69 charger 500 tag on ebay

[white]

Found a guy selling a data tag for a Charger 500 on ebay.  http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOPAR-1969-DODGE-CHARGER-500-FENDER-TAG-B-BODY-ORIGINAL-440-A11-Y39/391377937106?_trksid=p2046732.c100040.m2060&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107095009%26meid%3Dbef48317b8044f3ab82fd9b88ce74bf6%26pid%3D100040%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D131709403530

[41husk]

If you own the car you shouldn't have to pay $1000 ransom to get the fender tag.  If you don't you should have no desire to pay $1000 for another persons tag.

[DAY CLONA]

If you own the car you shouldn't have to pay $1000 ransom to get the fender tag.  If you don't you should have no desire to pay $1000 for another persons tag.

Usually the guys all wrapped up in the "numbers", "date codes", "paint daubs", "build sheets" will and have, or find the coin to pay the "ransom" for a piece of tin with a bunch of numbers stamped on it


Personally I don't understand the reasoning that if I have your tag, buildsheet, why should it be "free" to you?, If I had your "numbers matching" engine, tranny, etc, etc, should I give that to the current owner as well "free" of charge

[41husk]

Not saying give it away but $1,000??   If you had a 440 that is a builder and worth $1500  Why would you demand $10k to match it with the car it came from?  Trust me I know the answer,  GREED!!!   Just saying it's a shame.  I have sold cars parts and accessories, and I have sold or given parts for a lot less than they are worth to people in need.  I also believe in Karma

[tan top]

good find    

why hide the sequential ? if it had been crushed     well I think we all know why  

[timmycharger]

I thought a 69 C500 was XX29 

[RallyeMike]

Not all of them are XX29. The tag does have the 925XXX, so its good.

I don't think this is a case of ransom as the guy says the car was crushed. This auction now makes it pretty hard for someone to re-body a car with that tag.

It would sure be nice to know what the full VIN is - there are only a handful of 157XXX cars in the registry and most all of them are unknown.

[white]

Just sent the seller a message if he could give me the rest of the numbers on the tag information for the charger 500 registry.

[41husk]

I hope he is helpfull

[white]

Me too!

[C500]

Not saying give it away but $1,000??   If you had a 440 that is a builder and worth $1500  Why would you demand $10k to match it with the car it came from?  Trust me I know the answer,  GREED!!!   Just saying it's a shame.  I have sold cars parts and accessories, and I have sold or given parts for a lot less than they are worth to people in need.  I also believe in Karma

There is no obligation on someone to sell or gift a buildsheet or tag to the owner of the car it came off, but why charge so much?? The only reason I believe a buildsheet or fender tag should be given to an owner at minimal or no cost is because these items hold virtually no value to anyone else (other than the owner of the car it belongs with) unless they plan to do something fraudulent with it. Someone paying $1000 who simply wants to 'collect' it, I don't buy that.

A numbers matching engine or tranny on the other hand can be put to good use in another car, but I don't think the price should be pumped up to the guy who owns the car it originally came from. 

[ws23rt]

If what the seller says is true--(the car was crushed)---how can this tag have any value aside a memento of sorts.
Who would pay high money for this unless their was some potential return?

So the last of the vin is hidden?  Why is that?  I see a long hard risky road for anyone that might use this for financial gain by FAKING a car with it.

The topic of delusional sellers comes to mind. Surfing for a buck from crooks?

I'm glad that posting this sort of thing is a big part of this site. It is what we can do and is of great value to all of us.

[white]

That is why I posted the tag.

[held1823]

i'll wager a dollar that the seller has the dash tag, too. he just can't advertise it.

as stated above, the tag is worthless for any other car. that is not the case for an engine or transmission.

rather than feel a seller in possession of the fender tag deserves a reward for reuniting it with the proper car, one could look at it as him being in possession of stolen property if he removed the tag (as this particular seller claimed). a fender tag DOES belong with, and is unique to, a specific car, and by default should belong to the car's owner.

to ask beyond memorabilia pricing for anything with a vin number, especially for a car you claim was crushed, screams of potential criminal intent

[ws23rt]

I agree completely.  It is also so blatant that it begs the question about the sellers rational thinking for posting it for sale.

[Charger_Fan]

Okay fine, but please go & edit your initial post title to say something other than 'chrager'...mmmkay?

[RallyeMike]

Asking $1000 and getting are two different things. It's his tag, and he can ask what he wants. I doubt it would sell for that, but you never know. I could see someone giving up a couple hundred just to have it.

I have a friend who removed around a hundred tags from Chargers. They don't "belong to the car or the owner" because he was allowed by the junkyard to remove them, the cars have been recycled, and the titles terminated. Without anything to base it on, there is no call for us to be making accusations of stolen property and criminal intent, VIN swapping, or everything else. 

I might even offer him something when it doesn't sell just to get the number for the registry and nail it to the garage wall. Will I be criminal if I own it?

[white]

Funny thing is I was helping my son with his spelling when I spelled Charger wrong!     So much for multitasking

[fc7_plumcrazy]

just as a sidenote: There is the bugshield Charger 500 in F8 green and its fender tag was stolen.
Maybe the number should be checked if it could be......

Carsten

[hemi68charger]

just as a sidenote: There is the bugshield Charger 500 in F8 green and its fender tag was stolen.
Maybe the number should be checked if it could be......

Carsten

Aaron's "Bug shield" 500 has a/c,,, there's no H51 on this tag...

[Charger_Fan]

Funny thing is I was helping my son with his spelling when I spelled Charger wrong!     So much for multitasking

LOL, I catch myself doing it too sometimes.

[hemi-hampton]

Description sez V68 option but I think thats V88 for stripe delete. LEON.

[hemi68charger]

Description sez V68 option but I think thats V88 for stripe delete. LEON.

Correct, that should be V88, stripe delete.... Probably the backside of the tag would show the 8 well...

[white]

Tag has been sold for 1, 000.

[ws23rt]

Tag has been sold for 1, 000.

Wow--- -----So we talked about it here. and it is on the record.