RFJ

As above, would some chime in with check for vin # wpozzz92zgs861197 its an 86.5 5 speed thats all i know. Its been said that pet will tell you but i can't seem to figure it out. I have pet 7.0. thank you ,Ray

Cosmo Kramer

Where did you get the VIN number from? If it is a North American car it shouldn't have the zzz in it, but sometimes the one on the body by the front fender has that one. You should get it from under the driver side windshield.

PET automatically corrected the VIN and this is what it said.

Nice options! Too bad no LSD but has all the other good stuff.

Th Dude

Today must be "86 5-speed Euro Day" here on the Rennlist.....
https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...of-delete.html

RFJ

Thanks Ted,but i don't get it. Two serial numbers? Windshield says wpo jb0923gs862677 is that what it changed to? lost again.Thank you again,Ray

RFJ

Well there is something else, I bought the car in parts, guy who owned it took it all apart and then never did anything else with it so who knows what i really have. best,Ray

Tom. M

The vin on the fender (passenger side) is the body in white vin (the vin assigned to the car as it is being made). The vin in the window should be the same as the fender one....except for US cars..it would be changed from WP0ZZZ....to WP0JB0.. the rest of the numbers would be the same.
What does the sticker in the door say? does it match the fender numbers (last 4)..or the window numbers?

Cosmo Kramer

OK here are the options from the second VIN from the windshield. Does that VIN match the one on the door jam? The first VIN you provided with the zzz must have come from the passenger fender. The last 11 digits don't match the windshield so it must have been replaced somewhere along the way.

BC

Is the ability to do that online somewhere or do you specifically need PET?

Rob Edwards

I'm not aware of any online source for VIN decoding. In PET 7.1 (and I would assume 7.2) you just enter the VIN in the VIN SEARCH box, and then click on INFO in the Car Identification box that pops up. This'll show all the option codes.

Vilhuer

PET used web when it finds those options. There is Porsche extranet page where data comes from. No, I'm not going to give it out.

RFJ

Well there is no tags on the drivers door as some must have removed when it was repainted,and a very poor job was done of it. Also pet tells me its a 4.7 motor and motor # is m 28/43 make any sense? not to me. it is a 4 valve engine.

Rob Edwards

Post pics of the car from the side, the passenger fender VIN stamp, the engine serial number stamp pad, the transmission serial #, and the windshield pillar VIN tag. That should help figure out what you actually have.....

nuts4porsche

there is a online vin decoder-im looking it up now

nuts4porsche

JB-vin# is invaled WP-vin is but doest say much.........still looking!

RFJ

Rob,Tom,it would look ok except the motor,keeps coming back as 4.7.