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Old 02-27-2012, 08:47 PM
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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.
Found it--not too hard to find it is a little to the rear of the ignition control (spark box) unit. The number matches the vin number at the base of the windshield = 9288200342 rather than 9288200319 that is on the label in the drivers door jam.
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Old 02-27-2012, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 86'928S MeteorGrey
When are you going to start adding onto your garage?



You are a lucky man, James...
Had a company out last week to look at the site and get me an estimate on an 8 car double tall garage!!!
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Old 05-20-2012, 10:15 AM
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Default an interesting piece...
I've been trying to figure out at what point during RoW production did the US car production begin.
I haven't had anything concrete, and the number has fluctuated from around 500 to 300 (RoW cars built).

So here another piece of anecdotal info from our RoW #579 car:



Found this underneath the glove box.

Not exactly sure what to make of it, but #644 is not near #579.

Would be interesting is the number represented a cumulative build of both RoW & US. If that was the case, that would mean 514 RoW cars were built before US prod. began. Also meaning, 65 US cars were built before RoW #579.

Long story short, this number is very close to my original estimate. FWIW.
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Old 05-21-2012, 08:11 AM
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great slueth work!
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Another date from the RoW #579 car. Door panel.

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Old 06-04-2012, 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by pcar928fan
Had a company out last week to look at the site and get me an estimate on an 8 car double tall garage!!!
You know that won't be big enough .... for one of every MY with a car stacker in each bay!!

Edit: or is that the addition? ...
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Dont know if it matters, or helps..but here are my "VINS"

Looks like a production date of 9/77 (hard to read)
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Originally Posted by AirtekHVAC
Dont know if it matters, or helps..but here are my "VINS"

Looks like a production date of 9/77 (hard to read)
That's what I read.

Here's the VIN tag from US #0029, built just before your's. Thanks for taking the time to do this!

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dang..the good shot is not coming through....gotta figure out how to resize it...sorry, mac noob...
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the funny thing about mine and #29....they were originally the same color...I wonder if they ran them in "color batches" on the assembly line?!
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ok...lets try again...

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Originally Posted by AirtekHVAC
tI wonder if they ran them in "color batches" on the assembly line?!
They tried to as much as possible. Every color change meant some down time. Only in past 10 years or so it has been possible to change really quickly and it doesn't matter anymore.
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Originally Posted by Dave928S
You know that won't be big enough .... for one of every MY with a car stacker in each bay!!

Edit: or is that the addition? ...
That would be the addition! 6 attached, plus now looks more like it might be 9 double tall plus still able to park 2-3 in front of the R/V... Should be just about enough room for the collection...
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I'll add pics of my new car once I get it cleaned up and can verify the numbers. For now its 1978
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VIN 9288200848
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For those interested in '77-78 production numbers and build dates, I've designed this resource to help understand more about an interesting first model/year for the Porsche 928; 1978
http://928classics.com/resources/77-...rs-build-dates
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