[njsteve]

Chrysler did that a lot back in the 60's and 70's. If you have an old parts book (like I do) you'll see a lot of bizarre combinations that were actual cars mocked up for illustrative purposes. The neat thing is that these cars pop up now and again in the real world. One example is the 1970 426 Hemi Charger 500. In 70 you could only get the hemi in a Charger R/T or R/T-SE. But if you look in the parts book in the body and trim section there is a photo of a 1970 Charger 500 with "HEMI" emblems on the front fender. (The 70 Charger 500 was not a special model like the 69 Nascar version - it was just a midlevel trim model between the base car and the R/T) Nevertheless, I recalled seeing the actual car for sale years ago at the Mopar Nationals. The drivetrain was long gone but it still had all its Vin and fender tags intact. The neat thing was the VIN number was something like 100002, and said "JOB 2" on the fender tag. (That wasn't the exact number but it was close) This meant that this car was a preproduction pilot car built just to see if the assmembly line had it's parts and sequences in order. It was also then used for photos for the parts catalog.