Thread: Dash VIN plate
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Old 04-22-2011, 05:51 AM
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Re: Dash VIN plate

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Originally Posted by Ron Mummert View Post
My first "me-owned" car, a '53 Olds, had the Olds chrome logo on the grill bar spelled OLDSMOBLIE. Obviously portended the product's demise.

Rno.
In the late 80s my ex and I rented a "Cougarbird" in Denver, with Mercury Cougar sheetmetal and badging on the outside and Ford Thunderbird ID inside (or vice-versa). It had like 2 miles on the odometer.

(We hit snow and fishtailed back to Denver from Breckinridge, and I remember wishing we'd rented a Suby.)

The notion that the dash was replaced seems plausible to me. I'd definitely feel better about it if all the "tamper-evident" VIN stickers matched the firewall and data plates.

dcb
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