GerritD

Hi,

I recently purchased a Euro 928 (4.5L) of 1980. One of the last 4.5L's. It was originally Grand Prix White but I bought it , painted silver.
I want to restore the car in its original state.

My question is : where/how can I retrieve the history of this car when it was new. So the exact model with the original options, based on the chassis nr.

I also own an MG and I know for the english cars you can request a heritage form in England of your car.

Is this also possible for my Porsche ? And where can I get such a form ?

thnx

Gerrit

pcar928fan

Gerrit,

Your car was certainly not one of the last 4.5L engine cars as they continued on through the '82 model year both in the US and Europe.

In the US for our US cars imported by PCNA (Porsche Cars North America...or whatever it was called back in the early days of the 928) you can get an Authenticity form that shows exactly how the car was delivered from PCAG and I think it also has the sticker price on the form as well. I have no idea if you can get that for Euro cars.

Good luck with your car! Should be WAY FASTER than that MG! I grew up with and '80 Triumph Spitfire and miss it dearly, but it was not much of a car when compared to the German iron I have today!

Landseer

And, besides that, post you VIN and somebody with access to PET7 might be able to tell you the options for the specific car.

Leon Speed

Hi Gerrit, welcome.

In the boot, under the cargo cover there should be a sticker with the option numbers.

You can get 'birth certificate' from Porsche for EUR 100 but some have reported that not always the full informations such as options are included.

Deantec

I was looking for the same thing i have the sticker under the cover but all it has on it C03 the rest is blank should there be option codes any where else on the car

Vilhuer

Early MY stickers can be almost blank. PET has usually at least few more options listed.

jpitman2

My 83 has no boot sticker,nor any sign there was one. Fortunately I have a copy of the invoice, and the owners manual, which both list the option codes. I would try asking factory for a list based on the VIN.
jp 83 Euro S AT 52k

Ad0911

Hi Gerrit,
Greetings from Holland! Welcome to the group with your 928. White is beautiful on these cars. What colour is the interior?

As far as I know, you can buy a Cardex print at your Porsche dealer. It will set you back approx EUR 100 I believe!

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GerritD

Hi guys, thank you all for the great support and welcome messages

I retrieved my VIN number = 92A0820833. Is there any one with access to the PET7 who can provide me what options my car had ?
The current configuration of my 928 of 1980 is :
- leather & electrical seats
- autom airco
- no sunroof
- autom transmission 3speed
- 16inch Teledial wheels
- adjustable headlights
- arm rest at the back with built in
- Outside View Mirror Passenger Side

Vilhuer

C20 Holland
M249 Automatic transmission
M422 Blaupunkt Bamberg radio

As PET don't have color codes its possible these will not show in option list.

Could have been standard in S model in some markets.

Should not have it as M650 is not listed.

As code says.

These should probably be 7" flat discs. 16" teledial was option in S but there should be code for it listed.

Standard in most ROW markets.

Standard in S.

Standard in most markets, especially in S model.

Leon Speed

Were there specific model features for Holland (then)?

GerritD

Vilhuer, wow this is quite some interesting information. Strangely enough, it looks like my car was a 928 S although it is a 4.5L, because I found some caracteristics of the S, such as rear quarter windows have a wide dark edge just where the S-spoiler could have been put. Also the options you mention, are indeed on most S versions. Could it be an early S but with the 4.5L engine ?

Vilhuer

Nothing major difference compared to for example German cars. Probably English language instruments and owners manual etc which are market specific changes.

VIN says its S, not even particulary early '80 MY. It should have 300hp M28/12 engine, S model spoilers front and back, larger S model brakes (though these became standard in all ROW cars in middle of '80 MY), four spoke steering wheel which wasn't used in 4.5L base model until '82 MY (except US Competition Group option cars), higher redline tacho and all other S model features.

BigAl1

At what Serial Number did the brakes change to larger S version? I'm asking because I'll be looking at a 1980 Euro on Wed. evening, shopping for my first 928...

Thanks

BigAl1

pcar928fan

The S4 brakes (they are black and say "PORSCHE" on them) changed mid year 1986, but prior to that all S and competition package cars had bigger brakes than the normal 928OB (Original Body) had.