Trying to confirm my '74 2.0 is numbers matching. |
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914/4: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 914/6: 70 71 72
Trying to confirm my '74 2.0 is numbers matching. |
mapguy |
Jul 5 2014, 01:55 PM
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Freelance Generalist Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 31-January 14 From: Inland Empire, CA Member No.: 16,945 Region Association: Southern California |
All,
I've done a search and found bits here and there, but can't seem to get confirmation. I have thought of doing a COA, but I've heard that they are often missing information, so here goes... One of the reasons I bought my car is that - to my uneducated eye - the numbers seemed to line up and the car is in amazingly original condition. I just pulled the engine and transmission (going through engine and having Dr Evil do the trans) and it was apparent that this was the first time it had been out. All the fasteners looked new under the layers of air-cooled adobe. Anyway, here's what I got: VIN - 4742902957 Door date - 09/73 Engine - GA 006499 Transmission - HA 10093 Karmann Plate - 3749594 From this info, it looks like my car was built Sept 13th, 1973. The Karmann plate is throwing me off with the "4" in there. I can only assume this was because of the model year change? Hopefully the image comes out, as the PO painted over the factory Zambezi Green and the Karmann plate. Also, the engine code appears to be a very late '73. I'm thinking that jives with the early production date for '74. The car has the early gas tank, charcoal can in the front, and silver dot gauges. Thanks for any confirmation. The 914World community has already helped a ton, and I'm proud to finally be a 914 owner regardless. Trying to upload images, but the forum bot keeps giving me the finger. What's the best way to host images so they can be embedded? mapguy |
Outbackskip |
Sep 4 2014, 01:01 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 13-December 11 From: Gassel, The Netherlands Member No.: 13,893 Region Association: Germany |
Hi there,
Here I have some extra info on how some of the numbers are made up. The numbers on the Karmann plate translate to when the chassis was built by karmann; 3749594 37 = week 37 4 = day 4 of the week. this comes to thursday 13th september 1973 95 = number created by porsche 94 = number coming off the production line on that day. The number of the gearbox is usualy date of manufacture, so your box was probably built on the 10th of september 1973 VIN: 4742902957 47 = 914 model 4 cylinder 4 = model year (1974) runs from 2nd half 1973 to half 1974. 29 = Porsche number 02957 = sequence number of assembled car. Sorry, but I don't have any info on the engine number. I hope this helps you a bit. |
JeffBowlsby |
Sep 9 2014, 03:39 PM
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