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Originally Posted by 67rstbkt
I can see GM making parts into the 70's, but were they really continuing to produce sheet metal for these cars in the 90's? I would more likely believe that they were sitting on a shelf somewhere rather than produced twenty something years after the last one rolled off the assembly line. Either way, as long as the fit is good, what does it matter?
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That's why I said GM produces parts on a need basis. With the 69 Camaro being such an iconic car, I would assume so. I'm pretty sure there were alot of front end, wrecked 69's prior to 93 and the need was there for GM to keep making them. I had a 78 Monte Carlo in college in 1995 and could still by GM parts for it in 1995 and that was just a Monte Carlo. A 69 Camaro was a far more influential car. Something GM does today quite often is change part numbers on an item that is still produced. They will then refer to it as the "old stock" number, but the part is still being made by GM. Now, as to why the part number changes, I have no idea.