Fender Tag Value

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Ron816

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How much does a missing fender tag or build sheet effect the overall value of the vehicle?
 
The more desirable the car, the greater the value the fender tag and broadcast sheet are. A slant six duster, who cares what the car came with. An “M” code dart, a collector wants the documentation and therefore it increases the cars value when they are present.
 
On your average a-body? Nothing

Some rarer car? Rarer, more a difference.

Most of our cars it is a novelty.


Alan
 
For any identical car type;

Normal value with the original fender tag.

Less than that with a missing fender tag.

But if a fake fender tag enters the picture, the value plummets.
 
For any identical car type;

Normal value with the original fender tag.

Less than that with a missing fender tag.

But if a fake fender tag enters the picture, the value plummets.

I sure wish they wouldn't have taken mine off my Demon 340! My 67 Dart was just a slant 6 so no big deal but it would have been cool to see what options the Demon had.
 
Like stated before, it depends on what YOU want the fender tag for. If you are looking to sell/buy and think it will increase value, OR wanting to know how it was equipped from the factory so you can determine putting it back to OEM specs or keeping it as such. Then it matters some. For the majority of us with drivers/non show/non H code cars it's a novelty or a good conversation piece while you are hanging out BSing with your fellow car nuts. I like that my driver/hacked-up about as non original as you could get Duster still has it. It's interesting to see how it started life and why it was modified. This is mine
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AFTER
I found the inspection tag (original body color B5 Blue) tucked under the Fender Tag when I removed it to clean it up.
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For any identical car type;

Normal value with the original fender tag.

Less than that with a missing fender tag.

But if a fake fender tag enters the picture, the value plummets.
Fake to me is a tag that was created with options that were not originally factory installed on that car. Please define your interpretation of “fake”.
 
Please define your interpretation of “fake”.
I'm sure he is referring to a re-stamped or non original one. I've heard that a guy could get them made thru various means. And a nefarious individual could add or alter the codes to make it more desirable or a "clone" of sorts. And NOT disclose it's alteration.
 
Collectors take the fun out of everything.:(
Geez, the kids can't even afford hockey cards. My wife's uncle lost his **** on his 5 year old granddaughter when she opened the plastic wrapper on a VHS Cinderella movie. Good god man, it was a collector's edition, what was she thinking. Sad really. JMO.
 
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I was fortunate with the 383-S I owned for over 25 years. I even had a video when the car was new and a letter from the original owner stating the details when he purchased it.
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Yes, to me "fake" has an element of dishonesty. If a dude had a reproduction tag made that did not mis-represent the vehicle in question and was backed up by things such as a build sheet, body stamping, original paint, and a dash vin...Well to me that's not fake. These things went missing in the past 50 years, and no-one cared back then.
 
Replacement fender tags are available and help the value if they are correct to what the car is and made aware of being a replacement. Even a blank is better then nothing at all. If you have a Dog named Brandon Get one made with. "Lets Go Brandon" like I did. My dog is named Dodge so I would get one made "Lets Go Dodge"

 
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