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Decoding/Numbers / A VIN with only 5 digits !!
« on: February 20, 2014, 12:42:43 PM »
I am inspecting a 69 Camaro SS396/375HP in Europe. Restored by top house in the US, ~100points in National Camaro contest, quoted as matching number by seller, appraisal firm (not specialist but generalist). Trim tag, suffix are all correct and consistent, VIN is consistent in terms of date, but ...
On engine stamp, after the thinly engraved first series of number (JH suffix which is correct too), there is the 19N followed by THE LAST 5 DIGITS OF THE VIN AND NOT THE FULL VIN
I dont get it. If this is a forgery, it would all be correct except for the most obvious things to replicate?. How dumb do I need to be, as a forger, to forget a the first figure of the VIN
Would it be possible that the machining operator forgot that when they actually engraved it ? Has anyone seen something like this ever ?
I dont get it. I ll buy the car outright and become a truly legitimate member of this site but for now I cannot
THANKS FOR THE HELP
From an enthusiast collector of vintage cars from France
On engine stamp, after the thinly engraved first series of number (JH suffix which is correct too), there is the 19N followed by THE LAST 5 DIGITS OF THE VIN AND NOT THE FULL VIN
I dont get it. If this is a forgery, it would all be correct except for the most obvious things to replicate?. How dumb do I need to be, as a forger, to forget a the first figure of the VIN
Would it be possible that the machining operator forgot that when they actually engraved it ? Has anyone seen something like this ever ?
I dont get it. I ll buy the car outright and become a truly legitimate member of this site but for now I cannot
THANKS FOR THE HELP
From an enthusiast collector of vintage cars from France