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Originally Posted by ccie3611
ok i had to go look - cleaned the straps a bit and here are the pics - they are painted. perhaps they were 'hanging' while the car was painted before the tank was installed.
the number on the strap is 3965632
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There's another thread that has pretty much vetted that the tank strap was hanging when painted. A lot of '73's, '74's were used as go-by's to determine this. This is the first '72 I've seen with this same look.
One of the questions that has yet to be cleared up is when the straps were hanging, why isn't there more color overspray on the bottom side of the trunk pan? We know there is color overspray shot from the side of the car, but not a lot of evidence of an upward or rearward spray to catch the straps. Maybe the blue on the straps is just overspray from the rearward spray shots. Do the front of the straps have color on them?
Also, on the USS tank ID, I always thought the 12 30 70 was a date code. If it is, then that's quite a long timeframe from mfr. to install into the car.