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Surely there are more 69 GTX's with Rallye Green, when was the color actually released?

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According to this undated, but by the context of the memo sent in January 1969, it was released February 1 for the Road Runner only. The four color chart for the A12 cars also state Road Runner only.

paint code 97 PIB release-page 1
paint code 97 PIB release-page 2

The earliest 97 car I have on file has a 3/10 SPD.

(It's a common belief that F6 and 97 were released with the A12s but both colors were available a before the A12s came out.)

If 97 was a color released only for the Road Runner but ordered on a Dart or Barracuda, I think you would see 99 or special VON coding.

That's what's odd about this car; there's no special coding for the paint.

Maybe we have one car that was destined to be a RR wind up a GTX and a car destined to be a GTX that wound up a Road Runner.