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Originally Posted by 442Harv
Yes there are cars that the dealer added W30 parts. I think they then call them a Trac Pac Car, or something like that. I have seed a 67 like that. As far as I see it, it is not a real W30, just a 442 with W30 parts added.
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While this is correct for 66-67, the subject of the original post refers to a 1970 W-30. The answer is no, there were no other build sites for these cars. The W-30 had select-fit, hand-built engines and these were only done in Lansing. If someone's telling you otherwise, they are mistaken or trying to pawn off a forgery.
This reminds me of the guy at the Pomona swap meet who tried to tell me that the non-numbers-matching 1970 455 was factory installed in his 1969 442, and that the "X" in the VIN derivative meant "experimental". In fact, it simply meant that the engine came from the Kansas City plant, which only built full size cars, not 442s.