65/66 911 outer side rocker panels

[Michael Winters]

Can anyone help me with this problem:

I need to know until when the outer side rocker panel with square impressions were used.
Does anybody knows up to when or what VIN these rockers are correct?

I'm triying to see if 303381 - BY65, MY66- should have this feature.




Thanks a lot!

PS: Does anybody still has 2 of these if seems that I need them. Now for the moment the car hasn't got these square impressions.

[Bradford]

Your car should have them. My cars vin is 200 higher than yours and mine had them.

[Michael Winters]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your reply!
Are we 100% sure that my car should have these?
You are sure that yours are original and not replaced?

Because I also have seen on some Porsches that that they had some parts from later or earlier cars.
Do you have also knowledge of other cars around our vin numbers that have these indents?

Thanks!

Your car should have them. My cars vin is 200 higher than yours and mine had them.

[Bradford]

I am not 100% sure about your car, I only know they came on my car. My original rockers with the indentations were replaced with rockers that have no indentations during my restoration. I could not find any available with the indentations at that time. When I stripped my car down, the indentations were filled in with some type of filler, so they looked smooth. I'm not sure if they were filled in at the factory or if it had been done at some point in the cars life before I bought it.

[moito]

I am not 100% sure about your car, I only know they came on my car. My original rockers with the indentations were replaced with rockers that have no indentations during my restoration. I could not find any available with the indentations at that time. When I stripped my car down, the indentations were filled in with some type of filler, so they looked smooth. I'm not sure if they were filled in at the factory or if it had been done at some point in the cars life before I bought it.

factory filled....

[Michael Winters]

But if they are factory filled, why would they use rockers with indents?
So with all the cars it was common that the indents were filled up?
Is there a reason?

Or do they wanted rockers without indents but used old parts and filled up?

factory filled....

[moito]

But if they are factory filled, why would they use rockers with indents?
So with all the cars it was common that the indents were filled up?
Is there a reason?

Or do they wanted rockers without indents but used old parts and filled up?

up until today it is an unsolved mystery.

[Michael Winters]

But what was the final result that the car needed to have when it left the factory?
Rockers smooth on top without any marks of indents? So always filled up and painted after?

Just in case how we need to restorate the car...
If always filled up and painted afterwards ald then left the factory then those indents are not needed... but maybe thats not true...

up until today it is an unsolved mystery.

[ejboyd5]

The indents certainly add a torsional resistance to the panels.

[moito]

But what was the final result that the car needed to have when it left the factory?
Rockers smooth on top without any marks of indents? So always filled up and painted after?

Just in case how we need to restorate the car...
If always filled up and painted afterwards ald then left the factory then those indents are not needed... but maybe thats not true...

filled after paint