 Help decode a mystery vin, 119126626 |
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| Matt Monson |
 Oct 7 2005, 09:55 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 9-August 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 4,562 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
So,
I know some of you guys like VIN and engine mysteries. We have a car here that we can't ID. Title says it is a '69 911. It is a T sun roof and a Karmann body with a '68 production date. Engine serial number is 6177521. I am not finding either this engine number or chassis number listed in any of the books I have available to me. The engine serial number starts out like a late '77 2.7l case, but the rest of it doesn't jibe. And the type number has been filed off of it. Any thoughts are appreciated... |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Oct 7 2005, 10:14 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
The chassis number is in the 69-71 book. The engine number appears bogus. Look at the casting # on the side of the case. The Cap'n
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| ArtechnikA |
Oct 7 2005, 10:25 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
it'd be a '69 Karmann T - if '69 VIN's went that high...looks like the high-number sequence number is 3561... '617' should be a '67 T but pre-'69 engine numbers were 6 digits.
i don't see the chassis number in the Spec book but the Cap'n has access to more books than i do ... |
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| Matt Monson |
Oct 7 2005, 10:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 9-August 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 4,562 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
We pretty much figured the engine number was bogus. The stamps are all squirrely, and appears to be restamped. The driver's side case is the correct part number for a 901/16, but there is so much muck, I can't read the passengerside one. We are kind of thinking someone may have mismatched a case. Either that, or when they restamped the case, they were stoned and instead of 6197521, they stamped it with a 7 in the third position. The lengths some people will go to to keep something "numbers correct". It is a 911t for god's sake...
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