67 trim tag thoughts

[jeffschevelle]

Any sign of original Mountain Green paint on the body shell? Or a bracket underneath for a rear axle radius rod? If so, maybe a L78 car with a junkyard VIN tag stuck on it after being stolen at some point??

Can't really think of a good reason it would be the other way around (correct VIN tag, wrong trim tag). Why would anyone take a 4K tag and plaster it onto a 6-cyl car and leave the 6-cyl VIN tag in place?? Not like you are going to fool anybody that way.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by jeffschevelle

Any sign of original Mountain Green paint on the body shell? Or a bracket underneath for a rear axle radius rod? If so, maybe a L78 car with a junkyard VIN tag stuck on it after being stolen at some point??

Can't really think of a good reason it would be the other way around (correct VIN tag, wrong trim tag). Why would anyone take a 4K tag and plaster it onto a 6-cyl car and leave the 6-cyl VIN tag in place?? Not like you are going to fool anybody that way.

50 years ago ? Crash the L78 car and buy a 6 cylinder to swap all the drivetrain to. I don't think many people would have given a second thought to the differing tags back then, it was "just" a car then, not revered as in the present day.

May have even been done in the 70's to fool insurance and get a lower rate for insuring a 6 cylinder car...we did lots of crazy things back then...

Pull the cowl panel ans see if the partial is still there and if it matches the vin tag.

[1967 4K]

Good thinking 99 !!!

[jeffschevelle]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

50 years ago ? Crash the L78 car and buy a 6 cylinder to swap all the drivetrain to. I don't think many people would have given a second thought to the differing tags back then, it was "just" a car then, not revered as in the present day.

May have even been done in the 70's to fool insurance and get a lower rate for insuring a 6 cylinder car...we did lots of crazy things back then...

Pull the cowl panel ans see if the partial is still there and if it matches the vin tag.

But a drivetrain swap would not explain why they would bother to take the 4K trim tag off the "dead" L78 car and transplant it over to the 6-cyl body. And even a back-half partial body replacement won't explain it, because the VIN tag and the trim tag are both mounted on the cowl section of the body, so if the L78 cowl was used then the L78 VIN would be there. Has to be more to the story somewhere!

[scuncio]

I'm also thinking the 6-cyl VIN was swapped onto the 4K body, especially considering there's an original looking BB heater core installed in the car. I'd love to pull the cowl and confirm the partial VIN.