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Old 10-16-2015, 05:36 PM
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A Porsche Certificate of Authenticity purporting to be a "1991 928 GTS Coupe".

The car (on EBay) is a nice GT in every respect, wonder how PCNA came up with this certificate?
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Old 10-16-2015, 05:37 PM
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Employee error. Happens all the time. It is just that some of us drink too much Jagermeister during our lunch breaks.
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Yeah, saw that too when I saw this '91 GT being on sale on ebay this week. Anyone here on Rennlist interested in this car? Alot of miles were put on it during the past 5 years, ~35,000 miles in last 2 years.
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We're probably going to need a way to certify the authenticity of Certificates of Authenticity. Exclusive paper with coded threads in it, distinctive watermark in some refractive dye, something. I could save at least $100 making my own, very easy since I have the original window sticker.

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Looks Photoshopped to me... everything is slightly skewed, except for the descriptive text. Which is perfectly level. And I mean to the PIXEL!
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IIRC, back in the early 80's they improperly identified #6 in a letter as being the 16th or 17th car built, forgetting about having reserved the 1st 10 vin numbers. They changed their minds later.
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Originally Posted by Jherriott
Looks Photoshopped to me... everything is slightly skewed, except for the descriptive text. Which is perfectly level. And I mean to the PIXEL!
Had to take a look myself. You're right.
Old 10-17-2015, 09:47 AM
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the engine and transmission are correct type for a GT.

the GTS uses the M28/49 and G28/57 (non-Roger box)

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