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Originally Posted by GMCNUT
Wow - can't believe this - I swap VIN plates all the time to eliminate rusty Alabama cabs in favor of solid Western ones, and we don't have any professional inspectors here - just a bunch of gossipy women who come look at the VIN # and see that it matches my bill of sale, so I believe I could use a Cadillac VIN on a truck and our DMV would never know the difference I don't think - much less ask about the rivets!
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This guy was really technical, pointing out that the style of rivets currently holding the VIN plate were not used back in the 60's. He said for all he knew, the cab could have been switched or the truck could be stolen and I had attached my VIN plate onto someone elses truck. I knew none of his concerns were true, so I went to the salvage yard and found a few older trucks with rosette-headed rivets and reused them on my VIN plate (tricky work). Went back a few weeks later and passed inspection.