How can one tell if a 993 is a real C2S?
06-29-2001, 02:10 PM
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How can one tell if a 993 is a real C2S?
I just made an offer (contingent on the car being in the condition I'm told it is) about 5 minutes ago to trade my 996 Cab for the Speed Yellow '98 C2S with the factory Aerokit. Looks like we're real close.
I have not seen the car yet, and the dealer doesn't have the original window sticker for the car, so how can I tell if the car is a real C2S? Can I tell from the VIN #?
I have not seen the car yet, and the dealer doesn't have the original window sticker for the car, so how can I tell if the car is a real C2S? Can I tell from the VIN #?
06-29-2001, 02:32 PM
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It's funny, even some Porsche dealers don't know this. I talked to one cocky dealer salesman recently who insisted he sold a bunch of '98 narrowbody coupes and that only a fraction produced in '98 were "S" body. What a tool!
06-30-2001, 10:18 AM
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Originally posted by Viken Bedrossian:
<STRONG>If it is a '98 2WD Coupe, it can only be a C2S. Porsche stopped making narrow body C2's in 1997.</STRONG>
<STRONG>If it is a '98 2WD Coupe, it can only be a C2S. Porsche stopped making narrow body C2's in 1997.</STRONG>
TIA, Gene
06-30-2001, 10:36 AM
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Originally posted by Gene:
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Viken, Does this apply only to coupes? or, are all 98 C2 Cabrio's wide body also?
TIA, Gene</STRONG>
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Viken, Does this apply only to coupes? or, are all 98 C2 Cabrio's wide body also?
TIA, Gene</STRONG>
Gene,
Only 993 coupes (both C2 and C4) were available from the factory in "widebody" form (with the S designation). 993 Cabriolets and Targas were never only available in "narrowbody" form. And, as Viken mentioned all coupes were widebody in 1998 but that did not apply to cabriolet or targa.
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06-30-2001, 12:49 PM
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Other indications to check that it's a real C2S would be the rear split deck lid, the brushed aluminum handbrake and gear shift **** and brushed bezels on all the dials of the instrument panel and inside on the bottom of the tach is written Carrera S.