Tag is a repop or fake or whatever, and they should have been smart enough to know that particular paint code was never offered on an e-body.

The earliest fake tag maker I am aware of (so far) started in 1978, so MANY fakes are out there. (someone was guessing at a lot more than the paint code)

That said, this fake tag was on JH23J0B311262 when it was for sale on Ebay in 1999, the seller was in California & so was the buyer.

It also has a fake window sticker.

Every tag 'service' & every window sticker 'service' I am aware of so far has made fakes. They are greedy scum that make money from the dishonest in this hobby.

If everyone stops using their 'services', hopefully they would be forced out of business.

I love when you guys publish the facts on the wanna be's. Sad part is there's likely way more of them than legit cars. Especially if you step outside to the other Mfr's.
Had a wealthy customer buy a 64 Impala 409-425 ,4speed car at where else? BJ. They really should change te name to Harriet Jackson so they would then be referred to as HJ which is what most get IF they are lucky
OK back on subject:

OF course the car come s off the transport with a multitude of issues (typical) so he brings it in. We do a complete inspection and start noting things like no back up light switch or harness (clue # 1). I note the old lacquer paint cracks under the freshly applied maroon paint. A few other things encourage us to look a bit harder.
HMM there no hole in the firewall for the back up light harness This now has me wondering how this ORIGINAL NUMBERS MATCHING car never had back up lights.
So I call him up and start asking questions. he says I've got the window sticker rand build sheet. Really I say, get the build sheet. Turns out to be a 283 2 barrel Impala SS with a power glide that was gold with a fawn interior. The Dips💩 had actually gave him the original build sheet for the car.
This seller sold to the wrong guy. The seller when confronted initially told the buyer to go pound sand.
The next morning the seller received a call from his State attorney generals office encouraging him to get the car back in his possession ASAP before things got ugly.
He wound up paying all of the fees associated with the sale including mine. Bottom line? cost the seller about 21K more that the hammer price. Most would not have had the connections this buyer had and been stuck .
EDIT: Uhh, don't forget to add the sellers fees to the 21K number as well
The same seller had sold 2 or 3 other "ORIGINAL" 409 cars at the same auction (Scottsdale 2008). The buyers of those cars were notified of the fraud associated with the car. At least 2 of them said they had been noting similar discrepancies. I do remember the seller was from Pigeon Forge Tennessee.
My mother taught me "Lessons paid for, Are best remembered" LMAO

^Boom! Great story indeed.