If you have been reading our Forum Threads you may have noticed recent conversations regarding a “Gap” Talladega being discovered. What is a “Gap” Talladega? I will try to be as brief as possible.
When you go to our Master List of Talladega VINs you will notice that there are locations in the list that say “Not a T”. These notations signify a brief “gap” in the run of VINs that were not Talladegas. Remember, the Talladegas were built in batches over a short period of time and not in one continuous line. Up until now these gaps were all believed to be the VIN of some regular Fairlane/Torino.
However, Dana Rathbun spoke out on the Forum that he had a Talladega with one of the Gap car VINs! Skeptical to say the least, he was challenged to produce a Marti Report or some similar documentation and that he did!
I have a copy of the Marti Report and it looks like any other Talladega Marti Report.
Are there more Gap cars out there? What does this mean to the total production count of Talladegas and there are many more questions. Today, we will provide no answers but over the next few weeks and months we will be working with others of you in an attempt to put this all into historical perspective. Maybe this previously unknown car will upset previous beliefs or maybe it will clear some muddy facts. What ever the case we will keep you posted.
If you have any thoughts of your own; if you know of another Gap Talladega; if you have information that will help please feel free to send it along to me at rfleener@comcast.net or jump into the ongoing discussion in our Forum.
