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Posted by: SirAndy Apr 11 2009, 02:19 PM

Please help us to keep our VIN Database up to date!


You can add as many VIN numbers to our database as you like

You can also search the database using various criteria like year, type and even color.

The database can be found here:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=membervins

In order to add a new VIN, simply click on the "ADD a new VIN ..." link.
The section "Your Own VINs:" will show all VIN numbers you entered.
You can edit your VINs by clicking on the number itself.


We'd like to record as much info about each car as possible

The list includes:

- VIN
- Details: Parted out or crushed? Factory GT or m471? Sportomatic?
- Engine Number
- Chassis Number (Badge on drivers side front door jamb and stamped into rear trunk floor)
- Build-Date (Sticker on drivers side rear door jamb)
- Paintcode (Badge on drivers side front door jamb)
- Current color if different from original
- A picture link (Please do not link to eBay or craigslist pictures!)
- Any comments or info on the car you'd like to share


Parts cars

If you have records of cars that you have come across in junkyards or cars that you parted out, please add those to the list as well and mark them "is she dead? crushed? cut up? rusted away?".
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=92742


Sample VIN record

Below is a sample image of a filled in VIN record:

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 8 2009, 08:02 PM

A few related threads ...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=94546

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=92742

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=74444

Andy

Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Mar 27 2010, 08:28 PM

someone needs to come by and look at our over 200 parts cars and titles and record every one and add them to the data base. It will certainly take all day. Any volunteers?

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 27 2010, 09:44 PM

I need to come out and visit anyways. It's on my list of things to do.

I'll bring my notebook!
Andy

Posted by: ghuff Mar 28 2010, 09:24 AM

I will be heading down sometime in the next month of April to either bring a motor to Len/Jake Raby, just tour the aircooled sanctuary and get a feel for how they do things to build a turbo type IV. The reason depends on what I end up doing with my car.


On that list was stopping by to see George and look over said 200 parts cars for something to drag back home later this year.

I can start, if you would like since I am going to be getting OCD on them anyways.

George, you have a PM coming.

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 28 2010, 12:36 PM

That would be great!

Andy

Posted by: davep Mar 30 2010, 02:34 PM

This will be a major project for sure, and quite a valuable one.
Before you go, please contact me regarding a few details that might be useful to check out.
Dave

Posted by: maddin Jan 30 2014, 06:17 PM

http://wsrp.ic.cz/chassis/chassis_porsche_914.html

found that on wsrp...not sure how up-to-date it is.

Posted by: davep Feb 12 2014, 06:31 PM

Last update in 2010
A few inaccuracies.

Posted by: puffinator Feb 12 2014, 08:44 PM

How does one edit information on a VIN that I currently own but is shown as being owned by someone else?

Rob Mairs

Posted by: SirAndy Feb 13 2014, 11:56 AM

You can't edit someone else's entry.

But you can add the same VIN under your account and add any info you like ...

Posted by: Old Yella Feb 13 2014, 12:42 PM

If Dr 914 puts me up in some accommodation and pays the air fair I'll come to Atlanta and do the audit on all the 914 cars and motors.

I'm bores shitless and need a job.

Posted by: rdauenhauer Aug 5 2014, 11:06 PM

Is there a better way to add yet recorded VIN's/cars that you dont own?
For instance cars that you spy dead in a bone yard.
Right now you have to record them associated to ...ME, & notate that they have no affiliation ?

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 6 2014, 10:54 AM

Just sent me a PM after you added them and i will de-ownerize you from those VINs ...

Posted by: r32bert Aug 6 2014, 11:49 PM

I can't seem to get my info to update. I went to put in the paint/engine/chassis stuff, but it doesn't stick. I hit [Update My VIN] and when I look at it afterwards, there's only the same VIN info that's been there forever.

I even tried in a different browser... is it busted, or am I doing something wrong?

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 7 2014, 11:19 AM

I just tested updating your VIN and it worked fine for me.

PM me your new info and i'll add it to your VIN profile ...

Posted by: 73Gino Mar 22 2015, 11:39 AM

VIN Search. My first car was a 1973 914 2.0. I sold it in 1982 and believe I have again found the car. Unfortunately, I no longer have my former car's VIN. I have the VIN of the car I found and would like to obtain a VIN search that shows where the car has been registered throughout its life.

Does anyone know where I can obtain such a VIN search?

Posted by: type47 Jun 5 2015, 07:46 AM

I found an error: there is a silver car listed with VIN 4762901552 which should have VIN 4762924483. The correct VIN is in the description.

Posted by: SirAndy Jun 5 2015, 04:28 PM

Fixed, thank you Sir!

Posted by: porschetub Jul 31 2015, 11:17 PM

Vin added no idea of build date,maybe some would know that from the VIN so I could update?,cheers to you Sir Andy for this database.

Posted by: tnsmike Aug 25 2015, 04:05 PM

Would it be possible to add a location to the database so it would be easy to see what members and cars are located near you? Just a thought!

Posted by: JustinMeier Apr 28 2017, 04:29 PM

How do I move the VIN from SLIT's profile to mine?

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 28 2017, 05:14 PM

You don't. Just add it under your name.

Posted by: JustinMeier May 1 2017, 09:33 AM

Ty!

Posted by: Ed_Turbo Jul 19 2017, 02:03 PM

Hey guys,

Trying to register this 914 chassis but I get errors. Is it so rare and custom that not even the database is registering it?

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 21 2017, 01:16 PM

You already have the VIN in the database.
The chassis number 405-9004 looks to be correct for a '75.

Which part doesn't work?
Exactly what kind of error do you get?

Posted by: Ed_Turbo Jul 23 2017, 01:18 PM

If I remember the error was something like chassis number too short. Thanks for the help Andy.

Posted by: Mike1981 Aug 12 2017, 05:18 AM

Hello Everyone

I just picked up this modded 914
V8 SBC
Performer Intake
Headers
Magnaflo resonators
Cold Air intake

1972 originally from NJ
Bought it in TN

VIN 4722913132

https://scontent.fdet1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22141263_136295900436492_1096329131797948272_n.jpg?oh=89b905abf34c84d6581e4086a26ad80a&oe=5A68DA9E

Thanks

Posted by: RoseDerby Dec 30 2017, 09:29 AM

Hey all,
My vin year does not seem to match my chassis number and paint color. Could the dealer have changed vin numbers? I don't know my engine number but I am sure it is a 4 cyl.
Thanks!
M

Posted by: AZBanks Oct 1 2018, 05:55 PM

This is not mine.

Added 9141430300 to the database.
It was sitting in one of the lots at RSR VI
Original Euro 914-6.
For Sale.


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Posted by: sbsix Oct 1 2018, 08:09 PM

Euro sixes didn’t come with “A” pillar VIN tags. This is a bad attempt to add one considering that perfect reproductions are available. Looks like it’s screwed into the dash top.

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 1 2018, 10:23 PM

Depending on how it was federalized, this "bad attempt" may well have been done by one of your trusty government representatives ...

Posted by: 56kabrio Apr 15 2019, 12:15 PM

Sir Andy

I just tried to enter my recently purchased 914 into the VIN database. It had already been entered by a previous owner in 2008. Is there any way to update the info to reflect current ownership?

Thanks

Mack

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 15 2019, 02:51 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=5219

Yes, but no. The VIN database is more of a VIN history than a snapshot.

While i technically can delete/modify entries i usually don't since we'd like to keep a record of ownership over the years.

You can enter your info just fine even if there are already older entries for the same VIN.

Posted by: 56kabrio Apr 15 2019, 08:14 PM

Great. Thanks. I really didn’t want to delete the previous info, just add the new information to the database. Actually, I think that it makes more since to keep all entries for each VIN to serve as a chronological record of “where the car has been”.

Appreciate the response
Mack

Posted by: preach Mar 12 2020, 09:37 PM

What about for sale ads that are not in the data base? For Example:

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/los-angeles-1974-porsche-914/7090206055.html

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 13 2020, 09:37 AM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=11513

If you find one that isn't in our database yet, please add them.


PS: When you do that they'll be added linked to your account. Just send me a PM and i'll unlink them.

Posted by: preach Mar 13 2020, 07:28 PM

4732920316 added

Posted by: preach Mar 13 2020, 07:36 PM

4742901133 Added

Posted by: preach Apr 4 2020, 07:22 PM

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/ctd/d/palm-desert-1975-porsche-targa-coupe/7103388091.html

4752908193 added.

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=179 there are 3 under my name that do not belong to me now.

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 4 2020, 08:06 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=11513

Thank you Sir!

Posted by: preach Jul 10 2020, 05:50 PM

From Craigslist:

4722918013
4702913295

Not mine @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=179 .

Posted by: preach Jul 10 2020, 05:53 PM

https://mohave.craigslist.org/cto/d/lake-havasu-city-porsche-914/7150222028.html

Can update that one maybe.

Bored working 12 hour shifts...

Posted by: Arno914 Aug 22 2020, 02:22 PM

Today I went VIN hunting for this forum.
Could trace two new VIN´s of dead cars.

4732905250
4742914816

Location: North of Frankfurt/Germany. Sitting there for years, together with other 914´s that where parted out and left unprotected from the elements. Many good parts have been rotten away. Sad sight though.

The Karman Body-number in the door sill doesn´t make sense to me, any thoughts?

Arno











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Posted by: SirAndy Aug 22 2020, 04:02 PM

The black one seems like a good candidate for a Bumblebee Limited Edition!


@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=104

.

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 22 2020, 04:03 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=24260

I think it is just missing the leading 0, should be 0919527

Posted by: Arno914 Aug 23 2020, 03:44 AM

Thanks, that makes sense. When enlarging the original photo it looks like they did´d set the stamping tool correct on that monday mornig at the karman factory.
And yes, it was a bumblebee most likely. But over the hill...

Arno

Posted by: 74ravenna Mar 28 2021, 04:06 AM

4702900806. An early one. Not mine.

Appears to be Ravenna Green.

FB listing in Saugus, Mass.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1066754140475116?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A6ef34637-7590-4261-ada4-e5287ebde791

Sorry to bother you with this but I don't know how to list a VIN without it appearing in the database as mine.

Thanks
Steve

Posted by: roblav1 Apr 1 2021, 06:44 AM

How do you edit / update a car that's already in the database? Mine shows the previous owner... well, it's now mine and the car is completely different!

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 6 2021, 08:50 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=14943 just add a new entry and add the current info you'd like to share.

We don't "update" a single car record, rather we want to keep a history of ownership.

Posted by: Arno914 Apr 14 2021, 01:04 AM

4752911138 found on an BaT article from 2015 about rust on 914´s.

Posted by: HaraldD Apr 14 2021, 01:54 AM

Found in Germany... ;-)

Posted by: Arno914 Apr 16 2021, 12:55 AM

Hallo Harald,

wo steht der denn? Sieht auf den ersten Blick nicht ganz hoffnungslos aus?
(Where did you see this one?)


Viele Grüße, Arno

Posted by: Dion Apr 16 2021, 09:21 PM

Courtesy of @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=23209 tip.
VIN 4732903656



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Posted by: SirAndy Apr 18 2021, 11:07 AM

Posted by: Arno914 Jun 14 2021, 08:54 AM

Found this one advertised for sale in Germany 06/2021. Unfinished restauration. Apparently 4x new fenders and a bin of parts.

4712914000

Posted by: SirAndy Jun 14 2021, 10:38 AM

Thank you @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=24260


This car appears to have *real* 916 front and rear bumpers!

Posted by: Arno914 Jun 15 2021, 12:31 AM

Those 916 style bumpers were quite popular here in Germany. Mostly seen on cars that were otherwise severely rusted and held together with tons of bondo.

Seller is asking close to 6k, considering the value of the 4 new fenders and the fact that it looks complete might be interresting for parts or an ambitious rebuilt.

Posted by: Arno914 Jun 17 2021, 04:46 AM

For sale in Switzerland 06/2021. Early ´70-4 in original condition.

4702908321

Posted by: Arno914 Jul 29 2021, 10:08 AM

Another one, this time a "6":

9140430244

Currently under restauration in Germany. PO had it stored for many years. Very little rust. On the Celette to check the front end due to a light hit in the past.
Not mine!

Cheers, Arno

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 31 2021, 12:46 PM

Posted by: davep Aug 1 2021, 04:41 PM

Great finds there Arno! The 70 914/4 is the only AMAG 914 that I know of.

Posted by: pete-stevers Sep 5 2021, 01:25 PM

Cut up 722906775 today

Posted by: Arno914 Dec 6 2021, 05:27 AM

Found for sale on eBay Germany today. Not mine.

4722906702

Posted by: dstudeba Dec 9 2021, 11:38 AM

4732993500

To be sold at Copart Hartford on 12/14/2021

https://www.copart.com/lot/63460001/1973-porsche-914-ct-hartford

Posted by: Bullethead Dec 9 2021, 12:06 PM

Meant to add this months ago... 1971 #4712914510, parted out.

Posted by: dstudeba Dec 9 2021, 12:46 PM

4702905105

To be auctioned in Erie, PA by IAAI

https://www.iaai.com/VehicleDetails/41626502?tenant=US&RowNumber=3

Posted by: 914werke Dec 9 2021, 02:53 PM

Torque Thrusts 5x130 @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=2744

Posted by: dstudeba Dec 14 2021, 10:55 AM

4762901970

Old offerup ad https://offerup.com/item/detail/944367777?q=1976+porsche&cid=5.1

Posted by: dstudeba Dec 18 2021, 03:46 PM

https://www.copart.com/lot/69781521/clean-title-1972-porsche-914-fl-miami-north (not mine)

Posted by: dstudeba Dec 23 2021, 10:55 AM

https://offerup.com/item/detail/798595323?q=porsche&cid=5.1

Posted by: BadToTheBown Jan 3 2022, 08:55 PM

4742913845
Looks like it was a junk yard rust bucket made into a vintage race car. Now it is a 914-6 GT tribute with a 2.4L in it....

Posted by: pete000 Apr 1 2022, 04:07 PM

Dead 75 914 looks to be a 1.8 in red. Parked in by a back yard in Michigan.

4752901945


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Posted by: Arno914 May 16 2022, 06:26 AM

Spotted in Cos Cob, CT, last week while on East coast vacation.
Late ´72. Not mine.
Hellhole patched up. Converted to carbs. Could need some (rust) attention.
VIN 4722921345 is already in the database, owner is a member here but inactive for over 10 years.

(Hope it is okay to post pics here.)

Posted by: Arno914 May 19 2022, 06:13 AM

4732904465

Not mine.
Rests on an outdoor playground near Bonn/Germany. Cool place, we spent a friends birthday weekend there, sleeping in an old caravan in a huge indoor (!) campground.
www.basecamp-bonn.de

Cheers, Arno

Posted by: SirAndy May 19 2022, 12:51 PM

Still some usable parts on that flower pot though

Posted by: Arno914 May 21 2022, 12:01 PM

I pried out the chrome washer nozzles beetween two cold ones.

Posted by: FlacaProductions May 21 2022, 12:11 PM

HARD CORE!

Posted by: Arno914 May 27 2022, 08:58 AM

4742904263

Not mine.
For sale in Germany 05/2022.
Used to be a blue (Marathon metallic?) car. In some areas rust had been patched up but might be good for a full restoration?

Posted by: vitamin914 Jun 12 2022, 09:33 AM

VIN R.I.P. (Rust in pieces)


I had the pleasure of meeting Frank Rattasid owner of 86 Auto Recyclers and Nineapart in Wroxeter, Ontario yesterday. Nineapart was dedicated to parting out only Porsche cars.

Frank is retiring and winding down the business. He closed Nineapart in January and he is closing 86 Auto Recyclers at the end of this June.

Frank has five 914s left in his 86 yard and he let me go through them for anything I may need (except for door handles and instruments/consoles). He charged me fair rates for what I took - it was not a fire sale ($450 for 2 targa tops, 4 popup motors, 2 turn light buckets and one rear glass). At the end of this week he said they will be crushed and sent out to be melted for scrap.

The cars are not rebuildable. The rust is extreme on all of them, one has even folded in half. No interior parts worth salvaging. Most are stripped bare, no seats or interior panels. Only three have engines.

I don't need anything from these cars - I didn't really need what I bought either, but I always wonder if there is something else that should be saved before they start a new life as a piece of re-bar in a bridge... Not much time left... Any suggestions if something should still be harvested for the future of the community before crushing?



It is safe to consider these VINs gone.

4742907471
4732913913
4732904934
4742907764
4742900805

Posted by: SirAndy Jun 12 2022, 12:10 PM

Added them to the database, thanks for taking the time to get the VINs ...

Posted by: dstudeba Dec 7 2022, 06:23 PM

https://www.iaai.com/VehicleDetail/34103472~US

Posted by: NARP74 Dec 17 2022, 07:46 PM

Earth to Earth, Rust to Rust this one is going back to its maker.
VIN 4732917401
Colorado Springs salvage yard for a little while longer.
https://upullandpay.com/search-inventory/vehicle?vin=47329174701&vinLocationId=5
Can't get the driver door open to check other plates. Currently black and very rusted. Some decent parts are being salvaged. Interior is almost all scrap, steel wheels, engine and FI still mostly there, trans just taken yesterday, trunk gone, front hood hit with a fork lift. Listed as a 74 on the lot, but VIN says 73.

Sad to see these go.
@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=179

Posted by: 914werke Apr 27 2023, 01:02 PM

Hey @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=179 Ive a puzzler. Was contacted to perform a PPI on local car FS.



https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/snoqualmie-1975-porsche/7613953509.html

Looked it up in the DB & it is listed but as a different car with no member name associated?

Posted by: SirAndy Apr 27 2023, 01:08 PM

@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=453
Could just be a typo.

The entry from 2015 was added by Jim McLeod who sadly is no longer with us.

Posted by: seanpaulmc Sep 17 2023, 03:44 AM

Andy, would you add this VIN to the graveyard?

Not mine, and not much left either.

- VIN: 4742904369

- Details: Sitting dead out behind the barn. Rusted and stripped. Likely used as a parts care so that another one could live on.

- Engine Number: not there

- Chassis Number: 959601

- Build-Date (Sticker on drivers side rear door jamb): 10/7x

- Paintcode: L99A, Delphi Green Metallic



















Little in the way of parts remain. Every panel, if there, is rusted through or bent, usually both. It is a broken, rusted shell but not yet in the 914 VIN database.

Posted by: StarBear Nov 5 2023, 06:51 AM

Ouch. Ugly. VIN is a tad before mine and I think close to Big Len. Probably 10/73 DOT label.

Posted by: anderssj Jan 13 2024, 11:23 AM

Finally getting around to posting. All 3 cars were at the Nordstern Region's get-together at Maplewood (MN) Porsche on September 10, 2023.

First:



Talked to the owner for a few minutes; IIRC he said the car was relatively new to him. Car is listed in the CANAM/LE database. Amazingly clean for a car that appears to have spent it's whole life in MN...

Next:



Car is registered in Wisconsin and used mostly for autocross and other events. Carb'ed/mod'ed engine. Other mod's too as you can see from the frunk hood.

Neither car is in this site's database....

Posted by: anderssj Jan 13 2024, 11:31 AM

Finally, Scott Engebretson's '72:

This picture is from a Nordstern Region event earlier in the year. He was also at the September get-together (you can see his blue car parked behind the green one in the previous post).


Scott visits this site from time to time, but I noticed his car wasn't in our database...

FWIW, I didn't add any of these to the database as they're not "my cars."

Posted by: mnot Mar 18 2024, 08:31 PM

9141430018 1971 Swapped in 3 liter. The original motor may be in Texas. The car has been in Brevard County, Florida since at least 1985.

Posted by: TROJANMAN Apr 15 2024, 11:45 AM

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