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"...What I find weird is that ONE of the three Vin stampings appears to have bigger characters than the other two..."
I noticed that too but when looking closer thought it's because the shorter looking set doesn't include the botttom part of the digits...like the gang stamp was held on an angle when hit?.
~ Pete
[/ QUOTE ]OK, look at the 3 N's. The lower one is wider as well as taller. That wouldn't happen in the scenario you outlined