Was not my intent to muddy the waters or ruffle feathers but seems I did.
I am not the person to write articles or give lectures.
You were seeing my best efforts and if inadequate so be it.
On the Hemi cars built around a tag yes, I am aware of that.
Will attempt to relate a story about that I was VERY involved in.
Early 90's a good friend traded numerous Hemi and 6pack cars for a 71 Hemi Cuda 4spd convert.
He was in southern MO and car came from IL.
He had the car for a few months, and I stopped by and we spent the entire eve and night going over the car.
It was painted bot not assembled.
Motor and tranny were 'matching numbers" and all stamped body numbers tags and title all matched.
Body had much repair so checking things was difficult.
He had many other cars to check against.
Stamped numbers on body matched well with other 71 Plymouth cars.
Moved to mechanical stuff and many dates were wrong.
Worst being vin stamps on motor tranny did not match exactly with his other blocks- trannys.
Sheet metal was all NOS as was the trim.
Dates on wheels were a scrambled mess.
Looking bad and checking fender tags [2] and VIN tag the fonts were very close as was the stencil on dash tag.
We then found out why they were not EXACTLY the same.
Both tags were made of the wrong material.
This all adds up to a 71 Barracuda convert being turned into a 71 Hemi Cuda 4spd convert.
Carried its factory sequence number with a fake dash and fender tags to match a fantasy title probably from Alabama .
That was the place back then.
The same person that created this ended up in jail for same trick on a 71 Hemi 4spd Cuda.
This fake convert was parted out and I personally saw the title, dash tag and fender tags destroyed with a torch by the creator.
Handed them back to him after the last of the agreed to compensation was loaded.
Kept car as it was an excellent collection of nice and NOS 71 Cuda parts.
This was a fairly well-known event in the early 90's.
So yes I know about faked Mopars.
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