...........................So with that discovery it got me thinking about strange marks I found on the fender.
Don't think a story and a maybe is a discovery
Lets try and stay with what can be proved or at least what evidence is present.
Have seen a number of export cars what were sold to military members that were not exported due to change of orders. Didn't change what they paid or got around taxes (if there were any in their state in 68) for the sale.
These marks are directly under the emblem location on the fender. My question to you folks is did they put the T5 emblem on at the plant then ship the car to the dealer?
Yes the emblems were put only on the cars going to at specific use at the plant since they knew ahead of time where the car was going.
My guess is yes, why wouldn't they. Is that emblem the exact same hole pattern as normal US emblems? Reason I ask is it almost looks like someone took a screw driver and popped off the emblem (possibly the T5) switched it with a normal emblem normally seen in the U.S.
Evidence of someone prying off an emblem does not prove that the car had a T5 emblem on the car IMHO. Does the car still have its original paint on the fenders? If so post a picture and lets see if there is a bleached pattern showing the outline of a different emblem. A picture of the trunk lid would also be helpful but at this point you have not offered anything that suggests it was a T5 and that's ok its still an export car or was built as one.
