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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 02:49 PM
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My has build date of Feb 04 is this considered early model?? anybody have an "earlier" build date? I'm going by the tin plate over the drivers side headlight under the hood.. is that date accurate?
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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09/03 would be the earliest GTO build date.
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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 03:51 PM
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Yep - Don't know the exact numbers but at least a couple hundred were built in 9/03, as near as we can tell. Mine is a 10/03 and supposedly in the first 500 built - because I had pink dots on both the wheels and tires - although I the pink on the tires is gone.
Given that there are approximately 12k cars in the country, the first grand or so were probably september and october, then split the next 11k between the months of november through august - then that would put your 2/04 build date between car 4300 and 5400 - give or take a couple of hundred either way w/ my guesses.
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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 04:24 PM
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Mine is one of the first 465. It has Pink dots on the tires and all.
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Old Oct 21, 2004 | 12:38 AM
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What is the significance of the pink dots?

According to the sticker on the driver's door, mine was built 05/04 - yet I had pink dots on my tires when I bought it...
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Old Oct 21, 2004 | 03:55 PM
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Pink dots also built 5/04 vin 28xxxxx
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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My GTO was built in Jun 04, and I have the same pink dots....Whats up with that??
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 04:53 AM
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Another June build, VIN 289xxx. At least the pink dots are on the tires and not the wheels anymore
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Early cars had pink dots on both the wheels and the tires. After that, they are either on one or the other and not both.
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