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Certificate of Authenticity, How accurate is yours? |
1970 Neun vierzehn |
Sep 15 2007, 11:32 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
Time to time, the Porsche Certificate of Authenticity (CoA) is referenced and not infrequently the data is deemed inaccurate or inconsistent.
I applied and received mine almost 12 years ago and the specification contained therein, though sparse, is accurate. I don't know if the fact that my car was an early example (when record keeping was of more importance), because I applied a (relatively) long time ago, that I had a pretty basic car (compared to later editions), or was just plain lucky that my CoA was not botched. Here's what it looks like, issued October 1995........ Attached image(s) |
davep |
Sep 22 2007, 07:56 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,151 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
We do have a handle on Spanish equipment, but no others I know of. I have tried to contact the person that was able to obtain the info, but have not heard yet.
I suspect it has to do with a particular combination of options. Safety glass, sealed beam headlights, speedo in metric or miles, heated rear window. Such things as a national regulatory body would dictate. Same as smog equipment, seat belts, bumper horns and so on. So why does it show up on USA spec cars? Perhaps that has more to do with the person interpreting the Cardex codes. It may also have to do with the recording of the optional equipment at the factory. It would all be in the codes used in the Cardex. I'd much rather have them give me the codes for my car, the key to the codes, and let me interpret it myself. As far as tinted glass. That was certainly an option. Not very common in Canada, I had to get my door glass at Auto Atlanta years ago. OTOH heated rear windows were seen on almost all 914 in Canada. But lest you think that Canadian cars were copies of US cars, think again. We most certainly had our own owners manuals, and not all the specs are the same, even accounting for the missing fifth of a gallon you poor blokes suffer from. |
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