Porsche building cars without a VIN? (911), 914s also, maybe? |
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Porsche building cars without a VIN? (911), 914s also, maybe? |
74ravenna |
Jul 11 2017, 04:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 471 Joined: 19-October 14 From: nh Member No.: 18,032 Region Association: North East States |
Hi all,
Last week a coworker sent me a photo of a 911 without a VIN. Its a factory built race car that the owner bought new around 1970 (i think) and put the car away, never really drove it i guess. To look at the photo you'd think it was a nut and bolt restoration, but its all original! So, did Porsche actually build cars without a VIN in situations like this? I can't help but think that they had to put some sort of numbers/ID on it. Did they build any 914s in this same manner? Steve |
Darren C |
Jul 13 2017, 05:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 26-December 14 From: Chichester UK Member No.: 18,255 Region Association: England |
"Body in White" is a generic name used by ALL European car manufacturers given to a new bodyshell that has not been allocated an identity.
Colour has nothing to do with it. The word "White" is used as in a "blank" sheet of paper At Rolls-Royce our Bodies in white arrive in Grey primer. |
Tom_T |
Jul 13 2017, 07:51 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
"Body in White" is a generic name used by ALL European car manufacturers given to a new bodyshell that has not been allocated an identity. Colour has nothing to do with it. The word "White" is used as in a "blank" sheet of paper At Rolls-Royce our Bodies in white arrive in Grey primer. I've never seen a Porsche BIW, but given that the factory parts always came in that dark reddish primer, I'd venture a guess that that was the color of the 1960s-70s era BIWs for 911s/912s/914s as well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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