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N100041,  “The Kuyper L.A. Factory Manager Car”, was delivered on June 7, 1966 from Fisher Body as coach #DD63D.  Like all F-Body Pilot Prototypes at Norwood, it started its hand built assembly in consecutive VIN number order as the forty-first build of the engineering study.  One of four on Fleet and Special Order # 5A-20 made by Manufacturing-Los Angeles, it carried model # 12637.  This gold on gold coupe was the thirtieth Camaro coupe ever built.  With a 327 cubic-inch power plant and a power-glide automatic transmission, its lack of presence in General Motors photo shoots make this an elusive piece of early Camaro history.  It was required to be received by J.P. Kuyper at Chevrolet Los Angeles at an unknown date.   This build was ordered under the same fleet and special order # as the Pilot Prototype Assembly Research Cars.   NCRS certificates show #41 being returned to Corporate, Zone 0 and it thought to have been used as a company promotional vehicle shortly thereafter.  This is the most high profile example of the inefficiencies of the General Motors shipping receipts.  It is more likely, that this car remained in California and was sold than returning to Corporate after its use by Kuyper.  Extensive and exhaustive history searches have gleaned no documented ownership history.  Current whereabouts and

existence is unknown as of 3-1-2015.

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Title History Research N100041

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