stamped on the backside of a piece of my interior on my 68 vert. Anybody know what this means? Car is first month of production. #329.

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We use to run pilot jobs. Some were for engineering testing and some were saleable vehicles. Basicly it was a system test of the new model build. I'd say it is pretty rare to come by one.
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This is kind of common on early 1968s. My BIL has one in the 36xx range with a lot of those stamps on a black interior. There were lots of "running" changes to the 1968 interior, so the "pilot job" could show up farther into production.
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Originally Posted by FlaVert
I found "Pilot Job" stamped on the backside of a piece of my interior on my 68 vert. Anybody know what this means? Car is first month of production. #329....
At the least, you know your interior is original!!
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I saw many pilot job panels in car 267.

Your car has a B-12 body date correct?
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Originally Posted by international blue
I saw many pilot job panels in car 267.

Your car has a B-12 body date correct?
Yup, B-12
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