Had to do a little grinding through the frame paint, but found the VIN, which matched the glovebox, but the body is a ‘67. Talked with DMV and they said that since the frame and and glovebox match that they recommended using Marti and getting another VIN and replace the body VIN with a matching of the glove box for purposes of current times since these things can become frankensteins over the years.
Appreciate everyone’s help and I’ll post pics once I figure out how. I read it once, but need to review. Right now it’s in rolling frame mode and getting ready for paint! Thanks all!
Ok, so you have a 1977 frame with VIN stamp that matches the VIN on the warranty tag attached to the glovebox door. Mounted on your 1977 Bronco is a 1967 body that still has the warranty tag attached to it.
This is simple. Your Bronco is legally a 1977, and only because of the VIN stamp on the frame. That is your only legal VIN stamp. Period, end of story.
It's nice to have a matching glovebox door, but it's not critical. Again, as stated above, the glovebox door tag is a WARRANTY TAG, NOT A VIN TAG (sorry for all caps, but this is important). It has no legal consequence, but it's a nice to have item that helps with value because it does corroborate your VIN stamp.
As for the 1967 WARRANTY TAG that's attached to your vehicle (should be driver's side kick panel), again, there's no legal effect. It's not a VIN tag, and there's no need to do anything with it. Leave it on if you want, but probably better to remove it because it's going to cause confusion. Again, since it's not a VIN tag, there's no prohibition on removing it.
Just to reinforce what's already been stated, these vehicles came with a VIN stamp on the frame and a single warranty tag. In 1966 and 1967, the warranty tag was attached to the body. From 1968-1977, it was attached to the glovebox door.