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Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 12:32 PM

VIN: 4732905940

Posted by: ! Feb 8 2005, 12:36 PM

It's a 73, made in Germany....prolly built in 72. Until 81 when all mnufacturers went to a long VIN #, most of the codes were just internal tracking numbers....color was on another tag, build date on an another...

American cars...now....can tell you what engine, trans and other otions by the VIN and the other codes on the same plate ...

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 12:43 PM

damn...so if its a 73, then should i go with a 1.7 or a 2.0 engine? both are D-jet and both will read the same timing settings on the placard in the engine compartment

Posted by: Mueller Feb 8 2005, 12:45 PM

for $95, you can get a Certificate of Authenticity (COA)

http://www.356registry.org/Tech/CofA.pdf

other than that, you'd have to look for tale-tell signs on the vehicle to try and figure out what it came with...not too hard as long as the car is not molested too badly...

Posted by: jim912928 Feb 8 2005, 12:58 PM

Here is your the vin breakdown 4732905940:

47 - designates this as a 914-4 (versus a 914-6)
3 - designates this as a 1973 model
29 - says it was manufactured by Karmann
05940 - build sequence number (so yours was the 5,940 914 built for the 73 model year)

Jim

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 01:03 PM

awesome....

Posted by: MarkV Feb 8 2005, 01:08 PM

I have 4732906003 built 63 cars after yours.

Posted by: SirAndy Feb 8 2005, 01:11 PM

QUOTE (MarkV @ Feb 8 2005, 11:08 AM)
I have 4732906003 built 63 cars after yours. :screwy:

another member here (jules) has

4732905965

Andy

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 01:14 PM

wow....thats truly amazing. do they have a musuem about these cars and they place they buyilt them in?

Posted by: Gustl Feb 8 2005, 01:31 PM

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Feb 8 2005, 08:14 PM)
wow....thats truly amazing. do they have a musuem about these cars and they place they buyilt them in?

well, Karmann (Osnabruck, Germany) has a Museum and there is at least one 914 in it (this is where all 4-cyl were built)

the only 914 in the Porsche Museum (Stuttgart, Germany) is the silver 914-8 (#914006)

don't know if there is a 914 in the Volkswagen Museum (Wolfsburg, Germany)

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 01:39 PM

oh and if they didnt build the cars at Karmann, where did they build them? I thought it was like a triple team effort

Posted by: SirAndy Feb 8 2005, 01:44 PM

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Feb 8 2005, 11:39 AM)
oh and if they didnt build the cars at Karmann, where did they build them? I thought it was like a triple team effort

all 4 cylinders were build by karman, for the 6 cylinders, the shell was build by karmann and then shipped to porsche and build/finished there ...

Andy

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 01:49 PM

i see now. Thanks. psst....if you all still would like to help me, check otu the 1.8 AAR ->2.0 engine Q....

Posted by: davep Feb 8 2005, 02:18 PM

If you want to know the original engine type there are two hints at least.
The decal in the engine compartment should show EA for a 1.7 or a GA for the 2.0.
The decal on the gas tank expansion chamber should show SR tires for a 1.7 or HR tires for a 2.0.

Now the Karmann badge on the drivers door hinge post shows the paint code and the chassis number. The chassis number is basically a date code for the body.

The DOT decal on the drivers door latch post shows the month the car was completed.

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 02:30 PM

my red car has the DOB of 6/74....kinda cool figuring my bday is June 30th

Posted by: Gustl Feb 8 2005, 03:37 PM

the Karmann body number of my car says: June 26th
my birthday: June 27th

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 04:24 PM

too bad your in austria....or else we could celebrate!!!

austria, which reminds me:

"so where you from?"
"austria"
"oh swell mate, let's put another shrimp on the barbie!"

which movie? It's kinda kid-ish but i still thought of it

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 04:25 PM

QUOTE (Gustl B @ Feb 8 2005, 01:37 PM)
the Karmann body number of my car says: June 26th
my birthday: June 27th

could i get a picture of the tag where you got that information?

Guten Tag,
Britt

Posted by: Chris H. Feb 8 2005, 04:31 PM

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Feb 8 2005, 04:24 PM)
too bad your in austria....or else we could celebrate!!!

austria, which reminds me:

"so where you from?"
"austria"
"oh swell mate, let's put another shrimp on the barbie!"

which movie? It's kinda kid-ish but i still thought of it :lol:

Dumb and Dumber? I know it was Jim Carrey.

Hey Britt, thanks for not cutting up the pink car. You'll be glad you didn't.

Posted by: bd1308 Feb 8 2005, 04:35 PM

QUOTE (Chris H. @ Feb 8 2005, 02:31 PM)
Dumb and Dumber?

absoluetly correct! That movie was cool. but a watch once movie. anybody got a front clip for free that i could get in a month or three? I'll throw in like 100 bucks for repair for my red 914. front clip and front trunk and engine lid?

Posted by: Gustl Feb 9 2005, 03:59 AM

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Feb 8 2005, 11:25 PM)
QUOTE (Gustl B @ Feb 8 2005, 01:37 PM)
the Karmann body number of my car says: June 26th
my birthday: June 27th

could i get a picture of the tag where you got that information?

Guten Tag,
Britt

well, please don't ask me to take this pic from my car, it hibernates

I found a pic in Johnson's Restorer's Guide, page 78

just to clarify - this badge doesn't show the b-day, it shows the Karmann body number (in my case 2639549) which can be decoded to the day, the shell was built at Karmann, Germany
in case of my teener - June 26th, 1974

the VIN sticker (at the driver's side b-row) says 06/74, so I know that the whole car fas finished in June 1974
so I can enclose the day my teener left the factory - it has to be between June 26th and June 30th 1974

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