'72 Trim Tag location
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'72 Trim Tag location
I am a rookie vette owner, but love the C3 chrome vettes. I just purchased a '72 convertible. It had a frame on restoration in 2005 and is an awesome Bryar Blue. I cannot find the trim tag by the driver door hinge. Is there another location for a trim tag or a way to get the info from the VIN or another way to find the original color, etc.?
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Open your driver's door. It is on the door jam, engine side, just below the windshield.
OOps, you already looked. No info on color is in the VIN. You might try looking under some interior trim around the doors, but the respray might have covered it.
OOps, you already looked. No info on color is in the VIN. You might try looking under some interior trim around the doors, but the respray might have covered it.
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It has a new gas tank also...no luck there. Thanks for the suggestions though.
I will try to look around the trim although the paint job was done extremely well at a vette shop....I may give them a call and see if they remember the job....a shot in the dark, but why not?
I will try to look around the trim although the paint job was done extremely well at a vette shop....I may give them a call and see if they remember the job....a shot in the dark, but why not?
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As stated above, those are the only locations I know of.
Maybe the previous owner might have it?
My '72 is also Bryar Blue (945) with the med blue interior (412). The paint and trim codes will be on the missing tag.
Maybe the previous owner might have it?
My '72 is also Bryar Blue (945) with the med blue interior (412). The paint and trim codes will be on the missing tag.
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If you want to know that bad, may be worth carefully pulling up a corner of the carpeting. When I pulled the interior out of my 69, the inner birdcage was completely painted with the original color (Daytona Yellow). The exterior is Brandshatch but unlike yours, the paint on mine was not done well at all (resale paint job at one time I'm suspecting). Good Luck.
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Getting lucky at the paint shop is apparently your only hope, although for the life of me I cannot think of a good reason to drill out original rivets instaead of a couple strips of marking tape for door jamb paint. Thats just crazy.
Anyway, you could pull up enough trim parts to make a pretty educated guess as to the original color, but with the original trim tag missing, it doesn't really matter anymore. A fake trim tag can say anything and an "explanation" as to what you think the original color is will not compensate for the missing tag. Right now it's just mildly interesting info.
Anyway, you could pull up enough trim parts to make a pretty educated guess as to the original color, but with the original trim tag missing, it doesn't really matter anymore. A fake trim tag can say anything and an "explanation" as to what you think the original color is will not compensate for the missing tag. Right now it's just mildly interesting info.
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Thanks for all of the input everyone. I will try the resto shop and hope I get lucky.
The trim tag is definitely gone....empty rivet holes there...
A repro is probably not worth the effort or money either as it will not add any apparent value.
The trim tag is definitely gone....empty rivet holes there...
A repro is probably not worth the effort or money either as it will not add any apparent value.
