help ID this VIN

[EARLY911ZOO]

looking for info on this chassis number 11805060
I know its a 68 but is it an S?
T L or normal?
I cant deceipher SWB numbers other than the year.

[karlusmagnus]

Richard, on another post today http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ad.php?t=22514

this link below was given
http://www.elferhelfer.de/fzident.htm#
so according to it, 11805060 would be
11= Typ 911
then
8= Modell 68

then the next digit determines model, in your case 0 ...

0= S Coupe,1= L Coupe,2= T Coupe,3= Coupe,5= S Targa,6 = L Targa,7 = T Targa,8= Targa ,


then a note in german which says for last 4 digits, "sequential series with four digits, if beginning with "5", then one of Karmann prod. body"
"fortlaufende Nummer 4-stellig,falls beginnend mit "5", dann eine von Karmann prod. Karosserie."

[72targa]

11= Typ 911
8= Modell 68
0= S Coupe
5= Karmann prod. Karosserie
060= sequential number

Karl beat me to the punch!

[andyjboy]

Richard - it's a '68 911L USA model :

11 = 911

8 = '68

0 = Coupe (5=Targa)

5 = L USA model ( 0= S)

XXX = serial number

It's a bit more complicated than that (4th & 5th digit) but that's a simplified explanation.

[andyjboy]

We seem to have some disagreement here - the Porsche Technical Specifications booklet I've just looked in states:

911 L USA 11 805 001 - (Porsche-built Coupe)

911 S (not imported to USA) 11 850 001 - (Targa)

911 S (not imported to USA) 11 800 001 - (Porsche-built Coupe)

[EARLY911ZOO]

so the elferhelfer site is all wrong then, even in respect to serial numbers?
happy one minute...sad the next!
any other authority on this...I dont know what to do, jump for joy or cry!!!

[Carl Bauer]

Paternie's Red Book states that, 'The fourth digit was the production version. In 1968, this fourth digit had the following designations:

0 = S Coupe
1 = 911 Coupe
3 = US 911 Coupe
5 = S Targa
6 = L Targa
7 = T Targa
8 = US Targa'

[andyjboy]

I misread the (tiny) print in the Tech Specs booklet & have amended my previous post ...

Incidentally, I don't think Karmann built any of the bodyshells for S models did they ?

[fg1227]

'68 911L coupe

[preS]

Richard - it's a '68 911L USA model :

11 = 911

8 = '68

0 = Coupe (5=Targa)

5 = L USA model ( 0= S)

XXX = serial number

It's a bit more complicated than that (4th & 5th digit) but that's a simplified explanation.

This is correct.

Def. a L

Richard