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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
The 1965-only GTO tail lights are the most expensive production units ever created by GM, involving casting, painting, and plating of the housings which wrap around the rear of the car.
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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
Keith . . . true or false?
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I've not heard that before.
Having given it some thought, I am going to say "false".
The reason I say that is that the '63 Grand Prix is a similar design, in terms of castling, plating, painting, and detail, but I suspect is a bit larger overall in size (length of part, or width of the car).
The GTO does include the "PONTIAC" lettering, which might drive the tooling costs up incrementally. Many of the Pontiacs of the day had that same theme, so, if the GTO panel was more expensive, it wouldn't be by much (within rounding error).
On the other hand, the GTO wraps around, which adds depth to the part and additional material to the tool, (which probably bumps the tooling cost but not the part piece cost) whereas the GP is flat/planar.
So - most expensive? Maybe. "One of the most" - surely. "Ever"? Probably not.
K