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a tank sticker could be used to build a car or turn one car into something else.Just like a trim tag changing the colors of a car and adding authenticity to it.There is no vin# on the sticker.It will show a date which will give you a vin# range.It will also show weather it is a coupe or roadster.The options listed is what it is all about.It was on there to show the line what options were supposed to be on the car.Usually they are in poor condition and tough to read.You could definetly build a high end car from one.Originals can be detected from fakes though thus making originals worth a good dollar.They also are used to authenticate the car.Thus raising a high dollar high optioned cars value by showing all of those desireable options did come on that car or did they? with the price difference between a 300hp and a rare color high optioned 435hp being X 4 you can see what might and does happen.Tell me that it does not happen on other models!! A local restorer just finished for a customer a '70 Hemi Cuda.He started with the tags and a donor car!!!
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At this point, I figure the info. is readily available if one searches enough if someone wanted to "create " a car. Lets face it, there will be crooks always. But these two tank stickers are not exactly 435 hp or L88 cars. I'd be surprised if someone would try and create these cars from a different car. The selling of tags and numbers from cars is a different story.
BTW, my 69 435 vette I sold a few years back had the partial vin on the tank sticker... |
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Also, these 2 cars probably still exist..not that it couldn't and hasn't happened, but someone is asking for trouble w/o having the real car....
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At this point, I figure the info. is readily available if one searches enough if someone wanted to "create " a car. Lets face it, there will be crooks always. But these two tank stickers are not exactly 435 hp or L88 cars. I'd be surprised if someone would try and create these cars from a different car. The selling of tags and numbers from cars is a different story. BTW, my 69 435 vette I sold a few years back had the partial vin on the tank sticker... [/ QUOTE ] not the partial vin more like the model# ex.194677S11111 the 19467 is on there showing that it is a convertible.I agree though that these cars would probably not be created.But if enough of it was destroyed so that maybe you could make out the 435 option to turn a car into a more expensive model |