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I seem to recall that when the accepted number went from 200 to 201, it was because a sedan had been discovered. I don't think that the speculation of a convertible was the reason for the number going to 201. Interesting story on the prototype that Floyd used to own: several other collectors had a shot at buying the car in the mid-1980's, but passed it off as bogus because it was not built on a convertible frame like all the rest. Noted Chevy collector Carl Dwiggins was one who passed. When Floyd found the car, he noticed an engineering tag on the air cleaner that indicated it was a prototype. Thru his connections at GM he found out that the car was indeed the first built and that it was the only one built on a non-boxed, reinforced convertible frame. Later, when having it restored, they discovered all of the special Z-16 emblems to be hand made.