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1975 Door DOT/VIN Sticker - Was CA different? |
DaveB |
Mar 11 2022, 10:29 PM
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JeffBowlsby |
Mar 14 2022, 09:00 AM
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As I recall Porsche reassumed a controlling interest in the 914 in late 1974, so I wonder if the change in labeling was related to that?
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wonkipop |
Mar 14 2022, 03:32 PM
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As I recall Porsche reassumed a controlling interest in the 914 in late 1974, so I wonder if the change in labeling was related to that? labels seem to change across entire VW range, consistent with 914s. its a VAG thing? VWs get germany on the label like 14s. later germany changes to west germany, have seen that on 79 beetle label. also - whatever is on the vin label is mandated by USA feds. you couldn't make up any or add extra words. even specified exact ht of letters. if they had to add in germany, the feds told them to do it. germany versus west germany thing is interesting. that would be unrelated to VW - something to do with germany's official name in international law/relations. i read about that once somewhere but can't remember exactly how it all went in terms of official names for east and west germany in cold war era. i'm guessing if you searched hard enough you would come across VW fed vin labels exactly matching all the different types of 914 labels that davep has listed above. including the rare one he points out. probably for approx same time period. also 911 labels of same era. probably germany appears right about the same time. VW north america were handling the import of 911s into the USA and distribution? |
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