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| jmargush |
 Aug 18 2011, 10:27 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 484 Joined: 8-June 04 From: Goshen, IN Member No.: 2,176  |
What information can be pulled form a VIN number?
Is it possible to tell what displacement engine the car originally had? 4702902691 I know the second 2 numbers tell it was a 1970 MY |
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| type47 |
Aug 18 2011, 10:30 AM
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Viermeister Group: Members Posts: 4,254 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Vienna, VA Member No.: 994 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Not much. Since your's is a '70 914-4, it came from the factory with a 1.7L D-Jet engine and 5 speed manual transmission. There are other tags about build date and paint code but they are not on the VIN tag.
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| jmargush |
Aug 18 2011, 10:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 484 Joined: 8-June 04 From: Goshen, IN Member No.: 2,176 |
QUOTE(type47 @ Aug 18 2011, 08:30 AM)  Not much. Since your's is a '70 914-4, it came from the factory with a 1.7L D-Jet engine and 5 speed manual transmission. There are other tags about build date and paint code but they are not on the VIN tag. thanks didnt know if thye made 2.0 in 1970 or not |
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| type47 |
Aug 18 2011, 10:36 AM
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Viermeister Group: Members Posts: 4,254 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Vienna, VA Member No.: 994 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
4 cylinder 2.0 first installed in '73.
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| Dave_Darling |
Aug 18 2011, 10:42 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,196 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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QUOTE(jmargush @ Aug 18 2011, 09:27 AM) 4702902691 47 == 914-4 0 == 1970 model year 29 == Karmann plant 02691 == Series number within the 1970 model year. That's all the information that's in there. You can pay PCNA (Porsche Cars North America) a C-note or it might be more now for a "Certificate of Authenticity". It will probably tell you the original engine number, but I'm not sure if all of them do. And the certificates are transcribed from hand-written notes and often enough have errors, particularly in the option codes associated with a particular VIN. ...Then again, as a 1970 914-4, we know that this would originally have come with a W-code 1.7 liter engine with D-jetronic fuel injection. --DD |
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| SirAndy |
Aug 18 2011, 11:29 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,245 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(jmargush @ Aug 18 2011, 09:33 AM) didnt know if thye made 2.0 in 1970 or not http://www.914world.com/specs/productionnumbers.php http://www.914world.com/specs/engnumbs.php (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) |
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| type47 |
Aug 18 2011, 12:14 PM
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Viermeister Group: Members Posts: 4,254 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Vienna, VA Member No.: 994 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
!!!!! Your VIN is not in the world database! Go up to "914 Info" in the top right then go to "Members VIN numbers" and add the details of your car or follow the following link
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=membervins |
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