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914-6 A-Pillar VIN plate with two different fonts? |
SirAndy |
Feb 24 2020, 10:54 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,614 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Is this normal or is there something bad going on here?
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bandjoey |
Feb 25 2020, 12:28 AM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,923 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Interesting to see the reverse side to look at the stamp. Of the hundreds of vin plates seen on this site, none look like that.
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banananose914 |
Feb 25 2020, 12:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 235 Joined: 20-November 13 From: california Member No.: 16,681 Region Association: None |
Every one of the 6 A-pillar VIN plates I have seen look like this. Mine included. It appears that the factory stamped them with the 914 and then later on stamped the rest of the numbers. I have seen this on early steering wheels as well, where a 3 was stamped over with a 4 that didn't match the existing 4 stamped on the wheel. I thought it was an anomaly, until I saw another steering wheel with the same stamp. Jim |
sixnotfour |
Feb 25 2020, 02:21 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,419 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Real Deal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I have 390
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EdwardBlume |
Feb 25 2020, 04:11 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
Looks like 3 different 4's.
We all know that Germans are really that precise.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) |
mepstein |
Feb 25 2020, 06:13 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,255 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Every one of the 6 A-pillar VIN plates I have seen look like this. Mine included. It appears that the factory stamped them with the 914 and later on stamped the rest of the numbers. I have seen this on early steering wheels as well, where a 3 was stamped over with a 4. I thought it was an anomaly, until I saw another steering wheel with the same stamp. Jim They did it a lot with the steering wheels. Makes them look fake if you just see one. |
sbsix |
Feb 25 2020, 09:05 AM
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only the lead dog enjoys a change in scenery... Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 10-January 12 From: Santa Barbara, CA Member No.: 13,990 Region Association: Southern California |
Agree with banananose914, all the 914-6 VIN pillar tags I have seen are punched that way. Although I have seen repro tags that are too uniform and really look odd.
I have a euro-spec 914-6 that does not have the pillar tag but I had one made by Car Bone in Poland that’s perfect, just to have one. I won’t ever put it on the car. |
914Sixer |
Feb 25 2020, 11:57 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,875 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region |
914-6's were finished by Porsche so they used 911 style not the kind used by Karmman . Looks real to me.
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SirAndy |
Feb 25 2020, 12:30 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,614 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Thanks folks, move along, nothing to see here ...
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davep |
Feb 25 2020, 09:12 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,137 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
Yes, the 914 is different from the rest of it.
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Mikey914 |
Feb 25 2020, 09:36 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,649 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
My guess is this is how they designated the build was a 6. Porsche then finished the tag when it was "born"
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SirAndy |
Feb 26 2020, 01:08 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,614 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
My guess is this is how they designated the build was a 6. Porsche then finished the tag when it was "born" I doubt it since the A-Pillar tags were US only and Karman made the bodies for both the ROW /6 and US /6 cars. All /6 cars were finished at Porsche ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
Mikey914 |
Feb 26 2020, 01:31 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,649 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
It is interesting, in that the process was broken up. I wonder when in production the tags were actually attached? We may never know.
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gandalf_025 |
Feb 26 2020, 09:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 25-June 09 From: North Shore, Massachusetts Member No.: 10,509 Region Association: North East States |
Never mind
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dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Feb 26 2020, 10:48 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,832 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
the 914-6 plate looked always like it was hand made, the four cylinder plate had a sculpted perimeter and looked machine made, but the one pictured, has clearly had the numbers modified.
Is this normal or is there something bad going on here? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-179-1582606099.jpg) |
SirAndy |
Feb 26 2020, 12:36 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,614 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
... but the one pictured, has clearly had the numbers modified. @dr914@autoatlanta.com (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Feb 26 2020, 01:04 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,832 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
yes clearly modified and so are these! (especially that LAST one!!!!& #33;)[attachmenti
d=732080] ... but the one pictured, has clearly had the numbers modified. @dr914@autoatlanta.com (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Attached thumbnail(s) |
dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Feb 26 2020, 01:13 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,832 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
notice that the 71 has three DIFFERENT "ones" on the tag
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Johny Blackstain |
Feb 26 2020, 01:39 PM
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Walnut Elite Stratocaster player Group: Members Posts: 3,434 Joined: 5-December 06 From: The Shenandoah River Member No.: 7,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Looks like I've got 2 different font fours, ones and nines. First four numbers are askew and a larger size compared to the next six
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dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Feb 26 2020, 01:59 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,832 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
wow just amazing how many of these sixes have had the numbers modified! Wonder if there is even ONE out there where all of the numbers match? Of course none of the 72 models were exported (we have two here) so cannot look at those, and this other 71 we have here is a euro edition so it too does not have a windshield plate
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