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They say you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] just a couple things *I* would change out in the form (my suggestions in BOLD):

&quot;Dear ___________________:
I am a car enthusiast. I especially like old cars; in particular cars of the 50’s 60’s and 70’s.
I am writing to ask you to help with a dirty little secret that has developed in the car hobby. It can be remedied with your help.
Affixed to every car built in those three decades is a trim tag, sometimes referred to as a data plate or a fender tag. That tag does not contain the <span style="text-decoration: line-through">vin</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">VIN</span> of the car. It does, however include other information about the car and some of the options that were on the car when it left the factory. As <span style="text-decoration: line-through">it turns out</span> an example, a plain vanilla 1969 Camaro with a <span style="text-decoration: line-through">6</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">8</span> cylinder engine and hardly any options may be worth something like $14,000. However, a 1969 Camaro Z/28 with the right colors and options, in the same condition, will bring upwards of $60,000. There are other somewhat rare options, such as having the high performance big block 396 engine etc. that can greatly affect value.
<span style="text-decoration: line-through">What has happened</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">There</span> is a company called trimtags.com. They will produce for you a trim tag that will closely resemble your original tag, but change certain designations to make it appear that your car came with one of the rare, more desirable options. So, some <span style="text-decoration: line-through">joker</span> unscrupulous seller / car builder buys a plain vanilla Camaro, swaps the trim tag<span style="font-weight: bold">, adds a few select emblems, stripes, etc </span>and quickly doubles or triples his money. The cars with swapped trip tags are normally grossly represented. Most folks not familiar with this practice are absolutely stunned and outraged to find out it is not against the law to put a fake tag on the car to make it seem to be something it is not.
The only State of which I am aware that has outlawed the practice of swapping a fake trim tag, or a trim tag from another car, is Oklahoma. I have enclosed a copy of the Oklahoma Law.
Many unsuspecting buyers are being swindled out of large sums of money. I am asking that you introduce legislation similar to that in the State of Oklahoma. I know it will provide at least some measure of protection to the unsuspecting buyers. At least it will give them a remedy. Right now, most who find out they have been duped do nothing, because there are few lawyers who understand how to proceed in a civil action. Why? Because the simple act of swapping the trim tag is not illegal in any state except Oklahoma. We can make it illegal.
Please feel free to contact me. I am looking forward to the day when this practice is outlawed.
Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,&quot;