Post deleted by Dart 340

Depends on the model year. 1968 and earlier used the scheduled production date and the SO # as the body stampings.

You'r saying that the VIN on the dash doesn't match what is stamped on the body? Is it compleetely different or is one letter or number wrong?

Someone could have installed a new dash and didn't replace the VIN tag.

My #'s trans on my Challenger is stamped wrong from the factory. One letter is wrong.

Between this thread & the other one, you really need to post some photos to get real answers.

Post deleted by Dart 340

No fender tag, suspect VIN and no body stamps? Why would you bother?

Dave

It's pretty simple really. The body stampings (on a 1970 E-body) would be found on the radiator core support and on the cowl (both on the drivers side of the vehicle). These stampings should contain the sequential VIN# found on the Dash VIN Tag, the door VIN decal, the fender tag, the Broadcast Sheet, the title, window sticker, and any other dealer or factory supportive documents. If the stamping numbers don't match the rest of the items listed there's either (in no particular order):

1. A mistake in the body stampings (usually only 2 digits transposed or similar minor human error)

2. A mistake in the other supportive matching items/documents (pretty unlikely)

3. The car has had some changes made in the past (I.E. Accident/Metal replacement, all out re-body, or some other "unknown" change to the car).

Bottome line, if they don't match and you don't have good supportive documentation to prove whatever theory you come up with, it doesn't matter what any expert advises you, you are SOL on authenticating the cars originallity.

Post deleted by Dart 340

Well if is not a call you own than all I can say is beware! First thing that comes to most people's minds is, is this thing real and or stolen. Trust me that stuff gets around. I would hate to be left holding the bag on that one. You may not think much of it today, because you can get it at a bargain price, but ask yourself why is this so low. If your wanting some sort of affirmation of what you should do, no one here will really give you advice without really looking it over at least seeing some pics. To me, I wouldn't spend much time thinking about it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday things like that could come back to haunt you. Not to rain on your parade, just beware.

so your saying the state issued title matches the dash vin tag only? and all the body stampings and engine/trans numbers match each other only?
pretty simple, someone had a title for the car the dash came from and did not have the title for the car the dash is now in for whatever reason
Walk away

Post deleted by Dart 340

If this thing is a 69 on car and the vin stampings on the rad support/cowl/package tray/trunk lip don't match the vin, it's got a dash assembly from another car in it as Jim mentioned.

Back to 74 huh... I know that switching out dashes was happening when I got into this stuff in the early 80's on all sorts of cars. Just because the title appears to be square, doesn't mean a car with that VIN currently attached is such.

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Joel is wrong if discussing 1970 E-body cars, time to trade him in for a different "expert"

its an A body Scott, try and follow along, OK?

my guess is a '70 swinger...possibly a 340 car

I talked to a guy back in the early 80s who had an original hemi e-body (the family had owned it since new or near new). The dash pad became trashed and cracked in the late 70s. They went to a wrecking yard and got a real nice pad out of a 340 car. The knew nothing about VINs or where they were at that time. And, no the car wasn't for sale, it was just a general discussion about mistakes that had been made on cars by their owners. Now, what happened to that car in the last thirty years or any other car that was treated similarly, who knows?

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Well so far we have run the numbers through for
theft and it comes up clean. Even the numbers for
the other vin build sheet for the car, so as far as
stolen goes etc it looks ok. More to the mystery
to come.

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Did it get run through NICB? Local agencies purge records and a car can come back clean while NICB never purges