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An interesting point about production dates and delivery dates as on the Certificate of Authenticity has come up, and that's if the COA
shows a particular production completion date but no date for the delivery to the selling dealer, how long did it take for the car to
arrive in the US after it was built?
Anyone any paper work such as an original bill of sale perhaps to compere to their build date on the COA?
well my car was built in May and I bought it in August.
built November 70
delivered to dealer A on jan 27 1971, moved to dealer B (who updated equipment & tire), sold trough dealer B on july 7 1971 to client, delivery and road registered by 1st owner on july 14 1971.
Mine was built 2/13/69 and sold on 5/30
My 73 911E was built in June 73 (60th from the last one built, and the highest number one delivered to Australia so presumably in the last shipment) and delivered to the first owner in Melbourne, Australia on 10 September 1973.
thanks Guys, some great specific dates there but basically works out to 3 months on average.
Seems like that's a good average Mike.Quote:
thanks Guys, some great specific dates there but basically works out to 3 months on average.
My April built '73 was delivered in here on the West coast of the US in May, and sold in early June.
Wow that was quick Chuck, must have been a fast boat!
You're right Mike,Quote:
Wow that was quick Chuck, must have been a fast boat!
I do not know the exact date of completion, but giving it all of April, and a port of entry date of May 22, and a sale date of June 13th, that gives a possible turnover from completion, shipping, and sales at Circle Porsche in Long Beach CA. of about 75 days.
Cheers
Mine follows the pattern too: Built 10/13/67 and delivered in San Diego 2/68.
I suspect there can be a significant difference between cars ‘built-to-order’ vs. cars ordered for ‘dealer stock’.
Somebody (Porsche, VoA, P+A) made a seriously poor ordering decision (coupled with a recession and $-to-DM revaluation) in late ’70 as there was an excess of 911 in the Long Beach, CA port. So much so that hundreds of 911s were put through a modified car wash to coat them with preservative Tectyl mixed with unusable jet fuel. They were then later ‘cleaned’ with pure unusable jet fuel.
I recall seeing 911s in Denver with the mixture still oozing from under the rear quarter window trim. I suspect those cars are still rust-free.
It would be interesting to compare current production-to-delivery dates to those of our ‘old’ cars. I’ll bet the time delay is much shorter. Porsche learned that the inventory cost was significant.
With air transport, I suspect one can have a ‘special order’ 911 within the week of completion.
Best,
Grady
#9112300023 was built 7/71 and picked up at the Houston, TX dealer on 10/21/1971.