Fisher Body Number (FBN) plates and Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plates found for sale
From time to time Fisher Body Number (FBN) plates (a.k.a., trim tags, cowl tags, etc.) and Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plates for Chevelles are offered for sale on various Internet auction sites. While the sale and/or purchase of FBN plates is not illegal in most states, Oklahoma is one exception where it is illegal, in the view of many Chevelle hobbyists it is unethical, dishonest and it is generally frowned upon. I'm not talking reproduction trim tags here (that's for another discussion), I'm talking buying selling original trim tags that identify one car as being another.
VIN plates are also often bought and sold and this may be a legal matter in most states and probably at the federal level as well as there are many laws on the books concerning 'altering a VIN'. Some say they are open to interpretation while others say it's a definite no-no.
In any event, listed here are VIN and FBN plates that appear from time-to-time. So, if you purchase, or contemplate a purchase, of a Chevelle with these plates you'll know they are not for the car thus leaving concern about anything else on the car. Does it have stolen parts? Is it a real SS396? Has it been issued a salvage title before? In other words, fair warning!
| Date Posted Here |
Item(s) Description Sellers not identified here for legal reasons but I have information on most. |
| 07/23/2008 |
1966 SS396 FBN plate eBay item number 320277962333 FBN plate 06B ST 66-13817 ATL15602 BODY TR 790-B M-M PAINT W 2LGS |
| 06/20/2008 |
1967 Chevelle Malibu VIN and FBN
plate eBay item number 320265335176 VIN plate 136177K115555 FBN plate 10B 7925 ST 67-13617 KAN 5616 BODY TR 738-B C-C PAINT E 2EMGR |
| 02/27/2008 | 1967 Chevelle SS396 VIN and FBN
plate eBay item number 230225950187 VIN plate 138177B197306 (not completely certain as photo hard to read & seller would not respond) FBN plate 06B 229 ST 67 13817 BAL 9257 BODY TR 761 FF PAINT 196861 BODY BY FISHER 8 1966 Chevelle SS396 VIN and FBN plate eBay item number 330215070215 VIN plate 138176Axxxxxx (seller would not divulge sequence number raising suspicion even further) FBN plate 02D ST 66-13817 ATL 6072 BODY TR 763-B C-2 PAINT W 2LG 5 LY 1970 Chevelle Malibu eBay item number 260214946380 VIN plate 136370A181788 FBN plate - date and body number only 07B A 62793 |
