torredcuda
Well-Known Member
From the original post - "The vin number also matches on the core support, and the trunk drivers quarter."
1969 hardtop with RM21 vin
- Thread starter Ferd
- Start date
Ferd
Member
Gentlemen,
The RM21 hardtop puzzle has been solved. This hardtop is a Roadrunner clone. The Spanish gold paint first discovered on the package tray matched paint behind the bumper and on the floor pan. I pulled back the trunk seal and found the donor vin. I still feel I have a good car but realize if I sell it I will have to reveal this information.
The RM21 hardtop puzzle has been solved. This hardtop is a Roadrunner clone. The Spanish gold paint first discovered on the package tray matched paint behind the bumper and on the floor pan. I pulled back the trunk seal and found the donor vin. I still feel I have a good car but realize if I sell it I will have to reveal this information.
torredcuda
Well-Known Member
Not technically a clone as that would be a Satellite with it`s original vin numbers made to look like a road runner, your car now looks to be a car that was rear clipped or a full re-body. If it were mine I would be sanding down the radiator support to see if that vin was welded in or maybe look underneath to check for signs of the car being clipped in the rear. Also check under the dash or behind the kick panels for paint to see if it`s gold or green. As you said it`s not a big issue now but could be a legal one when you try and sell it.
While I missed the trunk tidbit originally - it would now appear to be a moot point...
69hemibeep
Sponge Bob Square Wheels
Your original post says the core support and drivers side trunk quarter match the vin
Ferd
Member
I was wrong. I wasn’t trying to mislead anyone. I was trying to read the numbers from inside the trunk. When I pulled back the trunk seal I scraped the glue and discovered the E9 xxxxxx
Vin number.
Vin number.
Same happened to me. Mine was a original RM car but after looking like you did it is a RH car. Somehow the previous owner had put a different fender tag on the car. I bought as a Roadrunner without checking to know what it really is. I love it anyway and don't plan on selling but if I did I would have to let the buyer know. Oh well title is wrong for the car. Like said by others it could have been a pieced together car.
Ferd
Member
Russ,
Just had the car out today. Nothing like a driver quality car. Thanks for sharing your experience.
BoomRR
New Member
My 69RR has the same and it had puzzled me for years! Everything matched apart from the missing post. In the end I loosened the headliner and removed a panel to confirm that it had indeed been cut out in the past and replaced with bits from an RM23. Glad to find out it wasn't a fraud car at least...