danglerb

Is the date on the seat very reliable for dating?

I'm thinking its kind of secondary, collaborating maybe, but not a primary date indicator.

bradartigue

If it helps, Porsche doesn't know when my car was built or what color it was or what it cost. I therefore believe that 9289200459 (my car) is the fabled "made entirely of gold for the US market" and I will offer it here for $79,248,000, or roughly $1600 per ounce. Anyone? I mean a car so rare Porsche doesn't even admit it exists...

"We would like to advise you that some of the information for your vehicle was not recorded and/or no longer available and therefore cannot be printed on your Certificate. We would like to make you aware of those items as well as ask if you still wish for us to process your order. The information that is missing is the MSRP. Production Date, Interior Color & Material"

Jadz928

It's closer than I can get with anything else. The is no build date stickers on RoW 928s.
Since the Recaro factory is so close to Zuffenhausen, I surmise the seat delivery lead-time was short (due to inventory purposes).

As a datapoint: My #6 car was finished being build Feb. 22, 1977. Seats were marked Feb 10, 1977.


At minimum, based on the Sept. 30, 1977 seat date stamp, I know RoW #579 wasn't finished until at least early Oct 77.

This makes my estimate interesting because I figured 529 RoW's were built before Aug 77. So based on this new info, leaves only 50 RoW built in Aug and Sept. combined. The is something about my linear application that is not adding up.

I would be interested to know the VIN of a RoW 928 with a seat stamp of July 77.

danglerb

I hope you can get to the bottom of this.

I just wasn't sure it was right to use de seat in the calculations. Seriously, don't seats get moved around too much, maybe even last minute changes during production?

Also I am wondering if production was linear, or something of a batch operation?

Optimator

RoW 289 has a seat stamp of June 25th 1977

pcar928fan

Jon, is that a 5spd or auto?

Optimator

It has 5-speed transaxle #75

pcar928fan

Well over half of those early ROW cars were 5spds, I wonder what the earliest auto is in the US? We know who has the earliest 5spd!

Jadz928

Thank you!

So my linear approach is not accurate. Clearly, 8 cars per day was more like 6 cars/day.
More importantly, it appears the RoW production is late July/early August nearly came to a halt as US production went underway (with an attempt to fulfill US dealer order ASAP).

I think there is a guy up near Philly that has the earliest AT I know of.... maybe you should look into it, James.

pcar928fan

Jim,

Maybe I'll look at that! I only bought ONE 928 last week! LOL!

vze2jshn

My US '78 has a black door jam sticker that says MFG date is 01/78 with vin # 9288200319 BUT my windshield metal tab says vin 9288200342 ??

Vilhuer

What is stamped into body in right side of engine bay next to shock mount and ignition module? That stamping is hardest to change and should be real VIN of the body regardless what any sticker or car papers say.

vze2jshn

I'll have to check that 3rd vin spot. Thanks

Vilhuer

Stamping is fairly difficult to find. Its location is visible on wheel opening side.

86'928S MeteorGrey

When are you going to start adding onto your garage?



You are a lucky man, James...