Vin number stamping question

Well you have to also remember that rust or crash damage "been fixed" takes it's toll and these girls are getting old. I bet LOTS of fixed front end damage results in a "non original" rad support, etc. I just bought a 74 Scamp, and it has some pretty ugly lookin' rust under the vinyl top. I bet the C pillars are toast, and it seems to ?? have leaked into the trunk

I agree. But some cars lived “charmed lives.”
Garages all the time and no issues.
This car has the rear shelf cut open for monster speakers and vertical amps. A bunch of angle iron welded and bent. Really sad. But being it was a stereo guy- the rest of the car is pretty much all there. It did not run but the stereo was kick’en!