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Old 08-10-2021, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jeffschevelle View Post
Any sign of original Mountain Green paint on the body shell? Or a bracket underneath for a rear axle radius rod? If so, maybe a L78 car with a junkyard VIN tag stuck on it after being stolen at some point??

Can't really think of a good reason it would be the other way around (correct VIN tag, wrong trim tag). Why would anyone take a 4K tag and plaster it onto a 6-cyl car and leave the 6-cyl VIN tag in place?? Not like you are going to fool anybody that way.

50 years ago ? Crash the L78 car and buy a 6 cylinder to swap all the drivetrain to. I don't think many people would have given a second thought to the differing tags back then, it was "just" a car then, not revered as in the present day.

May have even been done in the 70's to fool insurance and get a lower rate for insuring a 6 cylinder car...we did lots of crazy things back then...

Pull the cowl panel ans see if the partial is still there and if it matches the vin tag.
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