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03-17-2023, 01:27 PM
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VIN vs Cowl Tag mismatch
I'm looking at a '68 Firebird that has a dashboard VIN of 223378Nxxxxxx and a cowl tag of 68-22437 LOR.
How can a car be built in both Lordstown and Norwood at the same time? Seems fishy. Anyone encounter this before? |
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03-17-2023, 01:33 PM
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Whoops. It's not an N in the VIN, it's a U, which was Lordstown, so that's ok.
Still leaves the mismatch between 22337 and 22437. |
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03-17-2023, 02:33 PM
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the cowl tag will often have the characters of a base model, and the model RPO code will be a couple lines down.
as an example a 1970 Trans Am would have a cowl tag stamping of 22387 (base model Firebird), then two lines below would be the RPO code WS4 - which indicates it was a Trans Am. I think it was done this way because the cars all started as base models, and as they went down the line became associated with a specific order number.
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03-19-2023, 10:25 AM
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As long as the partial VIN on the Cowl matches the VIN, I would not worry about it. You may be able to see it, without pulling the cowl panel off.
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