Reference Details
- Common issue
- A dash VIN or fender tag presented as sufficient when the E-body cowl and radiator-support body stampings are absent, obscured, altered, or inconsistent.
- Confidence
- reported
- Correct value
- For 1970 Hamtramck E-bodies, body-number checks include the cowl and radiator support; the year and plant code are reported as transposed on body numbers.
- Where to check
- Cowl body stamping and radiator-support body stamping.