[DeTomaso] VIN placement

[Mountjoy]

Thinking of some of my past & present cars from that time period, some did 
and some did not have the VIN tags on the dash, visible through the 
windshield.  They fit Dan's description until we get to the early Broncos. 
Maybe it's because they were considered trucks??

65 Tiger-         no*
69 Bronco-     no**
69 Vette-        yes
71 MGB-GT- yes + door jamb
72 Pantera-     yes + door jamb
73 Bronco-     no  + door jamb**
73 Porsche-    yes

* The entire Tiger production ('64-'67) had one location for the VIN plate, 
attached to the cowl, underneath the hood.

**All early Broncos ('66-'77) had the primary VIN plate attached to the 
glove box door.  Don't know when they adopted the door jamb application. 
The frames were also VIN-stamped on top of the right main rail (visible), 
outboard from the starter and on the top of the rear cross member (not 
visible w/o removing the body).

Perhaps others on the list can further pin point when the VIN visible 
through the windshield became a federal requirement.

Darrell

----- Original Message ----- 
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 23:21:56 -0500
From: "Dan Mixon" <tipo874 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The Fake Pantera Lives????
To: "'Asa Jay Laughton'" <asajay at asajay.com>, <detomaso at realbig.com>

"...Law enforcement and DMV's consider the tag visible through the 
windshield to
be the primary VIN. The VIN visible through the windshield became a federal
requirement in the late 60's IIRC.

Dan"