ZL1 # 48 coming to Barrett-Jackson

[twertsy]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hylton</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This:




Certainly didn't come from this:


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My software says that your statement is true, they absolutely don't match. Not sure what that means? What are the sources of each photo?

[MEL]

This has to be one of the nicest restored COPO out there. Love the color.

[olredalert]

----Like your occupation and hobby, Mel! Wife says I do both and I never knew I could make a living at it......Bill S

[Bigcubez]

I agree with Mel, nicest COPO I have ever seen....and I have seen a bunch in my years going to shows in the US.

[RichSchmidt]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hylton</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This:




Certainly didn't come from this:


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I don't agree. I think the real photo was taken on an angle and thru the windshield which distorted it o make the numbers look higher and narrower. The fonts are dead nuts on only the pencil scratch looks to have numbers that are wider,and actually look more like a real VIN tag. Somebody should go to their garage and take a pic of their 69 Camaro VIN thru the windshield from the same angle and then do a pencil scratch and compare for themselves. It is he only way to know for sure.

[RichSchmidt]

The dates on the inner A-pillars,outer rockers,cowl sides and inner roof would be the critical ones. Even if the car were resurrected from a backhalfed race car or even tube chassis car,at least 3 out of those 5 should have survived. Somebody could claim that the face of the firewall,floor,frame rails,package tray,quarters and tail panel were replaced because the car was a full blown race car,but the firewall with at least the a-pillars or outer rockers should be original. Just my $.02

[RichSchmidt]

Just curious,my 70 race car VIN photo'd the same way.(the SRDcar).

[RichSchmidt]

Interesting,the car in question does have very dark marks through the spaces in the digits,mine are lighter. I do see that there are light marks above the numbers where a pencil couldn't make good contact because the tag was mounted in a car. Mine was difficult,the roll bar made it hard to get a pencil in there,and the tag didn't have the metal backing plate behind it,so it wasn't siting firm behind the dash board. mine was done with a dull pencil. His lokes like the pencil was harp and being run over from a directly above angle.

[olredalert]

----Im thinking to forget all about everything else. Concentrate on the &quot;9s&quot;!!!.....Bill S

[twertsy]

It's not only the 9s. Imagery change detection software threw the following where image 1 = pencil and image 2 = picture. Software never gives 100% for some reason! even if you compare pictures of apples and oranges.....99% = absolute

1. 1st character in image 1 higher in relative position: probability: 72%
2. 3rd character inconsistent width, image 1 wider: probability: 34%
3. 4th character inconsistent dimensions, image 1 lower half elongated: probability: 92%
4. 6th and 11th characters inconsistent pattern, image 1 lower half angle: probability: 99%
5. 10th and 11th character spacing, image 1 gap wider: probability: 94%