matthon
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So, I removed my fender tag to keep it safe, and it definitely appears to have never been removed. The car is green and the engine bay was painted black at some point, and when I removed the tag, underneath was rust and flakes of the original green paint.
The first pic is before I removed it, and it is consistant with what I have read, that Chrysler put the tags on with one screw and bent the tag up, then painted. Looks like the left side was bent up.
The weird thing is the screw on the left is slightly larger in diameter, and it has an angled head, (in the pic it is exaggerated due to the angle of the camera). I can even see no paint on the head and some black over spray on one side.
The right screw is smaller with a flat bottom on the head.
I checked out other fender tags and the screws are the same, except for a few 67 and earlier cars that I haver seen.
Was this the norm and then at some point changed to the same size screws without painting under the tag?
The first pic is before I removed it, and it is consistant with what I have read, that Chrysler put the tags on with one screw and bent the tag up, then painted. Looks like the left side was bent up.
The weird thing is the screw on the left is slightly larger in diameter, and it has an angled head, (in the pic it is exaggerated due to the angle of the camera). I can even see no paint on the head and some black over spray on one side.
The right screw is smaller with a flat bottom on the head.
I checked out other fender tags and the screws are the same, except for a few 67 and earlier cars that I haver seen.
Was this the norm and then at some point changed to the same size screws without painting under the tag?
