Ok so 1 question is solve, now i know why i have twice the V1G. What about the V08???
Certain colours, trim options etc, came with recommendations for the rest of the car. Not every colour was recommended by the factory to match another. The idea of the V08 on the tag/sheet was to let the factory workers know that in the event of such mismatched colours being optioned, it wasn't a mistake and was OK to proceed.
If you look at the following sheet, you'll see the recommended interior/exterior colours for the V1G Gator Grain roof.
According to that, your tags options - FY1 with black interior is OK - so it shouldn't be that, but there are other possibilities.
I'm not sure if certain paint/trim options were or were not recommended with specific engine or build types
(High/Special - Rallye/Convertible, etc). I'm also unsure of the context of V08's description -
Paint, Trim, and Vinyl Roof Edit Waiver - is it simply about the colours? or does it go beyond and include certain items. For example, yours comes with front bench-seat which was not a highly demanded option on E-Bodies. Maybe that has something to do with it.
The other possibility is that your car was a very early build: September 22, 1969. Challengers didn't hit dealer showrooms until Sept. 23. Once they hit show-rooms and got feedback from dealers and saw what people were buying, those options/recommendations and such may have been revised. Recommendations for Gator Grain vinyl roofs may have initially been limited to fewer colours, and only later expanded to incorporate more colours - however this is strictly conjecture on my part.
Not uncommon to have factory practices & options change or evolve throughout the production cycle.
Take 1970 Challengers with the A66 option for example. Very early builds seem to of had no engine call-outs on the hood, and V8 fender badges; They then started showing up with 340 Four Barrel decals on the hood, and V8 fender badges; and then others started appearing with the metal badge engine call-outs on the hood, and R/T fender & trunk badges - even though they weren't R/T's.
There's no way of knowing exactly why you got the V08 at this point with the info that's currently on the internet. Unless you happen to find someone from the factory that actually worked on your actual car, and remembers it, I'd say what's in this thread is about as close as you'll ever get. If none of the above satisfies you and you must know more, my only recommendation would be to head over to the
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry and contact Barry Washington. He has oodles of info on Mopars and if anyone has come across this information before, or something similar, it'd be him. His site references Hamtramck in its title, but it incorporates LA built cars as well.
He's no longer a member of this forum unfortunately, but he has access to massive amounts of documentation and information. He'd be your best bet at this point. If you do find out more, please share it here. Would be great to know.
All the best,
Russ
