69 GS California in California ... good bones!

Yes, the fender could be that or more likely Verde Green...

 

A quick search showed one a year ago in PA, and we did have some basic conversation about the GS California with it as well.

 

Any better? 68 Cali order form

 

Turns out the Sloan Museum has this also. They e-mailed me a copy:

 

That's great!

 

Interestingly, it looks like you could order a GS Cal car without the "GS appearance package", so no hood trim, or GS badges I suppose? But still the 350-4 GS engine. That's weird. It means there could be some hidden GS California cars out there.

 

I read it as ‘W1 (GS ornamentation package) +W2 + W6 were required…
Patrick

 

Agree, option code "WN" =W1, W2 & W6 were "California GS Requirement"

You could order the L77 high performance engine in a Skylark also, so the only thing that made a California GS a "GS" was the badging. I believe the HP L77 350 engine was the same engine that was used in the GS350 also.

 

Ok, I see that now, that makes sense. I just didn't see the dark box around the GS Ornamentation option, which threw me off.

 

Bryan Woodworth has a ‘68 Skylark Custom that was special ordered with the ‘GS’ 350. He has all the documents where the lady was scribbling on the brochure; apparently she considered a GS 350 but chose the Skylark with 280 hp 350. It came with dual exhaust, too.
Patrick

 

Back in the day I once parted a 69 Skylark with the 280 hp 350.

 

He will take 6 for it

 

It would not have been a special order since the high performance 350 was available as a standard option (A7, L77) . Dual exhaust would have been special ordered because it was not an available option on Skylarks.