Who repro's the 70 GM Conforming door jam decal?

[olredalert]

So Hep,

--------What happens when your beautiful original or restored car gets its driver door smashed in an accident. The door is past straightening. Maybe there is even damage in the sheetmetal right under the sticker. Are you telling us that you arent going to put the sticker back on a new door?
---------I had this happen to me with one of my tow vehicles years ago. I sold the truck with nothing on the door and the purchaser (very anal-retentive type) actually called the police rather than asking me why the sticker wasnt there. Police called me and ended up actually calling the body shop that installed the door to verify that the door had been replaced. He could have just asked...........Bill S

[SS427]

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This tag has a VIN and is original to the car. If it is missing, replaced, or tampered with, then the car is probably a rebody.

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I would say he would have a rebody.

[olredalert]

------Respectfully,,,,,,How can anyone determine if a car is rebodied if the sticker in the door is tampered with. Its glued to the door not the body. The initial poster on this thread never mentioned why he needed the sticker. He could just as easily need it for many reasons other than the dreaded re-body. Those things get painted over by less than careful painters every day, or taken off to paint the jambs, and on and on.........Bill S

[SS427]

Also repectfully............virtually every body off restoration I do needs a new decal due to age, door replacement, old paint overspray, etc. I certainly hope I am not being accused of rebodying any cars.
Rick

[camarojoe]

The repro stickers are nothing more than a detail item, same as TN stickers for your shocks or <u>BE</u> stickers for your brake drums. You arent swapping any numbers on a car by putting a new sticker on, just repeating the REAL VIN numbers that are already on the actual VIN tag in the dash. I'm as anti-rebody as anyone, but I sure don't consider adding one of these stickers with the same number as your dashboard VIN to be in any way "rebodying" a car. I doubt anyone else does either.

[hep1966]

I think everyone is pretty much in agreement here.

The purpose of my comments is to show that there are many reasons to replace various parts on a car. Parts are engines, trans, sheet metal, carpets, cowl tags, stickers, etc.

Where some people will disagree is when it comes to specific parts (cowl tags and door stickers). In my opinion replacing a cowl tag or door sticker is OK. But don't try to convince me that it's OK to replace a door sticker and it's not OK to replace a cowl tag.

[camarojoe]

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In my opinion replacing a cowl tag or door sticker is OK. But don't try to convince me that it's OK to replace a door sticker and it's not OK to replace a cowl tag.

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BIG difference here. a cowl tag tells you lots of stuff about a car, and changing it also changes the true history of the car...options, built date, colors, trim levels, etc.... replacing a door jamb sticker with the same VIN number that was on the original one is not even CLOSE to swapping a trim tag from one car to another, or creating a fake one.

[Stuart Adams]

I agree. Cowl Tag is ALOT different than a sticker...

[hep1966]

That doesn't make sense.

A VIN is much more specific to a car than a cowl tag.

Why not exactly reproduce a dash VIN from a "missing" COPO and put it on another body and fake the hidden stamps?

As stated earlier "Seems that people choose what is best dependent upon their specific situation and then ridicule others for offering tags for sale or changing tags."

You can't say one is OK and the other is not OK. How about we reproduce an engine stamp on a date correct block. By putting a fake door tag on another door you have done the same thing.

[Mr70]

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Also repectfully............virtually every body off restoration I do needs a new decal due to age, door replacement, old paint overspray, etc. I certainly hope I am not being accused of rebodying any cars.
Rick

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The clues are adding up.......