Hidden vin mystery?

[Jeff H]

That's strange, especially if the quarters are original to the body and dated correctly. Any chance that cowl partial VIN matches the trim tag number? This sounds like a really strange situation.

[69gold/rsZ]

the production #LOS130592 ON TRIM TAG, pad on block VO926DZ,by oil filter is just what is there the correct vin matching to car doc's and dash.LA plant oct. vin's #'s starting 1st of month are 502311-506631 so 503244 would be around 10a. if some removed dash vin to another car why would vin 8L103028 be on cowl period. this is not even a camaro vin.if someone put a different cowl on car where would you find one with a vin like that on a 68. if you can tell me about production # i would like to know.thanks

[Mark_C]

Thats not even a 68 Camaro VIN, would have to have come from a full size Chevy. I could see some one at LA grabbing the wrong model line vin stamper (they did make impalas, chevrolets in addition to Camaros) if it was the same model year.

LA is famous for not stamping the heater area VIN, no big surprise ther.

[RamAirDave]

Reach in the cowl area and feel underneath the partial VIN stamp. If you don't feel anything obvious, check with a mirror to look for any tampering. It's something I always do. Only one time have I felt the weld stitching (top looked fine under paint), and it'll startle you for a sec.

It doesn't really make sense to splice a hidden to not have it match the dash plate VIN, but who knows. Something to check at least.

[69gold/rsZ]

yes i have checked with a mirror,i also had same idea.and no it doesn't make much sense to spilce a non match vin