Who repro's the 70 GM Conforming door jam decal?

**SS427** · #1 12-06-2005, 06:48 PM

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This tag has a VIN and is original to the car. If it is missing, replaced, or tampered with, then the car is probably a rebody.

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I would say he would have a rebody.

**olredalert** · #2 12-06-2005, 07:03 PM

------Respectfully,,,,,,How can anyone determine if a car is rebodied if the sticker in the door is tampered with. Its glued to the door not the body. The initial poster on this thread never mentioned why he needed the sticker. He could just as easily need it for many reasons other than the dreaded re-body. Those things get painted over by less than careful painters every day, or taken off to paint the jambs, and on and on.........Bill S

**SS427** · #3 12-06-2005, 07:12 PM

Also repectfully............virtually every body off restoration I do needs a new decal due to age, door replacement, old paint overspray, etc. I certainly hope I am not being accused of rebodying any cars.
Rick

**Mr70** · #4 12-06-2005, 07:41 PM

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Also repectfully............virtually every body off restoration I do needs a new decal due to age, door replacement, old paint overspray, etc. I certainly hope I am not being accused of rebodying any cars.
Rick

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The clues are adding up.......

Belair62 · #5 12-06-2005, 07:47 PM

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Why not exactly reproduce a dash VIN from a "missing" COPO and put it on another body and fake the hidden stamps?

As stated earlier "Seems that people choose what is best dependent upon their specific situation and then ridicule others for offering tags for sale or changing tags."

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VINs and rivets are a bit different than a compliance sticker...but if you don't have a problem with swapping VINS thats cool...

**SS427** · #6 12-06-2005, 08:16 PM

I deleted your posts...take it offline....

**olredalert** · #7 12-06-2005, 08:41 PM

--------Im also thinking of this car you might buy; you go to look at a car that you have known to be delivered a certain way. You decide to buy it and then notice the trim-tag is MIA for whatever reason. Do you walk away from a COPO or an LS6 etc. because its missing that tag??? Personally I wouldnt! I probably would try to get some sort of corroborating notarized stuff to back up what the car was and then get a tag popped. As well, I would be up front upon sale of that car about the tag situation and let the chips fall. But thats just me.........Bill S

**njsteve** · #8 12-06-2005, 08:50 PM

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--------Im also thinking of this car you might buy; you go to look at a car that you have known to be delivered a certain way. You decide to buy it and then notice the trim-tag is MIA for whatever reason. Do you walk away from a COPO or an LS6 etc. because its missing that tag??? Personally I wouldnt! I probably would try to get some sort of corroborating notarized stuff to back up what the car was and then get a tag popped. As well, I would be up front upon sale of that car about the tag situation and let the chips fall. But thats just me.........Bill S

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I once walked away from a $600 71 Trans Am that had its cowl tag and drivetrain missing just because I didn't want the stigma or rumors surrounding the car. But if you have evidence to back up how it came originally and have a repro trim tag made up and you are then upfront with the fact, there should not be a problem. For instance, if you later sold the car, I would put the whole story right on the bill of sale, in order to insulate you from some nefarious individual down the line.

camarojoe · #9 12-06-2005, 07:16 PM

The repro stickers are nothing more than a detail item, same as TN stickers for your shocks or <u>BE</u> stickers for your brake drums. You arent swapping any numbers on a car by putting a new sticker on, just repeating the REAL VIN numbers that are already on the actual VIN tag in the dash. I'm as anti-rebody as anyone, but I sure don't consider adding one of these stickers with the same number as your dashboard VIN to be in any way "rebodying" a car.

I doubt anyone else does either.

hep1966 · #10 12-06-2005, 07:18 PM

I think everyone is pretty much in agreement here.

The purpose of my comments is to show that there are many reasons to replace various parts on a car. Parts are engines, trans, sheet metal, carpets, cowl tags, stickers, etc.

Where some people will disagree is when it comes to specific parts (cowl tags and door stickers). In my opinion replacing a cowl tag or door sticker is OK. But don't try to convince me that it's OK to replace a door sticker and it's not OK to replace a cowl tag.

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