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Old 04-08-2009, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronbo View Post
The DMV can go by invoice date as well as MSO (not to mention how many cups of coffee the DMV clerk had that morning), Shelby may not have sold this car until '67. The 427 cars production started in late '65 but none (I think) were sold/titled until '66.

Not to mention at that time you probably didn't care what year the DMV assigned.
Actually, at that time, you probably wanted the newest year possible for resale purposes. I betcha the DMV back in the 60's was the kinda like the Wild West. Anything goes.
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