Please help me with my 1971 911 S Targa VIN # Mystery

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Originally Posted by FGS

. . . Are you sure that "0671" is simply the body sequential number? . . .

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Clarification --- for a Coupe . . .

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Originally Posted by davep

. . . The number under the knee pad will be a production number . . . All coupes will have one series in ascending # as they were produced, and all targas will have another series. These series are independent of T, E or S models . . .

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And what ever happened w/ 0130003? --- the 71? Targa that started this thread? Was there a crayon number --- under the dash pad?

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Originally Posted by davep

1020671
Yes, the 2 is the model year for the body.
671 is the sequential build # for the coupe body
112xxxx would be for the Targa bodies for 1972
The M on the VIN tag only appears on Italian delivery cars. Not certain how early it started, but I think yours is one of the first I know of.
You mention Oct delivery; do you know when the car was actually completed? I would think that with so low a VIN that the completion date would be in Aug or Sept. I am a bit surprised at how high the production # is compared to the VIN; was the S low priority at the time? I believe that at this time the VIN's would start with 0011 making yours the 80th S coupe. Very interesting anyway, and thanks for the info.

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You're welcome!

The car was delivered on the 14th of October, 1971. I don't know the production date as I didn't asked for the Kardex: my car had a 2.7 engine when I bought it, so I wasn't interested anymore to know if the engine was matching or not.
About the production number, I was surprised too when I saw it. I supposed that VIN and production# should have been closer than that, but it's clear that our assumptions often don't match the facts.

These production #'s and associated VIN's make for some interesting speculation:

1020001 9112100011
1020097 9112100062
1020248 9112300023
1020475 9112100988
1020661 9112300063
1020671 9112300090
1020679 9112300047
1020776 9112300075