VIN sequence versus completion date

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VIN sequence versus completion date

#1 Post by Dave Whittick »

I had another member reach out to let me know that his car's VIN was only 11 cars earlier than mine. We were both a little confused when we discovered that my car, with the higher VIN, was finished two weeks earlier than his. Both cars were Sky Blue.

Can anybody suggest a reason why a car may have been started sooner but took longer to complete?

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I ran into the same thing with my car. One theory I have is the color of the paint. Didn't Porsche paint the cars in batches of red, ivory, slate gray, etc.?

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Options dragged them out too. Sunroof cars were generally stragglers. And super 90s
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Special equipment or return for failed inspection.
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All those make sense.

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Car bodies were built offsite and had chassis numbers assigned by the builder. Then shipped to Porsche, but not necessarily inserted into production in numeric sequence. Paint colors could have played a part too.
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Good point, Wes. Even the car bodies could have been delivered out of sequence for various reasons.

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Dave,

When the Chassis maker ie. Reutter, Karmann, Drauz, would assign and stamp the chassis I.D. number to the specific car, it was then subject to timing completion of paint and interior. It then went to Porsche to be fit with the ordered mechanicals such as the Engine type and Gearbox. Any special equipment, or options, were fit during this time. Carrera models also took longer. All these factors caused out of order timing sequences at completion. A series of cars (chassis numbers) can be in a “time range” but really never one exactly after the next.

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By: Michael Doyle on Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:52 pm
Dave,

When the Chassis maker ie. Reutter, Karmann, Drauz, would assign and stamp the chassis I.D. number to the specific car, it was then subject to timing completion of paint and interior. It then went to Porsche to be fit with the ordered mechanicals such as the Engine type and Gearbox. Any special equipment, or options, were fit during this time. Carrera models also took longer. All these factors caused out of order timing sequences at completion. A series of cars (chassis numbers) can be in a “time range” but really never one exactly after the next.

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My 1952 Glaser is #66 at Glaser. The Reutter #12375. The cars before could be American Roadsters. The numbers are mixed between these two cars at Glaser. Mine is the last. .....Jim.
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Jim Liberty wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:31 pm My 1952 Glaser is #66 at Glaser. The Reutter #12375. The cars before could be American Roadsters. The numbers are mixed between these two cars at Glaser. Mine is the last. .....Jim.
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Tim there were American Roadsters mixed in. That is why the disparity. .......Jim.
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Jim,

Not `just` American Roadsters

There are all sorts of non-Production vehicles mixed up together in these 5-digit numbers
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