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COA, How to get one? |
70_914 |
Mar 7 2010, 01:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 395 Joined: 4-December 09 From: Roy, WA Member No.: 11,096 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I am interested in obtaining a Certificate of Authenticity, but would like a little information about how to go about getting one. Sorry if this topic has already been done, but the search system seems to think I am the first one ever to think of this...
Since it will say Porsche on the top will it cost more than my car is worth? Will the CoA actually have any useful information on it? Thanks in advance for all the help. On a side note- since this is a topic about the history of my car, will it be deleted and forced to be started in the originality and history section? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/KMA.gif) |
Tom_T |
Mar 7 2010, 02:53 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
COA ran about $115 as of last year, & Porsche Club of America gets a discount IIRC. PCA & Porsche Cars of North America (PCNA) both have the pdf COA forms to fill out & mail in.
Accuracy from PCNA varies & it may take some persistence to get it corrected if they make a mistake, but their policy is NOT to charge for redo's & corrections (& maybe not for dupes IIRC). There actually are several other posts at 914world - perhaps more so at O&H than Garage forums, if you want to read up on others' woes. Many folks have no trouble at all, and it may vary with the old records (Kardex) info. quality still at hand, &/or those doing the research. My story - it took them 3 tries to get it right because they were confused as to reading their older interior codes, & kept listing my Beige interior as black, plus they had record of only 2 of the options on the car & none of the 2.0L engine/model. This ended up with me having to do the research on the color codes (mostly online), options/included on the upscaled 914-2.0/"914S" for the 73 MY, & to send them pix of my 2L engine case number. All of which I'd have expected them to have in their records & know how to read them correctly for a particular model & year! I also had to track down the manager of their customer service dept. to finally get it corrected, although without the "missing" options on it ..... but sometimes life is too short! Who knows - maybe you'll be lucky & get your COA all correct the first time through, as 70 MY had either 4 or 6 & that's obvious from the VIN alone. If not, be prepared to do some research & persistence with them to get it correct. PM me if you get stuck with them, & I'll give you the dept. VP's email to get it taken care of (hopefully). Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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