Kardex Question Options

[Rusty]

I posted in the garage before... I got two COAs from Porsche last month. I wasn't happy with some of the information on the... including codes and colors that were obviously inaccurate (i.e. there was no "cinnamon interior" in 1973). I understand stuff happens, but for a hundred bucks for a piece of paper, I want it to be correct.

So I wrote them back, asking for corrections. That was a month ago. There were some delays as they were working out the "new paper" or whatever for the Kardex's. Okay.

I got a reply yesterday saying that they would not put the original dealership on the COAs because of "privacy concerns". I thought that used to be one of the selling points of the Kardex.

My 914-6 will probably never be concours... but I'm thinking that the Aubergine car has potential to be really special again. I had hoped these documents would help me in that arena.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Cheers,
Lawrence

[Pat Garvey]

I posted in the garage before... I got two COAs from Porsche last month. I wasn't happy with some of the information on the... including codes and colors that were obviously inaccurate (i.e. there was no "cinnamon interior" in 1973). I understand stuff happens, but for a hundred bucks for a piece of paper, I want it to be correct.

So I wrote them back, asking for corrections. That was a month ago. There were some delays as they were working out the "new paper" or whatever for the Kardex's. Okay.

I got a reply yesterday saying that they would not put the original dealership on the COAs because of "privacy concerns". I thought that used to be one of the selling points of the Kardex.

My 914-6 will probably never be concours... but I'm thinking that the Aubergine car has potential to be really special again. I had hoped these documents would help me in that arena.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Lawrence,

I think the purity-of-information provided by the Kardex is history. I got the first COA's for my cars when they cost $10 & they still didn't disclosed the dealers (which are both long gone). When I got the second set, because I'm a bonehead & lost the first, they were $20 & told me the same stuff. Iwas unaware that these things had gone up to $100! My $20 set was only 5 years ago - what's going on there?

However, I do have the as-delivered info for each, which matches the cars (sans dealer name). So, it is still useful info.

With that, I'm very curious about your Aubergine car. That's always been one of my favorite colors, but don't haven't ever seen it as origianal to a 914. Not that it couldn't have been "paint-to-sample". What's the story? Pic's?

Pat G.