Interestingly, on the cars we have here('57&'58 Dodge CR, '58 Firesweep, '58 Diplomat) the VIN tag on each one is polished stainless(unpainted) but is fixed to the door post with a couple of small screws. These are all right hand drive cars though! Regards to all, Brendan Milne Durban, South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward X. Petrus <desoto@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [FWDLK] VINNY & the TAGS > 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, > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Visit the ALL-NEW ForwardLook.net! > New Discussion Forums, Expanded Content and much, much more > http://www.forwardlook.net/ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Visit the ALL-NEW ForwardLook.net! New Discussion Forums, Expanded Content and much, much more http://www.forwardlook.net/
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