I have a ex race car body shell here and the only VIN is the one on the inner guard area. I have got all bar the fifth digit. I have tried pencil rubbing/sanding but I still can't make it out.Looks like 4742?19063
Any help you be great

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That Sure looks like a "5" to me

Hi Thanks, by the 1974 vin numbers maybe it should be a 9.

That sounds right. Based on the vin table on p914 and the first 4 digits being 4742, the fifth digit must be a 9.

I agree. 29 was the code for Karmann

There is this button at the top of the page the says "914 info". Hit that and all will be revealed.

If it still has the original dash top (doesn't look like it in the pic) the number is sometimes hand written under this panel.

That number is usually the chassis number not the VIN and even it isn't always accurate. It is supposed to match the chassis number in the trunk (depending on MY). Some people have reported names written on that piece (usually a woman's name) instead of the chassis number.

PS: RHD - very cool modification.

Yes, it has to be 47429....

Which also means it is/was a factory 4 with either 1.8 or 2.0 flat 4 - not 6. I just mention this due to your screen name & in case you're thinking that it was a factory 914-6.

And as others have said above, the 29 is for the Karmann plant where the 914 4s were built/completed, but only the shells for the 914-6s were made there during 70-72 MYs, then bodies shipped to Stuttgart for Porsche to finish - ergo a different VIN.


Tom
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Thanks all, yes it has been right hand drive converted , also the windscreen frame has been chopped off . The guy I got it off said it had a 928 V8 in it and was a race track only car. I was thinking it might return some day as a street car with a 6 (no parts from my genuine 6 will be ratted)
I was wanting to confirm the vin so I could add it to the 914 register.
I also another chopped up parts car in my 40ft shipping container that is buried ATM one day I'll have a clean out and see if I can find its VIN also.