The VIN area looks like it might have been spliced in....leaving out the stars, maybe.
The vin numbers look larger than factory. Homemade vin stamping? Metal distorts in at stamping. Question: Were the vin #' stamped in the loose aprons prior to body assembly, or when body was already assembled and coming down the line? If the latter, they must have used some type of body buck under each stamping to prevent distortion of the metal.
From some people I know that worked at the San Jose plant, the VIN stamping was done on a device that looked like a changable rubber date stamp, the type with several 'rolls' of numbers, but heavy duty. The info came from the build sheet and the letters and numbers were 'rolled' into position. There was a backing plate so the stamping penetrated thru the other side as you may have seen. There had to have been a depth guage but I have seen a few cars with the two hidden numbers exposed, including a Shelby.
Jim
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