COA help.. Options

[tod914]

Hey gang, just ordered a COA for Das Frog. Seen in some other posts that these can be rather inaccurate and incomplete. Just got a phone message from the women whom is working on it, saying they are checking into a "490" option code. Electric antenna? Car was purchased with no radio. Would the dealership take that out if the client didn't want a radio and install a standard antenna? What else should I ask for on the COA when I call her back? Trans #, Engine #, ? And, is there a way to distinguish which alloy wheels came with the car; fuchs or mahle? John (orginal owner), had them swapped out for steelies.

Thanks, Tod

[Tom_T]

Tod, send her pix of both the engine & transaxle case #'s & they may put both on your COA. Also check the other color & equipment codes vs. actual on the car. It took me 3 tries & a call to the Customer Care GM to get them to correct their erroneous interior color to Beige using Jeff's pix of dealer color code docs. Froggy & mine have the same code.

It's beyond me why somebody would by a fully equipped 914-2.0 & opt off the Fuchs 2L wheels for steelies!!?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

I can understand if they preferred ta straight-up trade for the Pedrini's or Mahle Baby-Gasburners .... but steelies!!?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

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Dave, that 73 window sticker is for VIN...15228, out of some 27,660 in 73, so I'm guessing it's about Jan-Mar 73 build date.

In deference to TC who worked at dealerships in the `70's IIRC, & to Jeff's unparalleled research - I can't say if they meant Fuchs by the "pressure cast" nomenclature, because we're talking about translation for German to English, and then variances by whomever did the Munroney sticker at the POE - of which there were always wide variations of wording, terms & even errors back in the day (they're much more consistent & accurate today on new cars).

But Yes, they did offer the Fuchs 2L wheels painted with the centers in orange, yellow & ?? as an option for any 914, including 74 LE's. In fact on Jeff's LE website he shows the Japan market LE - all of which were equipped with Fuchs 2L painted in the centers.

There was also a member on here who posted a pic of the day they took delivery of a 914 mounting Fuchs 2L's with the painted centers, & IIRC it was a 74 2.0 non-LE car.

Lastly, I have a set of the orange center Fuchs 2L wheels which I'd bought off a guy with a 75 or 76 which had them on from the factory, which I'd planned on stripping & refinishing by Al Reid for my 2L's resto. But I picked up SoCalAndy's set of already refinished ones by Al Reid, & they're now surplus to me.

So I'll just sell those to somebody who want the Signal Orange & will restore them as such. IIRC I posted pix of them on the O&H wheels & tires thread as an FYI on type.

BTW - one way to tell the factory painted ones, is that they used to proper aluminum yellow-green zinc-chromate primer, the same stuff as used on aluminum aircraft skins & parts, under the the color coat paint.



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The ones I have, a DAPPO had painted them over in silver, then the PO/seller cleaned the silver off of 4 of them ...



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