I nearly soiled myself.

Dr.Jass

Dr.Jass

Pastor of Muppets
That's what happens when you misplace the VIN tag for your car.

I had to remove it from the dash pad when I sent that out for restoration, and I was sure I'd left it on the hood of the car. That was the last place I remember seeing it. Not there. Did it slide off the hood onto the floor? Nope. Oh, shit... here we go.

The bench was no go (I honestly knew better--if you saw my bench, you would too). Top drawer of my toolbox? Nay. Did I bring it in the house? I checked my kitchen bulletin board (you'd be surprised at the stuff I hang there), various places I generally drop stuff, and my safe... all to no avail. You've gotta be shittin' me. I was on the verge of pooping my underpants whilst enduring a full cardiac arrest.

Back out to the garage... turns out a black VIN tag blends in really well with a black EDP roof. I'd actually glanced at the roof and not noticed it. Y'ever get so frustrated you start talking to yourself aloud, telling yourself the evil things you'll do to you if you were really that stupid? I made some pretty ugly threats.

Anyhow, disaster averted. The tag is safely stored away until I find some screws to attach it to my femur. Oy.
 
I go through that.
I’ve recently been gong through the opposite:
Cleaning up my office and finding parts that I had forgotten that I had.
 
It happens. Especially to me. A Lot.

I lost the license plate decal (Year and day) to Goldmember. No idea where or when. Renewed the insurance in December, drove it 5 minutes to the new house and it sat in the garage until I wanted to drive it last week.

Insurance papers were right where I left them in the gloveb... Nope, in the kitchen drawer. Ok, decals should be with the papers. Nope.

Oh shit. Checked the license plate, Dodge, house, garage, shed, other cars... Nope, Nope, Nope. Ok, maybe the insurance office didn't include them. Called insurance place and they told me what to do...

Had to call the Mounties and file a police report for License plate decal Lost or stolen. Call back insurance place and pay $18 for new stickers. Spent an hour on the phone sending emails, signing papers, scanning documents and sending them back. Thanks, COVID...

Why didn't I apply the decals to the plates the very day we moved? I was too busy packing and moving, and forgot.

The new decals arrived today by mail, and I immediately applied them.

🙀
 
Remember when I got busted for driving without a license way back in '03? The plate not having decals was why they pulled me over, which I always figured it would be if it happened. My inspiration for that--just putting on a plate without decals--was my next-door neighbor, who'd forgotten to update her plate decals for 3 years by the time I she'd thusly inspired me. She never once got pulled over. Of course, she was driving a dark-red '96 Lumina sedan, one of approximately 150 in the area. I, on the other hand, was driving the only two-door, 22-year-old M-body within a 200-mile radius. It sorta stood out. I got away with it for a lot longer than I thought I would, to be honest.

Despite having a title, body stamping numbers, and a painted-over door VIN decal, getting a new VIN issued would've been a huge pain in the ass if possible at all. That door decal was the catalyst for the whole "where's my VIN tag?!" situation, as I'm ordering a reproduction and have to provide proof of VIN (not that a lot of guys are cloning or rebodying '74 318 Challengers).
 
Ah, the Doc Jass hoosegow experience.

Shit your pants moments make the best stories for the future...
 
Well, this one isn't quite as good as "going into the ditch at 80MPH and coming back out at around 90MPH" but I suppose that's the difference betwixt being 17 and being 49. 😄
 
I did that with my fender tag on my challenger. I had decided to paint my car 1969 Q5 Seafoam Turquoise but when I lost my data plate I told myself if I found it I would put it back in its original color scheme of butterscotch with white top. I hate losing stuff like that, glad you found it!
 
BB71Challenger said:
...when I lost my data plate I told myself if I found it I would put it back in its original color...
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I don't have the data tag for my car, so I'm using one from a different car--different model & everything (an E5 1973 340/4-speed Road Runner).

That being said, if I did have the OE data tag, no way in hell would I go back to Y9 Tahitian Gold. 🤢

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BB71Challenger said:
Is that tawny gold? I absolutely love that color
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Well, the Dardge name for it was Dark Gold in some years, and Tahitian Gold in '74. Not sure if Plymouth called it Tawny Gold or Army Brat Diaper Find or what, but it's fucking atrocious. It's a metallic somewhere between olive drab and UPS truck.
 
I like Tawny Gold or whatever that color is called. Butterscotch? Not a fan for the most part. I think that has a lot to do with not liking yellow at all. It also probably has a lot to do with mostly only seeing it in pictures. Jass and I were talking about the color and my basic dislike of it and we agreed it doesnt photograph well.
The only car I can remember seeing in person that was Butterscotch was an A12 Roadrunner. I didn't hate it! I'm not sure if it was because I was seeing the color in person or if it was because I was looking at it on an A12 ROADRUNNER!!
 
That's its redeeming quality for me, the fact that 69.5 A12 cars made the color famous. I still find it hard to believe that it's a high impact, extra cost color. It does look better in person but in my case I've gotten used to it and actually like it now.
 
I think the butterscotch looks good on vehicles with black tops or big black stripes or perhaps a black lift off hood to help break up the colour.
 
I agree the Halloween butterscotch cars look the best but I'm putting mine back factory with white top, interior and stripe
 
I like every colour. Even Panther Pink. Rape Grape would be checked on my order sheet, if it was an actual colour choice...
 
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