fjanssen

Thanks very much Rob

Walt Simpson

Can you decipher this ‘82 928?

It’s a CA (very little rust) car that been sitting for five years but starts and drives (barely). SIL and I are going to try and resurrect/wrench on it and save it from the crusher. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle but looks like all the various plastics, seats, etc. are there in varying degrees of decay.

The high-mileage motor has milk shake looking film under the “OEL” cap although the dip stick looks clean. It idles fine and short parking lot test drives seem fine. We’re going to change the oil (first time) tomorrow to see what the pan looks like. Seems to have a shift (Auto) problem also.

We knew all this going in to it - it’s a project and we were looking for an auto that needed motor/head work.

When we ran the CarFax, it starts with over 50k from the 90’s with numerous sequential emission failures before finally passing. Does that imply it was in Europe prior or just a grey market car early in its life.

No expectations to restore, goal is a weekend driver with perhaps some performance upgrades.

This appears to be a fantastic forum and we’ll be leaning on it heavily so I apologize up front for my/our ignorance.

Thanks in advance...

Rob Edwards

Unfortunately that VIN falls into one of the holes in the dataset, at least my dataset. Perhaps others can chime in. WP0JA0928CS820745

Walt Simpson

Story of my life. Sincerely, thanks again...

928cs

Rob, PM me your email please, so I can provide you a more complete dataset.

WP0JA0928CS820745 appears in mine.
C03 car indeed.
M28/16 engine
A28/01 gearbox
Equipment:
M027: Version for California
M249: Automatic transmission
M418: Protective side moldings
M438: Comfort seat right, electrically adjustable
I471: Integrated rear spoiler
I476: Brake pad with abrasive pad
M484: Symbols and insignias for switches and instruments or maybe version for USA
M650: Sunroof

Rob Edwards

PM sent!

ScottKelly911

Looking to decode this 91117200376

Or if too many digits, possibly 9117200376 or 9111720376

Rob Edwards

Hi ScottKelly911- I'm afraid we only have options info on 1980-95 Porsche 928s. It looks like you have a 1970's 911 VIN there, but the 4th digit will be very important whether it's a 1 or a 7, as that denotes what year it is. What year 911 are you looking at?

EDIT: This one?

https://poctra.com/1977-PORSCHE-911-.../YORK-HAVEN-PA

928cs

9117200376 is a 1977 MY 911 coupe, US version.

ScottKelly911

Yep, that’s the one. Thank you trying to find out more about the car. I know it’s not a real 930 since the Vin didn’t start with 930. Thank you, I appreciate it!

Thank you so much! Weird that they’d have converted a coupe. That was rarely done since it’s so much easier to convert a Targa. Thank you for the info! 🙏

avalon68

WP0JB0923KS861103

See this one for sale at a local dealer.
Looks interesting...depending on price.

Thanks in advance for the info.
This thread has been invaluable!

Rob Edwards

This is the 9th production US/Canada market '89 GT.

WP0JB0923KS861103

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=WP0JB0923KS861103

1989
C36 - Canadian market
M28.47 - engine serial # range 81 K 00001 >05000
G28.55 - transmission serial # rangeG 2855 2K 00001>01000

M139 - Adjustable Seat Heating - Left
M220 - LSD
M340 - Seat heating - Right
I393 - Forged Clubsport wheels 8Jx16ET60 / 9Jx16 ET60
M418 - Protective side mouldings
M474 - 1986.5-up Boge GZ twin-pipe gas shock absorbers, Fire Red (RAL 3000 paint)
M481 - 5 speed manual transmission
I639 - 1989 GT
M650 - Sunroof
I691 - Alpine/Porsche CD-2

928cs

If you inspect this car, I'm interested by the engine and gearbox numbers, and a good picture of the build sticker of the trunk. Thank you in advance.

MooF

Hi All,
I'm considering an 82 Manual 928, red, low mileage which was exported from the US to Canada.
Hoping to get the VIN spec breakdown, really hard to find any VIN decorders that give you the color and build spec.

Thanks for your time!
WP0JA0920CS822022

Rob Edwards

Unfortunately we don't have exterior and interior color data, only your friendly Porsche dealer (or Porsche Classic) has it. If you ask nicely at the parts counter they may share the original color codes with you.

WP0JA0920CS822022

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=WP0JA0920CS822022

1982
C02 - 49 state US model
M28.15 - engine serial # range 81 C 0001 >5000
G28.05 - transmission serial # range 11C 0001>9999

I455 - Wheel locks
M484 - Symbols and insignias for switches and instruments, US market
M650 - Sunroof
I900 - Tourist delivery