Mach 1 Club

I just brought home a Q code 72 Mach 1 about a month ago with virtually the entire interior MIA including the metal dash top that has/had the VIN tag on it.

I picked up this car from a teen age kid who said the interior was old and ugly so he threw it all away...... including the dash.

While I'd found the metal tag with the VIN right behind the drivers side headlight it was attached by a screw and so could have been moved, however, the kid had bought a Marti report for the VIN and it matched the build exactly.

Never the less, I've been itching to verify the VIN and so I'd watched the video and read the posting in the forum and while I was happy to know there was a place to do this on the other hand I really didn't want to have to spend a day removing the fender just to read what was there for 2 seconds and then put it all back together.

I was just under my car on a creeper this morning and as I went past the wheel well I looked up at where that # was stamped and saw that that part of the sheet metal was well below the under side of the fender. I reached up and could feel the stamping.

I rustled up a little steel wool, mirror, and flashlight and 2 minutes later I was reading my VIN #. There's even room to lay a piece of paper up there and make an etching with a pencil.

In reading the different posts on this VIN location I don't remember anyone mentioning that this could be done so I thought I'd spread the word.

And yes, my #'s matched and I still have a Q code car!

Wow, good tip. You made me look at mine, but too much undercoat in that area.

Mine only had 40 years of road grime covering it up but then I'm in Texas where undercoatings aren't usually an issue. When I first reached up to feel on the top of the ledge my finger tips fell right on it and I could feel the depression from the stamping.

But if you had to there's enough space to work a box cutter or exacto knife to scrape the area clean.

I have to say it was a damn good feeling to see what I was hoping to see!