Fans of the Big Cars Beware!

[SuperNovaSS]

Another trim tag has popped up on Ebay. 67 SS 427 Trim Tag

Try searching "trim tag" sometime just to see how many are circulating.
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Jason

[SS427]

Jason,
You may want to post this over on the impalass427.com site as well. Many of those guys keep track of this info too. Jeff (Hawiiancamaro) caught this as well.
Rick N.

[mike32]

FROM HIS DESCRIPTION: " THIS TAG IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF THE IMPALA SUPER SPORTS DO YOUR HOME WORK AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THE SS-427 IMPALAS ARE SELLING FOR HUGE MONEY THIS IS POSSABLY THE ONE ITEM THAT YOU CAN ADD ON YOUR IMPALA AND DOUBLE ITS VALUE . " IT IS QUITE CLEAR HE IS SELLING THIS WITH THE INTENT OF SOMEBODY BUYING IT AND FAKING A CAR. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
MIKE

[Allen]

Would that still be an issue if / when the historical Chevrolet records get released?

[mmcporter]

This is troubling and serious stuff. I looked at a '69 Z/28 two weeks ago, and the trim tag had no rivets in it, it was glued or stuck on the firewall somehow. The engine also had the entire protecto plate number sequence stamped on the front engine pad by the alternator. I didn't stay very long after spotting this.....scary stuff

[T Billigen]

It looks like the real deal! I think I can see the "4D" on the tag. Most SS427 had this.

[elcamino]

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Would that still be an issue if / when the historical Chevrolet records get released?

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Sure would. Not everyone who could possibly buy the car will know or check it out.

I doubt the historical data will be in the public domain, you will have to pay a fee to know the answer and will only be able to find out with the VIN as what was all on the cowl tag will/may not show up in the records. Someone could put this tag on a non-oem SS427 but also put on on a car that was a SS427 with less options etc. People are switching VIN's around now. I found an old 68-69 SS in the salvage yard this summer. Nothing left to the car, trim tag and VIN plate were gone. I often wonder when I see these cars for sale, how many muscle cars are out there that had tags replaced on them from the legit cars. I am always suspicious of restored cars for sale by dealers and by owners.

[68z302]

The fraud will be hard, if not imossible, to discover if both the VIN & cowl tag are swapped into another body.
With the wire feed welder & quality bodymen around today when they're finished replacing the VIN on a body how will you tell [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
Even the GM Documentation would match the car.
There's probably a chemical test of the metal to see if there has been welding in an area but would anyone allow that?

With the high value of certain cars the temptation will be incredible. People who just have cowl tags swapped will be found out (I'm sure most will have bought them that way).
Unfortunatly when there's money to be made people get creative [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif[/img]

Buyer beware,
Rob

[mmcporter]

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I am always suspicious of restored cars for sale by dealers and by owners.

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<font color="blue"> That's why I look for survivor cars....it's harder to fake a survivor car with the ravages of age.</font>