[Verne_Frantz]

As for the "X"s, that's correct. If incorrect characters were stamped on the tag, it was reloaded into the fixture and re-pressed with "X"s over the wrong info, and the correct info was added alongside. But I've only seen this on the Trim, Paint and ACC lines. Based on the earlier tags that I am familiar with, the tags went through two embossing tools. The first stamped the build date, year and style number, the plant designation and sequential body number. The other information was added later, after that particular body got picked from the "bank" and assigned to a car build order (a Broadcast). Sometimes the second stampings overlapped the first ones.

Verne