Re: [MBZ] John Travolta's 450SL

2021-04-27 Thread Clay via Mercedes 
I scrounged a few of the data plates with the manuals at PnP.  The original 
customer names were stamped in the metal.  I think it was so they could swipe 
it like with old school credit cards to imprint on the work orders and 
receipts.   Both Froggy and Gump had the plates.

clay monroe

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> On Apr 26, 2021, at 9:46 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes  > wrote:
> 
> Is this a thing? Did MB or dealers ever stamp the buyer's name on the data 
> plate?
> 
> https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/jasper-summer-fun/7313129578.html 
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Re: [MBZ] John Travolta's 450SL

2021-04-27 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
Yup.  My 82 SD came with one.

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That’s not a data plate, it’s a metal plate with owner information that was 
used by a lot of car dealers back in the day. They stamped it with all of the 
owner’s information, then when the car was brought it they put the plate in a 
machine like the ones they used to use for credit card slips and it imprinted 
the owner’s information on the service ticket using carbonless forms.

I’ve seen these before in older models from the 70s and 80s.

-D

> On Apr 27, 2021, at 12:46 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Is this a thing? Did MB or dealers ever stamp the buyer's name on the data 
> plate?
> 
> https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/jasper-summer-fun/7313129578.html
> 
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Re: [MBZ] John Travolta's 450SL

2021-04-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
As the kids used to say, Big Whoop.

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 9:58 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> That’s not a data plate, it’s a metal plate with owner information that
> was used by a lot of car dealers back in the day. They stamped it with all
> of the owner’s information, then when the car was brought it they put the
> plate in a machine like the ones they used to use for credit card slips and
> it imprinted the owner’s information on the service ticket using carbonless
> forms.
>
> I’ve seen these before in older models from the 70s and 80s.
>
> -D
>
> > On Apr 27, 2021, at 12:46 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is this a thing? Did MB or dealers ever stamp the buyer's name on the
> data plate?
> >
> >
> https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/jasper-summer-fun/7313129578.html
> >
> > Allan
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Re: [MBZ] John Travolta's 450SL

2021-04-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
That’s not a data plate, it’s a metal plate with owner information that was 
used by a lot of car dealers back in the day. They stamped it with all of the 
owner’s information, then when the car was brought it they put the plate in a 
machine like the ones they used to use for credit card slips and it imprinted 
the owner’s information on the service ticket using carbonless forms.

I’ve seen these before in older models from the 70s and 80s.

-D

> On Apr 27, 2021, at 12:46 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Is this a thing? Did MB or dealers ever stamp the buyer's name on the data 
> plate?
> 
> https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/jasper-summer-fun/7313129578.html
> 
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Re: [MBZ] John Travolta's 450SL

2021-04-27 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
Interesting. Maybe so. 

It’s the rare 6-cylinder 450 too!

--R
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> On Apr 27, 2021, at 12:47 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
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[MBZ] John Travolta's 450SL

2021-04-26 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes 
Is this a thing? Did MB or dealers ever stamp the buyer's name on the data 
plate?

https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/jasper-summer-fun/7313129578.html

Allan

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