Quote: No they were not, the body was stamped before it was painted , the engine and trans were in a different part of the plant. They used different fonts for some digits , like the 6 and 1
Yep, and the engine ID top pad stampings were done at a different location (engine assembly area) and accordingly, done with a different set of stamping dies than the application of the VIN sequence stamping (assembly line) as well.
