HI all
just checked out a 68 convert for sale... while checking the hidden vins they are 1000 off!! anyone every see where the cowl and heater vins match and are 1000 off from the dash vin??? I verified that the parts were never changed all spot welds seams ect are factory original. Dash vin matches title
Dash Vin ends in 8N460005
Cowl and heater VIN end in 8N450005

I'll post some pics
thanks for any input
Dash
http://1stgencamaro.net/albums/album14/vindash.jpg
Cowl
http://1stgencamaro.net/albums/album14/vincowl_001.jpg
Heater
http://1stgencamaro.net/albums/album14/vinheater.jpg

I'm by no means an expert, but if you want my 2 cents. I'd say that is a "typo" when the car was built. The odds of somehow sourcing a tag that close would be a million to one.

tronic72

You should have seen thew owners' face when I showed him the numbers didn't match... LOL
thats what I thought as well.... the parts are original stampings and never screwed with

From the pics, that five looks sorta like a six, but that is definately a stamp error if in fact it is a 5. Kinda confirms they match, why would anyone fake a one number misprint! :)

Now I'll get emails telling me the crooks are starting to use reverse Psychology! :thumbsup:

I agree. Certainly appears to be human error. Have seen this on engine transmission partial VIN stampings but not the hidden VIN.

I have, once. All the partials were the same and correct, the VIN was stamped incorrectly!!
BTW, these are 10,000 apart. :) Same as the car I know of.

Do you have the trim tag data to go with that VIN?

I have, once. All the partials were the same and correct, the VIN was stamped incorrectly!!
BTW, these are 10,000 apart. :) Same as the car I know of.

Do you have the trim tag data to go with that VIN?

re; 10,000 apart ....LOL thinking about numbers to0 much today.:clonk:
Block stamp #68N460005 (matches VIN on dash), V062IME (Shouldn't the "I" be a 1 also??), motor looks to never have been taken apart.
TAG Info....
http://1stgencamaro.net/albums/album14/trimtag.jpg

So the sheetmetal partial VIN's were off and the VIN and engine VIN are correct.
Interesting.... Means other cars built at the same time might be misstamped too.

Thanks for the pics! Helped a lot to figure that one out.

The I being used in the place of the one seems to be very common on engine pad stampings. I have several that are stamped that way. I was told that when the 1 wears out it was easier to use the I than to replace it.

The cowl partial VIN does appear to have been stamped a second time to correct the "5" to a "6". I think human error is a safe assumption at this point.

Flip the pic over. I don't think it's been modified, just some dirt filling in the corner of the five.