I doubt very seriously that it was stamped by the dealer. Unless they took it
off (illegal) and stamped them in the same exact letter set that the other
numbers were done it would be very difficult to do. Stamping it on the car
without damaging the door pillar that is behind the plate would be almost
impossible The plate is only stamped in the un-etched or unpainted block
following the etched in (or silk-screened in) characters that stated
Manufactured date. There are also figures for gross vehicle weight, front and
rear weight and I believe unladen weight that are printed in the blocks (I am
going from memory here), not stamped in. As I stated, this is an unusual plate
not seen on many cars - This was from a large British car dealer in 1973, not
some small corner lot (still in buisiness as a Mazda dealer now) so I doubt
very much that it was modified in any way Im not stating equivocally that it
wasnt since I can in no way verify that, but I would say that it would be
highly unlikely
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>I don't doubt that many dealers stamped those dates on, with the way they
>were titled and all. It is obvious from knowledgeable accounts that the
>factory did not follow this practice.
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