Date of manufacture letter?

streetwagens · Post by **streetwagens** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:14 pm

Hi, I have a '72 914 that is registered as a '73. What can I do to get an official letter stating that its manufactured in '72?

Gustl · Post by **Gustl** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:00 pm

in general the VIN should be enaugh ...

if it's 47229xxxxx it's built between September 1971 and July 1972 (+/- a month ... I'm not really sure ...)
if it's 47329xxxxx it's built between September 1972 and July 1973

Gustl

streetwagens · Post by **streetwagens** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:44 am

Cheers buddy! Its the later of those 2, but in the first 300 numbers, so a good chance its a '72.

Do I need to get the letter off porsche or will the owners club be able to do one?

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:24 am

When I imported my '72 911T a couple of years ago DVLA would not accept the US registration as proof of year of manufacture (I've never had any problems with the other 5 Porsches I've imported). Neither would they accept the information in the Technical Specifications booklet on chassis numbers built in particular years - & that is a Porsche Factory publication !

I had to get a letter from Porsche Cars GB stating the original date of manufacture - at a cost of ~ £62 !!!

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:29 am

Sorry - just re-read your original post & you're talking about being eligible for free road tax.

A letter from a recognised car club should be sufficient proof - don't know whether DDK is a 'recognised' club...might have to be PCGB.

However it's worth asking DVLA if a letter from DDK on headed paper would do.

Gustl · Post by **Gustl** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:56 am

streetwagens wrote:Cheers buddy! Its the later of those 2, but in the first 300 numbers, so a good chance its a '72. Do I need to get the letter off porsche or will the owners club be able to do one?

well, this might help you:

look at eBay auction 290016099908
the D.O.T sticker (all US cars have it) clearly says, that VIN 4732907618 was built in 11/72

if you would need more of such photos from other 47329xxxxx cars, built before 01/73, this should be possible
I'm at the 914Club.com - there are more than 4,000 US-members