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factory parts on it - vin 1565314, to all appearances originally Baikal blue (didn't think Baikal was used that early) with a dark brown interior (several shades darker than the tobacco tan/brown on my '70 Agave car) with wide non-headrest front seats and lighted rear side markers (had to have been added later, but it was a beautiful job - perfect holes in the quarters and proper factory wiring - maybe collision repair in the early 70's?). The vin plate also had "1968" stamped in very small letters at the right end of the "TYP" blank, and didn't show any signs of having been replaced.

As found, the floors were badly rusted, but it had 22 & 19 mm bars, Bilstein shocks & 13x6 BBS wheels on it. Still had the 1 bbl Solex and mechanical clutch linkage, too.

A previous owner had etched "Sherman Williams 085 9-84" across the bottom of the vin plate.

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Baikal blue was indeed an early color--in '68 and 69, along with Polaris it was the only metallic available on the 2002s....

But it wouldn't have had a brown interior--esp that dark brown that was used on the 67 and some 68 cars. If the seats were full recliners, they were probably from a real early "68) 2002; 1600s didn't have reclining seats as a rule, and the 156 VIN indicates a 1600. The "1968" date stamped on the VIN plate was common on '68 model 1600s and 2002s--makes it kinda easy to tell the year! I have a VIN plate from an early 2002 (1660900) with the same date stamp on it.

And as you surmised, the lighted rear reflectors are a later addition. Nice find...wish we had pick 'n pulls in Ohio.

Mike

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