Production Report, Better Than COA Options

[914Sixer]

I got my Kardex report on the Creamsicle. This report has more information than the COA from Porsche. COA from Porsche on another Creamsicle. Lots of dealer stuff not listed.

[wonkipop]

as i understand it - this is a kardex (at least one dating from the 70s or period when 914/6s were built). porsche recorded the actual chassis (vin #) engine number and gearbox number as stick on labels or glued down labels on the actual build sheet as they went. thus the records are all on one document for the stuttgart final assembly cars.



i have never seen a build sheet for a 914/4. ie a karmann built and assembled 4 cylinder car.
i do have a VW build sheet from that period for a 73 412 built at another VW plant.
the build sheets were as i understand it standardized throughout the various VW factories, of which karmann was one. VW part owned and controlled it.



VW did not enter the engine numbers, gearbox numbers or vin numbers on the build sheet as they went. the car was assembled using the production number (sometimes called the karmann plate number on 914s) and engine and gearbox types and code numbers. the vins and serial numbers were recorded at the end of the line on a separate document. a document i have never sighted.

the normal protocol at most VW plants was that the build sheet was taped to a door.



it looks to me like they taped the build sheet to the windscreen of 914s on the production assembly line at karmann. but its hard to find images of sufficient clarity to be certain.
but the build sheets must have been on the car somewhere.



VW are able to provide thorough documentation of cars normally thought of as VW models and built at VW factories. their classic certificates confirm engine numbers etc.
they obviously have final documentation which links the build sheet (order) to the final serial numbers of the major components and the Vin number assigned at the end of the production line.

there is no kardex for the 4 cylinder cars. they were not built by porsche using porsche order protocols - they follow volkswagen production order protocols and systems.