Tag looks fine to me, it's missing the Ford border but thats not unusual. Car was built in San Jose, Ca, was a Sportsroof of some kind, and had the 351W 2 barrel engine. Get a Marti report and it will answer all your questions.

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Looks fine to me, too. Don't sweat it.

 

I really don't have any questions I have all the information...It was only a two owner car...Just the vin bothered me...Thanks for the quick response.....

 

looks strange to me. the stamping looks too nice. the material mine is made of seems really soft so the numbers/letters really sank.

here is a picture i found of mine (aftermarket border)

 

If I recall correctly, the '69 VIN tags, on the driver's side of the dashboard, were plain like yours and painted a satin black. Apparently the black is almost all gone on yours. As a point of reference, the '68 VIN tags, on the passenger side of the dashboard, have a patterned border around the edges that framed the VIN.

 

my dearborn 69 had a patterned border framing the VIN originally.

 

yeah I guess what scared me is I saw some 69's on ebay with pictures of the vin and they had the ford border...then I looked at mine and it was a plain piece of metal...and it doesn't even looked stamped, its almost like it was chiseled in...sounds weird, but I don't know how else to describe it...

 

Here in North Carolina they are STRICT about that kinda thing...besides since the vehicle was an out of state purchase I have to take it to the Highway patrol station so they can take pictures of the vin..Just made me start to worry since I can't find any other ones on the car

 

Why don't you order a replacement door tag from Marti? I'd bet the Highway Patrol would like to see a tag there....

 

Thats probably what I will have to do ...How much does that run and also how long...I only have a 30 day window to get it over to the patrol station

 

My 70 Dearborn car's VIN tag looks like the OP's.

 

Call Marti and Backeast and see who can deliver quicker.

 

my 70 is exactly the same. over the years I always wondered if the black paint was original or not but it appears it is. as far as yours dont worry about it

EDIT: for San Jose cars look around the upper driver side rad support
if youre lucky you may find a build tag

mine was actually behind the AC Cond. took me a few years to find it there.

 

My MARTI door tag took 45 days, I dont think they have
"rush" service. You can probably get"legal" with what you have.

 

Then try Backeast.

As for the door tag, it has no legal standing whatever. It's only there for warranty purposes.

 

jgroce1985,

My 69 San Jose car window vin tag looks just like Buckeye's. I think it is actually stainless steel. Your's is just weathered and needs a new border decal that's all.

If you want just remove your top fender bolts save for the first and last one. Then use a plastic pry tool and lift the edge a little to see if you can verify the numbers on the shock tower match. Just an idea. Bruce

 

jgroce1985,
I think it is actually stainless steel. Your's is just weathered and needs a new border decal that's all.

Actually there was never a border decal on his. I've had two 1970 Mustangs and both of mine had/have VIN tags that look just like the OP's. I bought my first 1970 Mustang back in 1985 and it was all original and had never been apart. I got it from the proverbial "little old lady". The VIN had no border like Buckeye's.

 

Take the front wheels off and look up at the bottom of the aprons. The stamping is sometimes visible from underneath.

 

Should be able to verify the fender stampings that way. I had to order a door tag from Marti when I had to replace a door a while back, as here in CA the CHP requires two VIN ID's on a car. Make sure whoever installs your door tag knows how to put the rivits in correctly as well...

 

For comparison purposes, here's a picture of the VIN tag from my Dearborn built 69 Mach 1 (dash pad and windshield removed).

 

that's the way mine looks too. the stamping looks very crude and imperfect. maybe a dearborn thing.

 

i was installing the windshield today, so i snapped another photo. it had the same border as a picture posted previously but the thinner removed the overspray and the original border (what was left of it).

 

I dont know how the door tag number, or the windshield tag that
IS the VIN no. cant get you registered,providing it matches the number on the certificate of title? No matter how beat up it is,
if it matches then you can transfer title or plate the car.
I dont know the rules elsewhere, but this is the law in Michigan.
The only exception to this is when you build a car from parts and obtain a "builders title" The state creates a VIN for this vehicle.
You never said whether you have paperwork that validates
your windshield tag?

 

If you removed the windsheild, and cleaned the channel with a solvent, your rag will wipe the vin border off. Then it will look like the OP's tag. Mine (69 metuchen) had a nice border, until 1 careless pass with laquer thinner.

 

I think it looks like the stamping is not defined enough. Like the metal is too hard and the numerics are too perfect. Just my opinion.

 

So it sounds like the "no boarder" thing may be a 70 thing huh? Bruce