1967 barracuda vin rivets

my painter removed it without telling me. we found it in with the nuts and bolts when we were putting car back together.we had read about state patrol replacing removed vin tags so i contacted them and they took my tag said they were going to destroy it and give me a replacement alternate vin. i asked them not to do that and they agreed to wait and see, luckily. anyway , after about 6-8 months they returned my original and agreed to let me refurbish or even get a replacement tag. i had to get all documentation from chrysler historical museum and cross ref the radiator support numbers and trunk rim numbers with the vin numbers on the build sheet. it was a long drawn out process butnow i know if anyone shoulkd ever have their vin tag taken off by mistakle or whatever i know what it takes to get it back on legally