Yes, as I said in my original comment, at least for 1957 DeSotos, the VIN tag is POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL, UNPAINTED. It is SPOT WELDED IN PLACE. Ed Petrus At 10:41 AM 1/30/2004 -0500, cpollock@xxxxxxxx wrote: Hello, I went out to my 50-60's junkyard the other day, and kept this question in mind. I looked at the vin tag on a (really, really GONE!) Imperial. Not sure of the year as it was just a shell (no doors, doghouse, trunklid, etc...). I know it to be an Imperial because I saw it last summer, when it was complete!. Rotted to hell and back (Ohio car) but complete. Had the VIN tag on the inside of the A-pillar. It was NOT painted, and it appears to have been spot welded onto the pillar. This would make sense as the factory would be using spot welders to tack the car together. The tag appeared to be stainless steel,
|