Fake VIN number, 1970 needs one last number |
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Fake VIN number, 1970 needs one last number |
pgollender |
Jan 17 2015, 08:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 5-July 11 From: Sacramento Member No.: 13,281 Region Association: Northern California |
My 1970 with a california re-assigned ID number is ready to go back on the road after nearly 5 years of restoration. When I bought the car it had a California re-assigned ID number because of a falsified VIN. About 10 years ago there was an investigation by a Fresno police officer that used a Fry's method of recovering the real VIN. His investigation was almost successful, he identified and recovered NINE out of TEN digits. So the car is one of 10 possible.
If the group can help by supplying any of the missing known numbers that would greatly enhance the chance of restoring the true ID number of my vechicle by process of elimination> This is the partial number: 4702905_48. Anybody that has that third digit could respond. If I get lucky, REALLY lucky, I'll have 9 responses. Any help is appreciated. |
Tom_T |
Jan 20 2015, 10:44 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 |
Paul,
You forgot the VIN plate on the right inner headlight bucket/box in the F trunk (VIN is at 4 places on 914s). You'll have to check with DMV, CHP, your local Police/Sheriff's dept. & the one who did the retrieval of the partial VIN, etc. to find out what the law is in this regard, & who can legally do it. I know that they used to sell 914 "bodies in white" (new body shells) for cars severely damaged in an accident, & remark them as you want with the original VIN, & do so with parts removed in repairs where the VIN occurred (really both for any & all cars). Maybe McMark (Mark @ Original Customs advertised on here) &/or one of the other members on here with CA based shops can say more definitively. IIRC - DMV allows reputable body shops to replicate the VINs in conjunction with their repairs, so that would probably be the way to go, unless you check with DMV &/or CHP & they give other info &/or say you can with proper paperwork. Finding the right stamping font may be hard for the fender one - but you can probably find something close. Socalandy on here sells the repro door VIN stickers, so PM to him. ... He may also know about who can stamp them from his 914-6 rebuild - if he had to cut in that inner wheelhouse on his? The easiest way to repro the VIN on the headlight box would probably be to find another junker `70 914/4 & flatten out the VIN & date, then re-stamp in yours. .... unless you can find someone on German eBay or something selling the blanks (there is somebody selling blank Karmann plates on there). For the windshield frame tag you'll probably have to use a generic one of whatever the resto & body shops use, unless you also find blanks of those as above, or can flatten & restamp the appropriate numbers. For all of the above, you'll need both documentation for the correct VIN (a letter from Porsche/PCNA stating that they've researched & reconstructed it for you in addition to the COA will help + the police reports, Fry's thing, etc.) - PLUS you'll want to photo-doc anything where you're modifying another VIN plate to re-stamp as yours. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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