Buying/Selling Firewall Tags......

[Verne_Frantz]

Resto,
I do believe that most of the repro tags I've noticed ('58-'64) have been for just that - a color and/or trim change. Although the tag makers claim to "have all the codes", I am positive they do not. Luckily, for my segment of the hobby, there is a lot of confusion concerning the cryptic accessory codes. In those 7 years of production, there were 15 different assembly plants pushing out those cars, and most had their own unique coding method. Not only that, but most plants changed their own coding methods as the years went by.
So, even if someone discovers what one code means at one plant, if he applied that code to a car from another plant via a new tag, it would stand out like a sore thumb. I've seen repro tags on restored cars that had option codes that did not agree at all with the equipment on the car.

Verne