Info on 1996 GTS Prototypes or Pre Production Cars?

[wolowski]

Does anyone have any information on 1996 GTS pre-production cars or prototypes? I'm looking for anything: build numbers, VINs, photos, whatever is out there. I'm also wondering whether anyone knows what VINs the two race-prepped Indy 500 pace cars were.

I know of at least 1 1996 GTS that has a TV1 VIN, 1B3ER69E4TV100575, which would have been built during the run of 1996 RT/10s. That one was supposed to have been built for use at Indy in 1996 and had pace car decals, but wasn't a full-blown pace car with the sunroof and strobe lights.

And I've seen reference to another 1996 GTS with VIN TV100008 from some Chrysler recall information from the 1990s. But that's all I have.

 

[ViperJeff]

1B3ER69E6TV201102 might be a good one to look at, it was a test vehicle that has "Competition Group" in its equipment listing

The following are listed as U.S. Miscellaneous Special / Domestic Pilot Orders all of these were drop shipped and the vast majority to Michigan, two to Arizona, one to Georgia and one to New York


1B3ER69E7TV100554
1B3ER69E0TV100007
1B3ER69E6TV100562
1B3ER69E4TV100561
1B3ER69E2TV100560
1B3ER69E6TV100559
1B3ER69E4TV100558
1B3ER69E2TV100557
1B3ER69EXTV100564
1B3ER69E9TV100555
1B3ER69E1TV100565
1B3ER69E7TV100215
1B3ER69E6TV100013
1B3ER69E4TV100012
1B3ER69E2TV100011
1B3ER69E0TV100010 AZ
1B3ER69E4TV100009 AZ
1B3ER69E2TV100008
1B3ER69E0TV100556
1B3ER69E2TV100574
1B3ER69E3TV100695 CA
1B3ER69E1TV100694 NY
1B3ER69EXTV100693 GA
1B3ER69E8TV100692
1B3ER69EXTV100581
1B3ER69E8TV100580
1B3ER69E1TV100579
1B3ER69E8TV100563
1B3ER69E8TV100577
1B3ER69E0TV100573
1B3ER69E9TV100572
1B3ER69E7TV100571
1B3ER69E5TV100570
1B3ER69E9TV100569
1B3ER69E7TV100568
1B3ER69E5TV100567
1B3ER69E3TV100566
1B3ER69EXTV100578

Not sure if any this will help, all the best.... Vj

 

[wolowski]

Awesome, thanks Jeff!