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Old 09-22-2014, 12:27 PM   #21
Keith Seymore
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Re: Big Block Short Bed 71

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Originally Posted by Bishops Trucks View Post
Well, for one, I don't lie! No need to, lying just gets you in trouble. My truck had one re-spray and there was over spray on the tag. The cab had never been disassembled (until I did it last fall). All the tags, numbers and markings match. Maybe it's a production plant issue or place of manufacturing. We may never know. None of us on this site (well maybe a couple do) knows everything there is to know about these trucks or the reasons why certain things are the way they are. We are all here to learn from each other.
Not a production issue; the VIN tags were installed in one of the first trim operations after the bodies came down out of paint.

There is no way/reason for a VIN tag to have body color on it from the factory (...unless the factory had to make a repair in that local area before shipping and they weren't very careful).

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