Re: [DML] 17000 Vins

["Bruce Benson" <delornut@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm really curious about the 'glued' on VIN plates. In all the years I was
with Ford VIN plate pop rivets were of a unique color, shape and size. They
were, until a couple of years ago, kept under lock and key and unavailable
for the public to purchase. This was done ( however futile an attempt as it
was ) to make swapping VIN plates difficult. How a manufacturer in 1982 got
away with gluing them on is a question that would be interesting to have
answered.

Bruce Benson



> After some discussion with Tom he thinks that the
> 17000 cars may have been built earlier than they were
> tagged.  After the cars sat, they were re tagged to be
> sold as newer cars (1983).  To back this up, it has
> been noted that the dashboard VIN tag is glued, and
> not riveted as it is in all of the earlier cars.






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