Quote: Original paint / owner 71 GTX NOT coded for V21 on the tag....looks like this one slipped through the cracks. I talked to the owner and he confirmed it had always been that way.
No slip on that car. Pretty common actually but there has been some debate on 71 N96 Roadrunners and GTXs. Seems pretty much all came with the paint behind the scoop. Since it was bundled with the N96, the extra code on the tag wasn't necessary. Some plants started leaving the code off.
Same thing with the 72 V21/V25 combo. Since V25 stripes always were packaged with V21 stripes, the code was redundant. Whether or not you got a V25 code depends on the plant and broadcast date. V25 is found on all V21 Windsor cars, but few St. Louis cars. Just saves space on the tag.
-Jim
I can fix it... my old man is a television repairman. He's got the ultimate set of tools... I can fix it.
