Why is my vin tag silver?

[jefferson]

The vin tag on my 68 charger (on the dash) is silver
Every other 68 ive looked at they are black.
Mine is An RT hence has L in the vin, the other chargers are not RT
is this anything to do with it? Did the RTs have silver vin tags.
wierd.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Simple explanation. The paint has either flaked off with sun, moisture & age or someone removed the paint off of it.

[VegasCharger]

The "L" on your VIN tag indicates 440 engine (which makes it an R/T) but it's the 2nd character "S" that indicates the model is an R/T. Because you could have a "J" code (426 Hemi) instead of an "L" code (440) and both would be R/Ts.

As far as your tag being silver, the only thing I can think of (w/o seeing a pic of it) is that the black paint was stripped or sun faded.  

[VegasCharger]

Simple explanation. The paint has either flaked off with sun, moisture & age or someone removed the paint off of it.

Beat me to it.   

[jefferson]

Yea i figured that the paint and or sun had something to do with it.
But when you see 4 other chargers at a show and yours is the only one that the vin has happened to
what are the odds. 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Yea i figured that the paint and or sun had something to do with it.
But when you see 4 other chargers at a show and yours is the only one that the vin has happened to
what are the odds.  

I guess it all depends how long a car sits outside, and where, decaying in the elements prior to you getting it.

[tan top]

 what the other guys say ,      ive seen quite a few sun/weather bleached vin tags some ive seen completely silver / bare metal ! , ohers ive seen where the weather /sun etc has bleached / worn away / faded etc  the black & white  & all that remains is a bare metal tag with the Chrysler corporation & penta star in black , from where the white lettering  has been removed ..  will checked saved vins to show what i'm talking about  

[tan top]

 heres what I was talking about in my above post 

[70 sublime]

I have seen a few silver tags also and wondered why the words were in black
But I guess if an even layer baked off then the white lettering would go first and the second layer had not gone yet and leave the black lettering

[mel t]

yes worn

[69bronzeT5]

It happens. Like others said, the paint flakes off over time. I have a '72 Road Runner 400 4 speed dash downstairs with a totally shiny VIN tag because all of the paint is gone.

[challenger70]

Yea i figured that the paint and or sun had something to do with it.
But when you see 4 other chargers at a show and yours is the only one that the vin has happened to
what are the odds. 

1/5=20%