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Offline Tmb84

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JS23 fender tag question
« on: January 14, 2017 - 10:13:22 AM »
a friend is restoring a 71 Challenger, it doesnt look like the tag have been bended while painting and can someone tell me why there is a piece under the tag in the upper corner?


thankfull for any respons.
« Last Edit: January 14, 2017 - 10:25:37 AM by Tmb84 »
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Offline 72ls5fla

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Re: JS23 fender tag question
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2017 - 10:27:42 AM »
pretty sure it is an inspector's tag from the assembly line.

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Re: JS23 fender tag question
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2017 - 10:34:58 AM »
what does inspectors tag mean?
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Offline 72ls5fla

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Re: JS23 fender tag question
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2017 - 10:39:34 AM »
there were quality assurance people who would randomly inspect certain areas on a car as it went through the assembly line process.

when the cars were assembled the workers would sometimes put inspection marks on nuts/bolts/firewalls, engines etc....   to show that they checked there work (i.e. being sure the nuts were tightened/torqued correctly).

maybe the secondary tag was a QA person who examined the car when it was all assembled at the very end before readying for shipment to a dealer ???   


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Re: JS23 fender tag question
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2017 - 10:44:38 AM »
Okey, Thanks alot  :2thumbs:
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Re: JS23 fender tag question
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2017 - 08:12:01 AM »
Most likely an inspector in the body shop. The extra tags you see are painted body color. That means it was installed during the "body in white" phase.

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Re: JS23 fender tag question
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2017 - 05:59:13 PM »
probaply there will be no paint underneath the tag?
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