Re: 1967 trim tag anomaly...
Phil
Yes it does
Phil
Yes it does
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Re: 1967 trim tag anomaly...
OK so why do you think your trim tag has a problem ??? What Does the it say after STYLE on your tag ? PhilComment
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Re: 1967 trim tag anomaly...
Another thing: I wonder how many cars out there have had the engine judged to be non-original because the engine-stamped VIN derivative did not match the car's VIN are actually cases in which the engine IS original but the VIN plate is what's actually non-original?
On these old cars, swapping VIN plates is so easy it's really child's play.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Re: 1967 trim tag anomaly...
[QUOTE=Ara Gechijian (48542);847283]No, you have a St. Louis body. You're all good Neil. ARA
Ara,
Thanks for clearing this up for me.
Best regards
NealComment
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Re: 1967 trim tag anomaly...
Don't forget that lots of frames were cut either side of the vin stamps and fit on stolen car frames! Look all you want where the stamps are, but the welders were good. SO, need to look farther for stolen car fraud.
My stripped 65 SS paper work and body was bought by a shop and I couldn't figure why they would want a bare body and title ! The in between guy that set up the buy laughed at me because I was stupid and didn't know what was going to happen. Chicago!
DomComment
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Re: 1967 trim tag anomaly...
Dom------
Yes, this may have happened in some cases but I think it was, by far, the exception. Way too much work involved here for numbers that are rarely checked. The most common thing was simply to transfer a VIN and, possibly, trim tag from an owned but wrecked car to a stolen car.
In the old days it was very difficult or prohibitively expensive for young men to obtain insurance. They could often afford the car but not the insurance. So, they bought cars without having insurance. But, if the car got wrecked, what then? They had no car and no money because they spent it on the car they no longer had in usable condition. The answer: steal another car, transfer the VIN plate from the wrecked car to the stolen car and, all of a sudden, they are whole again. It was "vehicle identity theft" before the term "identity theft" had even been coined. With respect to 50's, and 60's vintage cars, "vehicle identity theft" was just about as simple as anything could be. The only "fly in the ointment" was the frame VIN stampings. But, no one ever checked those anyway so who cares?
For 50's and 60's, vintage cars, these things generally happened way back in the days when the cars were daily drivers not in more modern times when the cars became classics. Then, the cars passed through the hands of many owners. The current owners have no idea that what they consider their cars are actually stolen cars. No matter how many hands they pass thru, they NEVER become legitimate.
In my opinion, this scenario is a lot more prevalent than most folks think.
Beginning in 1968, this became a lot more difficult with the change in the location of the VIN plate. From then on, it required removal of the windshield to change the identity of a car. It was still doable but a lot more difficult. Why would one suppose the change of the VIN location occurred? Would one suppose it happened because there was no real problem with the previous location?In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Re: 1967 trim tag anomaly...
Neal in your case the two letters (AA) after the Trim code (421) are called the Exception control letters (ECL) these were started on the corvette in 1963 model year. Chevrolet had some issues and needed a system for quality control (in short).Comment
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Re: 1967 trim tag anomaly...
I own a 67 rdstr. with the trim tag reading trim 558F paint 983AA ..........has anyone ever seen that trim number..............any help would be greatly appreciated...........thanks BlairComment
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