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vin question, two number plates missing |
drifter914 |
Jun 29 2019, 05:27 PM
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drifter914 Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 12-May 13 From: pearce, arizona 85625 Member No.: 15,863 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Hi Guys... I bought a '74 914 with Indiana title showing the same vin as on the windshield frame tag & the tag riveted to passenger side front wheelwell. Both of these tags are easily replaceable.
The vin sticker inside driver door jamb is missing & the number stamped on top of pass. wheelwell has been ground off ... gone ! The number stamped inside rear trunk floor on pass. side is a different number & is only 7 digits. Should this number be the same as vin ? So... so do I have a vin swap situation here... ? I can understand maybe removing the sticker inside the driver door jamb for a repaint, but to grind off the number stamped into the metal on top of front pass. wheelwell seems very intentional & for what purpose ? Is the number stamped inside rear trunk floor supposed to match vin on title ? Not completely sure what I have here... possible vin swap ? I feel the number in rear trunk floor may be key to solution. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) What say you ... Thanks... Terry in Az |
914 RZ-1 |
Jun 29 2019, 10:40 PM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
IIRC, the 7-digit trunk number is the chassis number. There is a decoder on this site. That will tell you when the car was made. It should coincide with the VIN you have. For example my car has a VIN code and chassis number that indicate it was made in Feb of 1972.
My window VIN was cut off and my door sticker was messed up. I got new ones. I had the VIN on the fender and on the plate in the frunk so I had confidence in the numbers matching. I also left the paint code tag off since I painted my car a non-standard color. If you can, post a picture of the ground-off VIN on the fender well. |
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