Topic: 1968 mustang dash VINs?

[wsu0702]

So did all 68 mustangs get dash VIN tags from the start of the model year?  I know that the new laws went into effect on Jan 1st 1968 and that all motor vehicles were required to have a visible VIN after then but did Ford comply right at the start of 68 model year production?  I have heard a lot of guys over the years say that their early production 68's did not have the dash VIN.  I did some googling but all of the info that I found points to every 68 should have had one.

[Coralsnake]

Yes, they all had them. On the passenger side. In the subsquent years it was relocated to the drivers side.

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Were all dash vin tags riveted in place for 68 ? Was a aluminum rivet used ?

[Coralsnake]

They were all riveted and I am sorry its been a while since I have been in there....cant recall the rivet style.

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Thanks Pete its been awhile for this thread.

[67gtasanjose]

Were all dash vin tags riveted in place for 68 ? Was a aluminum rivet used ?

Reportedly, SOME (though VERY FEW) VIN tags in '68 were secured using large washer screws, similar to those found on roof rails and/or console to dash brackets of a 68.

I say "reportedly" because somebody posted this a year or two ago and I myself recall seeing it this way too but I cannot validate my knowledge by anything but MEMORY. My "memory" remembers it at least being a few 68 Ford PRODUCTS, meaning my memory might be on potentially any model Ford car. I believe it was on a 68 XR-7 if I were to "guess" since I know I swapped a 68 XR7 dash into a 67 Fastback I had back in the day and that "fits" inside my empty head.

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Richard, was the car a Dearborn car ?

[67gtasanjose]

Richard, was the car a Dearborn car ?

No clue. Was in like 1979/80 time frame. I just remember thinking it was odd