Data Plate Set

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Data Plate Set

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So, I got a new data plate set. I put it all together, headed over to the Jeep shop to work on my vehicle, and noticed that the old, heavily tarnished data plate set has the plates in a different arrangement than Pete Debella (who I used as reference). What is the difference, and does anyone know the correct one?
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this is the other one, like the one I have on the vehicle.

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This is the correct arrangement.

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It's easy to see what happened. DeBella's right hand man riveted the data plates to the back side of the mounting plate. Good thing you didn't order a set of installed plates in an early M38!!! :wink:
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