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Hamtramck fender tag finish #3031156
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I want to be very specific on this question, since all the previous posts I have seen on this question had the tendency to steer to a more general answer.

For 1969 Hamtramck cars, were the fender tags painted, just oversprayed, bent at the corner..how were they handled? What did they end up looking like with regard to finish?

What about 1970? For ‘70, my Challenger also has a punched tin strip inspection tag. Is this painted or natural?

Hamtramck only, ‘69 then ‘70.

The David Wise books are contradictory. I know Lynch road was different and a light overspray, at least for the 69 1/2 cars that I had.

I want to make sure my cars are right, but also want to be able to argue with the people that come up to tell me something different every time.

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Originally Posted by Kowal
I want to be very specific on this question, since all the previous posts I have seen have on this question had the tendency to steer to a more general answer.

For 1969 Hamtramck cars, were the fender tags painted, just oversprayed, bent at the corner..how were they handled? What did they end up looking like with regard to finish.

What about 1970? For ‘70, by Challenger also has a punched tin strip inspection tag. Is this painted or natural?

Hamtramck only, ‘69 then ‘70.

The David Wise books are contradictory. I know Lynch road was different and a light overspray, at least for the 69 1/2 cars that I had.

I want to make sure my cars are right, but also want to be able to argue with the people that come up to tell me something different every time.

So what did you find that was contradictory in the Dave Wise books?


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Re: Hamtramck fender tag finish [Re: MOPARMIKE69] #3031201
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I haven't seen Wise's book so can't comment on what he states. The paint on the tags seems consistent with the degree and thickness of the paint on the rest of the inner fender. The tag was held on by one screw until sometime later in the assembly process, therefore only one screw is painted. Maybe the tags were rotated by several different assembly line workers as the car moved down the line, and they looked at it from different angles depending on what their job was, so that would be why the tag was only held on by one screw?
And some tags seem to show evidence of a slight bend by the corner near the painted screw, it might have varied depending on how the worker looked at the tag. Some workers might have been rougher in their handling or twisted it up to view a code better, and others didn't?
As far as the inspection tags, they weren't on every car. I'm not sure if they were even on most cars. Maybe someone has studied that, but unless you are restoring a car that has an inspection tag, there is no reason to add one.

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Contradictory might have been too strong. I found it to be more pictures and captions but not a definitive statement as on other topics.

Example…the finish of the inspection tin tag which isn”t discussed at all. So sorry to David Wise on using too strong of a word.

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I always thought the tags were held on with 1 screw and bent up so that the underside(tag and inner fender) would get some paint on it. If there wasn't any primer/paint under the tag, it would start rusting immediately.

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Originally Posted by Mastershake340
I haven't seen Wise's book so can't comment on what he states. The paint on the tags seems consistent with the degree and thickness of the paint on the rest of the inner fender. The tag was held on by one screw until sometime later in the assembly process, therefore only one screw is painted. Maybe the tags were rotated by several different assembly line workers as the car moved down the line, and they looked at it from different angles depending on what their job was, so that would be why the tag was only held on by one screw?
And some tags seem to show evidence of a slight bend by the corner near the painted screw, it might have varied depending on how the worker looked at the tag. Some workers might have been rougher in their handling or twisted it up to view a code better, and others didn't?
As far as the inspection tags, they weren't on every car. I'm not sure if they were even on most cars. Maybe someone has studied that, but unless you are restoring a car that has an inspection tag, there is no reason to add one.


The inspection strip is original to the car.


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I have one inspection tag that I bought off ebay years ago, and it's not painted.
Of course I have no idea what kind of car it was taken off of or when,
Of all the hundreds of E bodies I've seen over the years, I've only seen a handful that had inspection tags. I want to say the ones I've seen were painted, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Maybe Barry Washington Alaskan TA will chime in, he might have studied the subject more thoroughly.

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So what I am gathering so far…69 or 70, Hamtramck built, tag has full thickness of body paint on the tag and was held on during the process by one screw with the second added later and kept bare? Tag was probably bent upward. Is this right?

To me, on the inspection tag, it would seem to related to when it was added in the process. Early it would be painted, later it probably would not. Thoughts?


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Originally Posted by burdar
I always thought the tags were held on with 1 screw and bent up so that the underside(tag and inner fender) would get some paint on it. If there wasn't any primer/paint under the tag, it would start rusting immediately.

My T/A was original paint when I bought it in '78 and my tag was a bit rusty on one side to the extent that one screw wasn't holding it on that side. I think the subject has come up before and either the tag was installed after prime but before paint so there's primer under the tag not paint, or it is painted under the tag. Sadly I didn't know to document anything on the car before I had some bodywork and repaint done in '81!

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Originally Posted by Kowal
So what I am gathering so far…69 or 70, Hamtramck built, tag has full thickness of body paint on the tag and was held on during the process by one screw with the second added later and kept bare? Tag was probably bent upward. Is this right?

To me, on the inspection tag, it would seem to related to when it was added in the process. Early it would be painted, later it probably would not. Thoughts?


The tag was held on by a screw in the rearmost hole on the tag, and the other screw to fully hold down the tag was installed later after painting. If it's a 2 fender tag car, the two outermost screws were installed after paint.
Hopefully someone who has studied the inspection tags closer can help with telling what they were for, when installed and if painted or not.

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I would like to ask the question "does anyone have a photo of an original Hamtramck fender tag that does NOT have a fold crease in the upper left-hand corner of the tag"?

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My understanding is that the whole purpose of the fender tag is so the body shop would know how to build the "body in white". If that's the case, then the tag should have been attached very early in the build process.(before any primer stage)

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My convertible has evidence of a slight bend there, but my 71 Challenger does not. Two tags with VINs close to my convertible also pictured, one seems to have a very slight bend the other does not.
My thoughts are that there is no "one size fits all answer". Unless you have your original tag, you cannot document to what degree it was bent on the line, or even if it was bent at all. It's like not having the original assembly line markings still present on your car, so copying markings you see in pictures of other cars. If it makes you happy, go right ahead, but sadly if you don't have documentation of the car's original state, you can only guess when restoring it.

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Here is the original tag and inspection strip from my Challenger.

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My Charger tag. You can see from these two why I am asking. The Challenger needs to be finished and the Charger is at least wrong on the screws (though way too fragile to bend it I would guess!)

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One owner Hamtramck car, 1969 Barracuda. Body color painted fender tag before current state of restoration with body filler. Same paint finish/thickness as the inner fender and bent near front hole. With aluminum inspection tag under front hole. That there is more paint on the back side of the aluminum tag than the front indicates it was likely bent up over the fender tag for painting. The screws are just generic from any hardware store, but if anybody wants to pay big bucks for my originals, we can deal.

A nicely restored car should have a nicely restored fender tag too, IMO. Apparently many fender tags received damage from battery fumes over the years, same as the nearby inner fender and hood.

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I was under the impression that Hammtrack car's fender tags were hung from the driver's side sunvisor mounting screw hole. This is why they were never painted but occasionally had overspray on them from time to time. Has anyone else read/heard this? shruggy I'd post my fender tag but I'm off on a business trip for the next few weeks.

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Originally Posted by mothermopar
I was under the impression that Hammtrack car's fender tags were hung from the driver's side sunvisor mounting screw hole. This is why they were never painted but occasionally had overspray on them from time to time. Has anyone else read/heard this? shruggy I'd post my fender tag but I'm off on a business trip for the next few weeks.


I understood that this is how Lynch Road did it.


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Originally Posted by mothermopar
I was under the impression that Hammtrack car's fender tags were hung from the driver's side sunvisor mounting screw hole. This is why they were never painted but occasionally had overspray on them from time to time. Has anyone else read/heard this? shruggy I'd post my fender tag but I'm off on a business trip for the next few weeks.


That's Lynch Road fender tags

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A Lynch Road fender tag in a '69 Lynch Road Assembly plant "Taxi" can you spot it? scope

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