I have 1418 which interestingly (to me) was also originally bronze and is currently black.
Did your car have a tag in the engine compartment forward of the emissions plate? How about one over the brake booster VIN stamping under the hood?
Mine has neither, and I do not see any rivet holes to indicate that it ever had them.
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