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#2
08-31-2004, 03:34 AM
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Re: What's wrong with this picture??
With a VIN of <font color="red"> 124379N710772 </font> i dont see anything wrong. Your thinking of a 11A build date of 1968 where no "X" codes would be present but this would be a Nov 69 build.
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#4
08-31-2004, 04:26 AM
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Re: What's wrong with this picture??
Yeah, it looks like it had a different size tag at one time. Then this tag was added. I wonder what the VIN is or the hidden VIN.
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#5
08-31-2004, 05:04 AM
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Re: What's wrong with this picture??
And the rivits don't have goop in them. Looks like a replaced tag to me. It definitly wasn't removed to clean the area around it.
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#6
08-31-2004, 05:19 AM
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Re: What's wrong with this picture??
I agree with Byron and Jeff
I would bet a paycheck there was another tag on that car for most of it's life. The crud that acculates under the edges is there, and possibly painted over before this tag was installed. The area around the rivit also looks like it took a "HIT" to drive home the re-riviting job. There's also no dum-dum in the rivits. There should be to seal the opening when the feet of the rivit are splayed outward with the push tool. Be very careful with this car!
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#7
08-31-2004, 05:49 AM
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Re: What's wrong with this picture??
I've noticed on my 70 Monte Carlos that the LA trim tags are smaller than the Baltimore trim tags.
Not sure if I'm sharing the obvious on this one...but just thought I'd share 
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#8
08-31-2004, 08:00 AM
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Re: What's wrong with this picture??
This car is on eBay at the moment and in the mid-30's. As for trim tag replacement, doesn't the guy at trimtags.com tell you how to do the rivets, etc., so that it looks factory? This one sure does have tell-tale 'hit' rings around the rivets. Hmmm.
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#9
08-31-2004, 07:31 PM
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Re: What's wrong with this picture??
Rivets do pop out. One of the rivets on our blue 67 coupe looks like that.
 If everything else matches, I don't think you can automatically assume its been retagged. 
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