Yes, some cars came with the Black seats and dash and light gray carpet. I have one and it is original. My VIN is 16684. The ones I have seen all have been later VIN cars and probably were just assembled using whatever parts were available. I have a friend of mine also that has one just like it so no its not necessarily been altered. If its an 81 or early 82 then I might look into it a bit more. I don't know when they started this so maybe someone has that answer. I surely would like to know Ken DeLoreancarshow.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]