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DC_neun_vierzehn |
Mar 15 2021, 06:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 377 Joined: 16-November 20 From: Delaware Shore Member No.: 24,893 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Hello.
I understand that Porsche North America no longer issues Certificates of Authenticity. I heard they now offer other types of certificates/verification. Can someone elaborate? I've not been able to find anything on this topic via Google or the search function here on 914 World. Thanks in advance. |
Minerva's 914 |
Mar 16 2021, 04:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 24-December 15 From: Chapel Hill, NC Member No.: 19,489 Region Association: South East States |
Apparently Porsche felt they had to change the method of "certifying" Porsches from sending out the old COA which listed the numbers to inspecting the car and then documenting that the numbers are correct because if a person has the numbers then they can forge them unto a car transforming a run of the mill classic into a multimillion dollar copy which may have happened to Seinfeld
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/jerry-se...edster-carrera/ |
Superhawk996 |
Mar 16 2021, 08:02 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,770 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Apparently Porsche felt they had to change the method of "certifying" Porsches from sending out the old COA which listed the numbers to inspecting the car and then documenting that the numbers are correct because if a person has the numbers then they can forge them unto a car transforming a run of the mill classic into a multimillion dollar copy which may have happened to Seinfeld https://www.automobilemag.com/news/jerry-se...edster-carrera/ I'd argue that COA had nothing to do with that problem. Do we really think that the Porsche Classic Partners have some guy in the back of the shop that has more expertise than Seinfeld, Gooding & Company, various Concours judges, and/or Frio had available to them? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) The whole story never really made sense. Why didn't Frio use Maxted-Page Limited to do a PPI when it was initially purchased? Would have saved him about $1M. I once was duped on a 914/6 transaction that went bad. It was actually a car that had the 914/6 windshield vin plate and right front fender VIN moved over from somewhere. Proabaly to a /4. Luckily I discovered it only 1 hour after purchasing the car. Fought like hell with the seller, and got 90% of my money back same day on a $9k transaction and title was never transfered to my name. However, I was still at fault for having pulled the trigger on the purchase. No different if you do it on a $9k deal or a $1M deal. Buyer beware. Do a PPI. COA means nothing. For OP @DC_neun_vierzehn . . . contact @DaveP . He can do something very similar to COA to get you details of your vehicle as-built. His fee is resonable given the work involved. I used him and was highly satisfied with the result of his research. |
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