davida280zx

I have an '85 Euro Spec that had polished 16" phone dials on it when I bought it over 20 years ago. Is there any way to determine if these are original for my car? I've used one of the online VIN decoders and it didn't list wheel specs. I put the details for my car into the "My Porsche" app and it told me the car came with 21mm wheel spacers and sport shocks, but no mention of what type of wheel.
Thanks,
Dave

928 GT R

Nice car!
Run your cars serial number on Rob Edwards vin and options thread and you should find out what you started with...

It's in the admin section at the top,,,

davida280zx

Thanks for the suggestion, I just added my VIN to the thread.

Rob Edwards

There isn't an explicit callout for wheel specs on '85 Euros unless they were fitted with the phone dial wheels as an option (M401) (1985 was the last year they were available). Since your VIN doesn't have the M401 option, I'm guessing that it came with the forged flat disc / manhole cover wheels.

davida280zx

Thanks Rob, I appreciate it.
Dave

928 GT R

It was worth the try to see if they were specified.

Often there are errors in the data so your car could have been originally fitted with those wheels - and, they were an option for 85. But as Rob says, the option (M401) was not noted on the build sheet.

The next places to look are in the maintenance records and if you want to take the time and spend the money, get the car authenticated at a participating dealer.

Can you post some pictures of your car? We love to see cars that have survived!

Enjoy!

davida280zx

This is an older photo when I still had the phone dials on. I'll be getting some new tires on the phone dials and re-installing soon.

928 GT R

Wow! Nice car! I love black 928's they look so good!

While getting the wheels ready you can check the date stamps on the backs to see if they were all manufactured before your car was built.

928cs

I'm not sure that the phone dial were optional for a German 1985 928. It may be the disk rims that were. I will have a look at the records, to make my mind.

davida280zx

Thanks, it's actually dark blue, it's hard to tell unless it is in direct light.

928cs

Was it in the USA , during its life?

928cs

OK, here is the result:
1159 1985 928's delivered in Germany.
- None with the 401 equipment code, which is the telephone design rims.
- 801 with the 395 equipment code which is the flat dish rims in silver anodization
of which 64 also with the 347 equipment code, which is the flat dish rims in platinum anodization

So I'm convinced that the telephone rims were the regular equipment of a German 198 928, and only 358 of them were delivered with them.

davida280zx

The sticker under the hood shows that it was brought to the USA in February of 1985.

davida280zx

Thanks for researching this, I appreciate it, that's interesting information.