Trunk lid number stamping

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Trunk lid number stamping

#1 Post by Rod R Youssefi »

I have a 1964 356 C with matching vehicle number, engine number, transmission number, engine lid stamping number, and date correct stamping on all 4 wheels. The issue I have is I see no number stamping on the front trunk lid. Are all the front trunk lids stamped and if so are there different areas where the stamping may be? Also, if there is no number, does that make it likely that it is not original or is it possible that not all original lids were stamped?

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Most likely a replacement hood if no number. Hood is the only non matching thing on my 65 C also. http://forum.porsche356registry.org/vie ... mbers+poll
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On a 53' Coupe:

Mine I believe was stamped on the drivers side hood flange, 2 digits only.

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Thanks for the information

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I just help paint a 64c Karman bodied car and nothing had paint shop stamps. Doors, bumpers, hood, deck lid, no stamps at all. I had always assumed everything was stamped after fitted before paint, but there are exceptions to everything.
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On '55 matching numbers coupe.
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I don't believe Karmann bodies ever had the last two (possibly three) digits of the chassis number stamped on the hinge, only on the safety catch.
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#9 Post by Greg Bryan »

My May/June '64 SC Cab (so Ruetter) has stamps on everything except the hood - at least I've never found it. No visible signs of body damage or panel replacement on the fenders, nose or cowl when I restored it and it fits perfectly. I assumed it is original, just not stamped but who knows - could have been bent, but based on the condition of the car when I got it, I don't think the previous owner would have replaced a bent hood.
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Jan Kolm wrote:I don't believe Karmann bodies ever had the last two (possibly three) digits of the chassis number stamped on the hinge, only on the safety catch.
My 64 Karman, late built 63, has the last two digits stamp on the hood hinge attachment. However the engine lid has the last two numbers stamped in/on the latch catch.
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#11 Post by Ned Hamlin »

My understanding is that Karmann cars did not have numbers stamped on the trunk lid. My original '64 Karmann does not have them.
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So we have original Karmann bodies with and without stamping on the hood. As Mike Wilson says " Porsche consistent in it's inconsistency."
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#13 Post by Wes Bender »

My late '64 Karmann doesn't have any marking on the hood hinges. I agree. Apparently Karmann wasn't consistent either...... Other numbers, however, are all where you would expect to find them.
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#14 Post by Mike Wilson »

'63 B Karmann coupe, chassis #213532, build date May, 30: last two numbers on upper deck lid latch and tab of upper hood latch but no numbers on the hood hinge.

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#15 Post by Eric Lenius »

On my 65 SC (221581), the numbers are stamped at the forward end of the passenger side hinge mount. A friend with an earlier C also believed there was no number. We popped his hood and found it on the passenger side immediately.

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