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Posted by: 1975red914 May 18 2007, 12:46 PM

Do vin #'s tell what was delivered from the factory to the dealer to the customer? Is there any way to tell if the car had velour seats over plaid? In particular looking at 1975. Velour width in material?

Door post with vin # and date of manufacture. Is anyone punching holes on a reproduced sticker with vin # verification?

Does vin # or chassis # along with tag on drivers door post tell what color car was originally. If new tag was purchased and stamped with color choice is there any other sources which would tell otherwise? Assuming car was entirely stripped to bare metal. recorded history, documents.

Appreciate any accurate input out there. Is this the proper place to ask such ridiculous questions?

Posted by: ConeDodger May 18 2007, 01:14 PM

QUOTE(1975red914 @ May 18 2007, 11:46 AM)

Do vin #'s tell what was delivered from the factory to the dealer to the customer? Is there any way to tell if the car had velour seats over plaid? In particular looking at 1975. Velour width in material?

Door post with vin # and date of manufacture. Is anyone punching holes on a reproduced sticker with vin # verification?

Does vin # or chassis # along with tag on drivers door post tell what color car was originally. If new tag was purchased and stamped with color choice is there any other sources which would tell otherwise? Assuming car was entirely stripped to bare metal. recorded history, documents.

Appreciate any accurate input out there. Is this the proper place to ask such ridiculous questions?

Posted by: davep May 18 2007, 01:56 PM

No, the VIN is only a sequence number.
The decal can only be legally supplied by Porsche, and it looks nothing like the original.
The Karmann badge has the paint code, and yes, I can tell if you have changed it.

Posted by: Travis Neff May 18 2007, 02:01 PM

The only way to decode what you car came with originally is contacting Porsche for a "certificate of authenticity" they will provide you with a cert with options on your car (unless dealer added options, there would be no record of that)

Posted by: sendjonathanmail May 18 2007, 03:03 PM

but wouldnt the original dealer (if still in existence) have a record of the car??? --JON

Posted by: Travis Neff May 18 2007, 03:05 PM

I dunno they probably purge their records every 5-10 years.

Posted by: mills914/s May 18 2007, 03:45 PM

QUOTE(Travis Neff @ May 18 2007, 01:01 PM)

Posted by: Travis Neff May 18 2007, 03:49 PM

$110 bucks, you get a discount if you are a PCA member

http://www.pca.org/members/library/Cert_of_Authen_Form.pdf

Posted by: McMark May 18 2007, 03:49 PM

There have been quite a few posted here, and if you search for member Jeff Bowlsby you will see a few on his web site.

Posted by: mills914/s May 19 2007, 09:00 AM

Cool Im going to check that out.