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The VIN gives you the year of manufacture only. To get the date you need to speak to Porsche. They'll normally give you a build date via email for nothing but do charge a fee for the little certificate jobby that they do.

I have one of these if you want it.

The VIN actually shows the model year, not the year of manufacture. The model year starts in September and ends in July/August.

Example: 944 series two - 1986 model year. G model year indocator in the VIN and built between September 1985 and July 1987.

The 1986 cut-off was introduced then? How easy is it to find events which accept entrants? I think that theres a reasonable chance that this car will qualify as a category three historic, considering that it is an X reg.

I hardly ever look at the 'for sale' sections on either forum, unfortunately.

Yes please, pm me how much you'd like!

Nice one Benji, will have to find my build date, serial number is 01949, is your's before this?
Pete

I think it is being introduced for the 2014 season so essentially MSA compliant from Jan 1st.

This car couldn't run in Cat 3 unless it can be proved to be a 1981 manufacture. The registration plays no part in scrutineering, they want the paperwork.

Oh nothing, you can have it. Will dig it out over the weekend.

As for build numbers, mine is 00102.

I realise that. My point is that being an X registration, that it has a reasonable chance.

Can you comment on this thread Ben?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... Heaters%3F

Every historic rally scrutineering that I've done, and has been a lot (!), they never even consider the registration. You enter an tell them model/year and they issue you a number. Then you have to get the car numbered up and to scrutineering where they will look over everything, usually starting with paperwork.

As for the PH thread, yep, will do so now.

We seem to be talking at crossed purposes!

My point was that with an X registration there is a very good chance that the vehicle will turn out to be eligible. There was high demand and Porsche struggled to supply, so the cars came straight from Stuttgart or Neckarsulm to Reading and were registered - so sitting around for months unsold.

I had wondered what the craic was with yours, as its a very early car but registered on a Y. Was it originally an X which was then re-registered?

I'm such a retard sometimes.

Yes, that would be perfectly plausible!

As for mine on the Y plate, in the midst of finding that out! Will report back when confirmed.

That should have read 'no sitting around' not 'so sitting around'.

As Im sure that youre aware, until the introduction of the registration prefix, you could re-register a car whenever you liked, so its possible that this happened.

AFN/PCGB will know what the original registered number and date of purchase was. You can get this for free through the Porsche Club, or buy paying (I think) £60-odd - you did used to be able to get it for free but not any longer...

That is an early one!

Some pictures of todays progress,
Befores,




After,





Got my Albainian valet to give it a scrub, not bad for £5.,