A reason I will never buy a 409

[kodamar]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars...hash=item150263553260&_trksid=p3756.m14.l1318

It's bad enough that stuff like this gets sold for the purposing of screwing people, but it's even worse that some lazy moron blatently asks to buy just the trim tags and title!

At least I know my non-SS 283 is not a 'fake'!

 

[kodamar]

Then again, maybe we should find the guy who did that insane resto on the '61 'vert! This looks right up his alley!

 

[yellow wagon]

I'm surprised some sap hasn't bid this car up to $85K since its a 409 convertible car like most of the nonsense on ebay

 

[oldimpala]

And here's a silly question....

I've worked on a half-a-dozen original 409 cars, and never, ever, ever seen a tag like that. Ever. 409 clues are usually far more subtle, like fuel lines and such.

I thought the GM Electro-Motive Division produced locomotives, not 409's. (I'm a recovering American-Flyer and HO train buff, too).


If someone can shed light on the GM/EMD tag, I'd be interested....

-Andy

 

[bobs409]

A VIN won't tell if it's a 409 car and in most cases, neither will the trim tag. About the only thing someone can gain by using these tags would be to license a car that does not have a title now or for a stolen vehicle. :eek:


Bob

 

[raymar58409]

I see by Bob's avitar that his camera accidently shot a picture in his closet.
Ray

 

[Richard/SIA]

Awww, it's just a little FELONY!

And too common.

I know a scum bucket in AZ who used to put Ferrari VIN tags on Kit cars, amazing he is still alive with the sort of coin he was stealing. :takethat

 

[wally409]

Just saw a news story that ebay was fined 61-Million dollars by a French court by selling fake stuff over there. We need the same kind of thing going on here.
wally

 

[kodamar]

It's sad that the values of things have gone up enough to encourage all kinds of fraud... Of course some of those fools at Barrett-Jackson were paying over $100,000 for cars that knew were Hemi clones!

 

[482STROKER]

so what are those tags on the inner fenders supposed to be ? I have never seen anything like that before, I have seen a few 63 09 cars none had those tags that I can remember, I'll bet that was a pretty car when it was new, now its just pretty tore up.

 

[Astro409]

And here's a silly question....

I've worked on a half-a-dozen original 409 cars, and never, ever, ever seen a tag like that. Ever. 409 clues are usually far more subtle, like fuel lines and such.

I thought the GM Electro-Motive Division produced locomotives, not 409's. (I'm a recovering American-Flyer and HO train buff, too).


If someone can shed light on the GM/EMD tag, I'd be interested....

-Andy

I don't have those tags on my 1964 convertible 409.:eek: But then again, I don't think that any1 with a real 409 car has them either. They look too rigged on there to be OEM. I doubt GM simply screw those plate on the inner fenders.

 

[models916]

Your TRAIN of thought

GM locomotive division, nothing to do with automobiles. Although the 409 pulls like a train.

 

[tripower]

GM locomotive division, nothing to do with automobiles. Although the 409 pulls like a train.

Looks more like that rig was hit by a train... Hence Locomotive Division...

 

[petepedlar]

You might be able to get those plates from Oldskydog's rare parts source.



Dave

 

[oldskydog]

You might be able to get those plates from Oldskydog's rare parts source.



Dave

Strangely enough, I just never got into trains.......somewhat of a storage problem.

 

[wrench]

There's a thread at CT regarding this very item.

h**p://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/193219/

I'll delete if desired, but it does shed some light on the subject.