VIN sequence versus completion date
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VIN sequence versus completion date
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?
Can anybody suggest a reason why a car may have been started sooner but took longer to complete?
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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
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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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
Options dragged them out too. Sunroof cars were generally stragglers. And super 90s
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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
Special equipment or return for failed inspection.
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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
All those make sense.
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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
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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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
Good point, Wes. Even the car bodies could have been delivered out of sequence for various reasons.
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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
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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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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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
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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Our Glaser Cabrio Chassis is 12305 but is Glaser No. 10. It is a split windshield, body-bumper car!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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Re: VIN sequence versus completion date
Jim,
Not `just` American Roadsters
There are all sorts of non-Production vehicles mixed up together in these 5-digit numbers
Not `just` American Roadsters
There are all sorts of non-Production vehicles mixed up together in these 5-digit numbers
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