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Re: VIN Stamping: MYTH or FACT
[Re: ph23vo]
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07/25/14 02:34 PM
07/25/14 02:34 PM
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I have an original paint challenger project car I bought about 10 yrs ago,LA built.the #s are all messed up on the car.
vin tag and original door sticker read: 210854
cowl and rad support read 211854
transmission reads 210854 but last two numbers are stamped over top of original #s which read "71" .challenger # 210871 is registered with galen and has its #s trans still.
motor is the worst,it is stamped 220154
all research(previous owner history) indicates this is the original engine from the car...................
Is there a logical explanation for how a car could be so screwed up?
Its just a 4 barrel wedge car so not valuable.
YEP..drunk after lunch...
Inattention... used to see it all the time working on the assembly line. Might even been a new hire turned loose.
as mentioned in an earlier post, I have a Hemi that it's vin is mis-stamped
thanks for the pictures and story Bill 
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Re: VIN Stamping: MYTH or FACT
[Re: Benji]
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07/26/14 10:23 PM
07/26/14 10:23 PM
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Having worked for a number of years in a "factory" type of setting with "factory" type of workers most (but not all) of them are there for the paycheck only. Their mantra was "they don't pay me enough money to think" and "I don't work for the effen company, I work for the union." So if the line supervisor said something MUST be done a certain way some of the guys would NOT do it that way just to show they can't be ordered around (like stamping numbers in a straight line.)
My dad taught me to always do the job right, always do what the boss said in the way he said and to always give just a little more than what the boss expected. It was good advice then and it still is. I can just imagine what kind of work was produced on Mondays after a weekend of heavy drinking and toking on some Mary Jane! 
Benji
You don't have a clue what goes on in a automotive factory and yer pops was a brown noser...
1972 Road Runner / GTX 440 4spd Dana 3.54 Just about to turn 26K original miles..
A boat, a GMC truck, some Craftsman Tools, LOTS of Zombie Protection, and a few Goldfish..
If you love someone set them free..
If they come back it means nobody else wanted them either..!!
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Re: VIN Stamping: MYTH or FACT
[Re: 70440+6bbl]
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07/27/14 03:39 AM
07/27/14 03:39 AM
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i seen a few 4 spds stamped,and then restamped, the same number,but kinda over the original one. like i said before,they didnt make these cars for us to restore 40 yrs later,so there is human error.
I have seen many 4-spds that have been double stamped by the factory, here is the #'s trans to my '71 GTX.
I agree, My '70 18 spline A833 trans' VIN was double stamped and the stamp job the factory did was hideous, almost unreadable. Looked like a drunken monkey was working the line that day. I'm pretty confident that it is original because I literally picked it up out of a guys yard back in the late 80's where it, and a 23 spline, had been laying for years, long before the restamp craze.
'68 Bee 383/TF/Factory Air...high school sweetheart
'67 GTX Clone project,500 six pack,Hemi4-speed,Dana
05 Dodge Viper, 505 V-10, 6-speed Tremec
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Re: VIN Stamping: MYTH or FACT
[Re: 1KoolBee]
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07/27/14 03:22 PM
07/27/14 03:22 PM
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https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/upload2/5769032-hemi1.jpgBorrowed this pic from the lost and found. Note the original stamp being way off. The question I have, is: Did final QC Dept. restamp, or was this a stamp someone else did outside the factory, but...technically, is right, as the original line stamp is somewhat visible. Here's another interesting note. My A12 RR is all #'s matching and I bought it off the original owner and still retain the original title. Ironically, the VIN plate itself, has an extra space in it as a factory error. Having owned many mopars, this is the 1st time i've seen this error before. Luckily, I documented it before the restoration started.
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