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Greek, I'm surprised you think the "Z' stamp on the VIN plate has anything to do with the train derailment.
Back in 2018, I mentioned while collecting VIN plate photos, I noticed they stated adding "Z" stampe on 4/27/67.
https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=2339.msg20003#msg20003
Back then, we were not sure of the meaning and there were a few ideas floarting around.
Our current theory (SRG) follows along that date, as we have reviewed many more cars VIN plates.
In just about every case all the cars have the Z stamping.
Any exception were likely missed, just like the door tags that were not removed on a few cars.
We think this was the start of the Ford takeover and a method of noting which cars were now on Ford's accounting.
Many other details suggest this to be true, such as invoices sent to Ford by SAI to capture as many $$$ as possbile before that time.
Richstang,
Not thinking that at all. Merely suggesting that the car might have been inspected by someone at the California DMV. That inspector may have noticed the Z on the VIN plate and made it part of the VIN for registration purposes even though it is not designated on the factory invoice. The California DMV has always marched to a beat of a different drum when it comes to car registrations. The rules even vary between DMV agents. One never knows what the California DMV might do on any given day.
Hi greekz,
Sorry I missunderstood your reply. Thanks for the clarification reply. (I did notice your comments in the linked in post.
Your reply sounds all to familiar with unwrittten rules, designated by location.
We are trying to look at any unregestered cars from California (nearly impossible to find) for how they were initially documented.
(The derailment cars likely all had a Z stamp with the completion dates in May)
Greek, I'm surprised you think the "Z' stamp on the VIN plate has anything to do with the train derailment.
Back in 2018, I mentioned while collecting VIN plate photos, I noticed they stated adding "Z" stampe on 4/27/67.
https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=2339.msg20003#msg20003
Back then, we were not sure of the meaning and there were a few ideas floarting around.
Our current theory (SRG) follows along that date, as we have reviewed many more cars VIN plates.
In just about every case all the cars have the Z stamping.
Any exception were likely missed, just like the door tags that were not removed on a few cars.
We think this was the start of the Ford takeover and a method of noting which cars were now on Ford's accounting.
Many other details suggest this to be true, such as invoices sent to Ford by SAI to capture as many $$$ as possbile before that time.
Thanks for the chart. You folks at the SRG do a great job compiling information. Interesting most cars were lime green. I wonder what drove the decision to offer the most cars in that color.I believe the lime gold was one of the most popular colors on Mustangs in general in 67 and 68.
+1 - Lime Gold was a new, trendy and popular color, the SAAC registry points out that nearly 25% of the '67 Shelby's were Lime Gold.
Still my favorite magazine ad of all time ...
Is the vehicle selling with no reserve?
