I have a 61 Notch back and have completed my restoration and have the correct driver door ID tag but it is pretty nasty, beat up, I have bought a new plate but I don't have the small number die punches to replicate the original , does anyone know where I can buy a set or can someone punch these for me if I send the blanks and picture of the original ??
Jerry Peters
(904)325-4600
luckydog8@earthlink.net
Door vin tag
-
Adam Wright
- Classifieds Monitor
- Posts: 10321
- Joined: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:00 am
- Tag: KTF
Re: Door vin tag
I think International Mercantile can stamp them, they have ads in the Registry.
www.unobtanium-inc.com
Check out my Barn Find column in the Registry magazine, always looking for good stories.
Check out my Barn Find column in the Registry magazine, always looking for good stories.
-
Bruce Smith
- 356 Fan
- Posts: 1625
- Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:47 am
- Location: Rochester, NY
- Contact:
Re: Door vin tag
The guys at Car-Bone can do it but you'd probably need to buy the tags from them. You may want to read some of the cautions from past postings about re-stamping VINS.
Bruce Smith
-
Thomas Sottile
- 356 Fan
- Posts: 1535
- Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:02 pm
- Location: Stamford CT
- Contact:
Re: Door vin tag
Clean it up and put it back
-
Doug McDonnell
- 356 Fan
- Posts: 6084
- Joined: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:21 am
- Location: Augusta,Michigan
Re: Door vin tag
+1 on clean it and keep. But if you must Dick Weiss can stamp them. PM sent with his contact info.
1965 356C 2000 BMW 740i Sport 1967 Honda CL77 There is never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over.
-
Bruce Smith
- 356 Fan
- Posts: 1625
- Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:47 am
- Location: Rochester, NY
- Contact:
Re: Door vin tag
+1 on best using the original if you've got it. What else are you going to do with it?
Bruce Smith
-
Wil Mittelbach
- 356 Fan
- Posts: 1019
- Joined: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:58 pm
- Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Re: Door vin tag
+1 (for originality)
-
Ron LaDow
- 356 Fan
- Posts: 8100
- Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:45 am
- Location: San Francisco
Re: Door vin tag
If you're really dying for a 'prettier' one, make sure you rivet the new one on top of the one with some 'patina'.
Or, take Wil's and Thomas's advice and leave it right there; you won't have any "stories" to tell.
Ron LaDow
www.precisionmatters.biz
www.precisionmatters.biz
-
Emil Wojcik
- 356 Fan
- Posts: 1528
- Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:20 pm
- Location: Metuchen, NJ
Re: Door vin tag
I have to agree with everyone else here, reuse the original even if it's beat up.
Emil Wojcik
'64 356C Euro coupe
'78 MGB
'86 Jaguar XJ6 Series 3
'94 MB E420
'64 356C Euro coupe
'78 MGB
'86 Jaguar XJ6 Series 3
'94 MB E420
-
Mike Wilson
- Classifieds Monitor
- Posts: 11636
- Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:37 pm
- Location: SW Los Angeles
Re: Door vin tag
Without seeing the original tag, we don't know how beat up it is. I know where you are coming from. When I restored my '63 coupe, the old tag, scratched and paint scuffed off, just didn't look right against new paint so I had Terry at International Merchantile stamp a new one for me. One thing I noticed is that the holes for the rivets are slightly off from the original tag. Easily fixed.
So, depending upon the condition of the original tag and, if there are other parts that show age (patina), go with the original or have a new one stamped. The bottom line is that it is your car. What do you want to see when you open the door?
Mike
So, depending upon the condition of the original tag and, if there are other parts that show age (patina), go with the original or have a new one stamped. The bottom line is that it is your car. What do you want to see when you open the door?
Mike
Mike Wilson
Lomita, CA
'63 B coupe
Lomita, CA
'63 B coupe
-
Wil Mittelbach
- 356 Fan
- Posts: 1019
- Joined: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:58 pm
- Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Re: Door vin tag
As such, understand if saving originality is of no concern, duplication is OK.Mike Wilson wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 3:32 pm Without seeing the original tag, we don't know how beat up it is. I know where you are coming from. When I restored my '63 coupe, the old tag, scratched and paint scuffed off, just didn't look right against new paint so I had Terry at International Merchantile stamp a new one for me. One thing I noticed is that the holes for the rivets are slightly off from the original tag. Easily fixed.
So, depending upon the condition of the original tag and, if there are other parts that show age (patina), go with the original or have a new one stamped. The bottom line is that it is your car. What do you want to see when you open the door?
Mike