Why are people collecting trim tags?

[budnate]

Jeff question, So lets say I have a plain jane 69 and buy a tag with some options, doesnt the tag match up with the vin at the windshield?, By the way i do not have a 69 I am trying to clone, so dont send hate messages my way. I just want to understand this new practice to better protect me and maybe we will learn something from the experts.

[Jeff H]

I think some of the guys buying the tags are trying to get them off the market so bogus cars can't be created from them. Generally, the VIN does tie into a build date so you'd have to find the right tag for your car to turn it into something else. But during some of the real busy time periods, there were a lot of cars built so it might not be hard to find a Z28 trim tag to put on your 307 car.