There's also a college-town atmosphere, thanks to the University of Arizona, which has its own share of museums and a science center. Whether golfing at a world-class golf resort, horseback riding, hiking in the wilderness, discovering desert flora and fauna at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum or exploring pre-Columbian and other art at the Tucson Art Museum, you'll have a mind-boggling array of things to do.
The protecto plate was a factory identification card that was supplied through the dealer to the lucky recipient of a brand new 1967 Chevelle. It came in the back of the booklet shown above and carried coded information about the factory installed equipment / options for that particular vehicle, and this is why they are so talked about now.... it is proof of how the car was originally delivered.
There is really nothing mystical about protecto-plates, except perhaps what happened to the one you wanted. They decode through a series of numbers that refer to various production components. This is a copy of a protecto plate 'imprint', the actual plate is metal with a wavy edge.. I did not use the original as all the letters and codes are 'reversed' and would be impossible to read. Here is how the numbers work out. This letter indicates the colour of interior. This is the body colour, lower first, then upper.