hep,
I also must reply to this, as the subject is very close to me through my endeavors to help people prove their car is legit.
It is NOT a stretch. I agree with nj steve. The trim tag was never meant to be a "replacable part" on the car. It is the car's birth certificate. Darren also had another good analogy.
Let's say you were born with a short embarrsssing name, so you legally changed your name to Richard Wadsworth. Unfortunately, you can not change your original birth certificate, so you're still Dick Wad.
(no personal offense meant)
The trim tag is not the last "part" to go on the car, to match the rest of the restoration. The restoration should match the trim tag. The reason why some tags are selling for lots of money is because if they are on the car, it "indicates" the car is legit as it appears, and therefore has a much higher value. That increased value is false, therefore fraud has been committed.
Sorry for sounding like a laywer, Steve.
Verne