jsbwac

I need some advice.
I am looking at a beautiful black 80 with oyster interior. It was originally green with oyster per the trim plate. So I know the interior it has now matches and is the original color.
The current owner is a good guy, and up front the best he can be. He thought the car was an l82, but I showed him that it was not per the vin. He apologized over and over and said the person he bought it from said it was. I then started reviewing pictures and found the one of the vin. What makes me nervous is that extra hole to the right, and the material overlapping it. It has the correct rosette attachments, and the vin is correct, but I have never seen this before.
Has anyone else seen something like this and is it normal? Am I just paranoid?
Car is very nice, but I don’t want to buy something that may have an issue.
Thanks.

Alan 71

Hi jsb,
I understand your concern.
I'm unfamiliar with what would be typical for an 80 so won't/can't comment.

BUT, the first thing I'd look at is the windshield.
Does it appear to be the original?
Does it's installation give ANY indication it's been replaced?

I'd think it's close to impossible to replace or move the vin tag with the windshield in place.

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Regards,
Alan

Another 80 VIN tag.

Al T

The material you’re concerned about looks like masking tape from when they did the color change.
Just my $.02

No clue about the extra hole. Friday afternoon on the assembly line??

Allan

kanvasman

There are one ot two places elsewhere on the car where the vin is supposed to be. ONe is on top of the frame near the rear axle. Not sure how easy it is to access. Do some searches on the forum and you can find more details about that. Also, I would take the vin to the local or state police and see if it shows up somewhere as being stolen. As nice as the guy seems to be, I would not trust him on something like this. You could spend a lot of money and go try and register it and find out it's on the stolen list from a long time ago. Good luck

76bomb

Am I seeing that correctly a vin that is 13 digits long???

jsbwac

Thanks everyone for the input.
I never thought that it may be tape from masking off the plate.
I am going to go look at it this week. It is about three hours away, but I would rather drive and look then be out the money. I know a couple of the places to look for the vin and will try to check the frame. I will also run the vin to see how it comes back.
That third hole just bothers me. Thanks everyone for the input.

BLUE1972

Check the vin on the engine , see if it matches

Easy Mike

Yep. The longer format came in 81.

jsbwac

I looked at it on Tuesday. Nice car, clean, but I don't think it is what I am looking for. I just am not crazy about the oyster interior and I want one that is the original color.
Oh well, looking more is half the fun. Thanks everyone for your help.