Does this trim tag look right to you guys

[69LM1]

Any comments? I know the pic is a little fuzzy, but this is all he sent me. My cousin wants to buy this car, and the rivets seem a little "off" to me. It is supposed to be an RS, 350 car (I know the tag does not reflect RS, but when we go up there this weekend, I will look for the washers on the grill and the vacuum on the windshield washer motor).

Any thoughts are appreciated. Trim Tag Pic

Rich

[supercomp 8.90]

i checked out some of my parts cars and the rivets look to be in the right area, but the tag looks to be painted gloss black and the area around the tag looks like flat/semi-gloss??

[Rick H]

The trim tag looks ok to me. Looks like they cleaned it to take the picture. RS option was never put on the trim tag.
Remember that just because it has headlight washers and a wiper pump for the washers it doesn't make it a bonified RS. Of course if it looks like an RS and doesn't have the washer system ask the seller why. That was an option that could be ordered on other models as well but should be on the RS.
Look for all of the RS stuff such as vacuum tank, vacuum relay and hoses, etc.. Check for the grommet in the firewall that had the hoses come thru from the light switch. Make sure the headlight switch is correct. It should have 2 hose fittings. Look for the headlight acuators in the front corners under the valance in front of the wheels.

Best advice is to really go over the car and ask a lot of questions.

Rick H.

[firstgenaddict]

After the rivets were put in sometimes there was black seam sealer or dum dum pushed through the rivet holes. That is what it looks like to me.

[DjD]

I think the rivits look tampered with but that doesn't mean the tag doesn't belong with the car. Typically the seam sealer or dum dum looks like a drip or paint run in the center of the rivit. Rick has given you a good list of things to look for. IMO more real RS cars are on the road without the relay for the headlight washers than have them. After 35 years the wiper motors don't tend to be orig on most cars. My feeling is the relays were not put back on most of these cars when the wiper motors got replaced since the headlight washers were not very effective at doing what they were made to do. Nobody really cared about the washers until recent years. You can't get a repro part today and if you find one on ebay it will cost you an arm and a leg. I bet you couldn't get a replacement part from the dealer after the car was about 5 years old...

Look for the correct hole in the dash for the vacuum hoses. It's just above the fuse box and hidden by the power brake booster. Check the holes in the front inner fenders the crank goes through and the holes in the rear valance for the backup lights as they were stamped out not drilled or cut.