Blanks for the door jam

[AggieZ]

If your buying a particular car for a 'uniqueness' then be aware these things are out there..... its probably not news to many here, but its the first time I saw one for sale on the internet on a legitimate site.

[sblake01]

Oh yeah....you can buy virtually any sticker, plate, tag etc. the these cars ever had on them. Banzai Motorworks and New Datsun Parts.com come to mind but there are others.

[lonetreesteve]

Both blank door jamb plates and engine compartment data plates have been available for a number of years now. All you have to do to ensure that you have the real thing, is to look for the VIN stamped on the upper part of the firewall, driver's side.

[Mr Camouflage]

Both blank door jamb plates and engine compartment data plates have been available for a number of years now. All you have to do to ensure that you have the real thing, is to look for the VIN stamped on the upper part of the firewall, driver's side.

Which can also be faked.

[lonetreesteve]

Which can also be faked.

Yes, maybe so, but it would be very difficult to fool a trained eye. The stamps used on the ID & data plates you can buy at your local hardware store. But the stamps the workers at the Nissan assembly plant in Japan used back in the day are very unique (see pic below of one of my former Zs) and it would be extremely difficult to duplicate. Although, I have heard of people cutting out the entire firewall of their wrecked or rusted-out classic car and installing it in a similar car before.

Edited November 19, 2008 by lonetreesteve

[Walter Moore]

If your buying a particular car for a 'uniqueness' then be aware these things are out there..... its probably not news to many here, but its the first time I saw one for sale on the internet on a legitimate site.

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Given the condition of some of those plates on my car, I can also see a legitimate purpose for the blank tags. If you wanted to do a full blown "restoration" and make it look show room new, those would be handy.

[Mr Camouflage]

Yes, maybe so, but it would be very difficult to fool a trained eye. The stamps used on the ID & data plates you can buy at your local hardware store. But the stamps the workers at the Nissan assembly plant in Japan used back in the day are very unique (see pic below of one of my former Zs) and it would be extremely difficult to duplicate. Although, I have heard of people cutting out the entire firewall of their wrecked or rusted-out classic car and installing it in a similar car before.

I agree. A trained eye would be difficult to fool, though I can think of ways to recreate original looking numbers that I wont go into. Most buyers though, especially 1st time buyers wouldn't know any different.

There was a guy down under that has his (fake) chassis number stamped onto the top of the strut tower!

Should they sell them, shouldn't they sell them? The negatives of this have been discussed before when those vin number plates were for sale on ebay from the guy in France. Similar issue. You can use them good or for evil.

The criminals probably already have underground sources for fake plates, now restores have access to reproduction plates too.

[hls30.com]

To buy the plates from the better vendors, you have to supply a copy of your title, and they come stamped.

Will

[Mike B]

Both blank door jamb plates and engine compartment data plates have been available for a number of years now.

Unless you happen to have a 1969 production car. Fortunately a collector reproduced some of them a couple of years ago (and we had to submit copies of titles to buy them).

-Mike

[manny1973]

Does anyone know where to get a reproduction new car window sticker. They sell them for the mussle cars but I would like to get one for my Z

[lonetreesteve]

Unless you happen to have a 1969 production car. Fortunately a collector reproduced some of them a couple of years ago (and we had to submit copies of titles to buy them).

-Mike

I bought a door jamb plate from Banzai Motors 2 or 3 years ago for one of my projects and he required that I send a copy of the title as well. However, he does not stamp the plates, so I had to have someone else do it.

Edited November 23, 2008 by lonetreesteve