LOS COPO 9561

[x33rs]

Not to be picky, but trying to learn.

Some things still a little fuzzy.

So this car having a steel cowl hood with pics of it around late June of 68. We know the press release for the hood wasn't until November 25th of 68, and didn't hit production until December 27th of 68.

Any reason why the hood wasn't used sooner? Or is the first known Camaro with ducted hood on December 27th all the data we have?

If this is the case, then the whole hood dilemma on the car that was originally in question I suppose now doesn't hold much weight.

Also wouldn't this Z have an earlier style smog tube on the driver side since it was built in June of 68? Any early engine pics? I would have also expected to see the reverse polarity battery with the ground wire on the core support rather than the fender that the early 69's had.
Were there some liberties taken during the restoration?

Just trying to understand it more. There were a lot of oddities on the car that weren't really explained with the brief description on the sign, leading to skepticism.