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Camaro Research Group Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: bertfam on May 22, 2020, 03:54:00 PM

Title: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: bertfam on May 22, 2020, 03:54:00 PM: REPOP TRIM TAG (https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/d/lancaster-1969-camaro-ss/7128453889.html). (Even I can spot this one and I'm not that good at trim tags!)

VIN is 124379N704153

Ed
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: william on May 22, 2020, 04:07:39 PM: I think that's great! Would have never seen that one on a So. CA Craigslist ad.

Have to wonder what they were thinking. Tag is configured for a Olympic Gold SS 396 w/o style trim, with black vinyl top, standard interior. Why not match it up with the resto?
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: bertfam on June 23, 2020, 01:04:28 PM: And IT'S BACK (https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/d/lancaster-1969-camaro-ss/7146312572.html). (I LOVE the statement " she’s the real McCoyAJ 100/ restored if you’re looking for something special this is she"!)

Ed
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: crossboss on June 23, 2020, 02:37:00 PM: Boys,
Heck for the $1 asking price, I will take a chance! LOL.
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: z28z11 on June 23, 2020, 02:42:12 PM: That was quick - link has expired, at least from this end. Post a pic if you copied one -

Regards,
Steve
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: crossboss on June 23, 2020, 02:45:57 PM: Quote from: z28z11 on June 23, 2020, 02:42:12 PM
That was quick - link has expired, at least from this end. Post a pic if you copied one -

Regards,
Steve

Here you go:
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/d/lancaster-1969-camaro-ss/7146312572.html
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: bertfam on June 23, 2020, 02:47:24 PM: Here you go Steve.

Ed
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: z28z11 on June 23, 2020, 02:52:54 PM: I see what you mean. Nice fresh tag and rivets, too.

Thanks Ed -
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: crossboss on June 23, 2020, 03:10:10 PM: Boys,
Remember it is not illegal to reproduce a buck/body tag. VINs are a no-no and IS illegal. That said, don't get me wrong, I do not condone anyone who makes a 'fake' tag to represent a car that wasn't original.
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: william on June 23, 2020, 05:47:42 PM: Maybe not but has been construed as fraud in a court of law.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=158605

$235 for the fake tag; handing $300k to the buyer you screwed. Priceless!
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: bcmiller on June 23, 2020, 07:44:37 PM: It is definitely fraud now based on more than one court case.

And in Oklahoma it is illegal to swap body/cowl tags.
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: crossboss on June 23, 2020, 08:01:07 PM: Quote from: william on June 23, 2020, 05:47:42 PM
Maybe not but has been construed as fraud in a court of law.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=158605

$235 for the fake tag; handing $300k to the buyer you screwed. Priceless!

Absolutely agree! It IS fraud when you make a 'fake' tag to represent it as something it was not.
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: Mike S on June 23, 2020, 09:12:21 PM: I just can't figure out why the rivet centers aren't pushed in to lock the plate. That would be my first flag.
Title: Re: Yet ANOTHER caveat emptor! (Sorry Bill. Beat you to it!!)
Post by: william on June 23, 2020, 10:51:18 PM: The tool to install the rivets is not included with the purchase of a tag according to their site. You can epoxy the rivets or buy the tool for $20.