73S C of A Option "16 inch Cast 'Cup' wheel"?

[kentf14]

My C of A states that my 73S was delivered with the "16 inch Cast 'Cup' wheel".
I can't figure out what this refers to in any of my reference books. I'm sure that someone in the group can help out.

Thanks in advance.

[kenikh]

Another of the now famous egregious typos eevery CofA seems to have these days. 16" wheels did not exist on Porsche street cars in 1973.

Send a complaint letter to PoA.

[kentf14]

I thought that was the case. So no special 16" wheels eh.
So the 'cast cup' part of the line, cookie cutters?

[Aldo]

"Cup" wheels are the five spoke wheel that was available on
993's ('95-'98). That may be the goofiest C of A mistake I've
heard of.

[davep]

The problem is that Porsche recycled option numbers, and whoever intepreted the Kardex record used the wrong option number translation list for the year. PCNA needs to have a concise option list for each model year to do the translation correctly. I'm not sure that even these online forums have such a complete, model year specific, option list.

[pu911rsr]

I owned a 70 T that came with the very rare 7 x16 & 9 x 16 wheel option according to COA.
Phil

[ThomasTe]

Does your CoA list the code for your Cup wheel option? I think the code could be 458, which is 16" alloy wheels for later 911´s.

For a 1969-73 911, code 458 is a Becker Europa US band radio.

See the list of 1969-73 option codes here:

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...t=21786&page=2

[72911T]

CoAs have become a complete joke - incorrect colors, bizarre option mistakes, etc. Porsche needs to start giving a damn enough to do it right or stop providing them. Will be interesting to see what sort of ethos develops in the post-Wiedeking era.

[kentf14]

Agreed. It's kind of disappointing to have such a lack of attention to detail on a document costing as much as it does.
My 16" Cup Wheel option doesn't list a code however, only the text. I was going to try to look up the the 993 16" Cup code and see if I might be able to back-reference it to the '73 option. Maybe they have the same number?

[kentf14]

So I called porsche COA and they offered to re-issue my paper even though I wasn't the original purchaser. They admitted that their process has gotten better over the years. Anyhow, got the new COA in the mail today. Apparently my "Cup Wheel" was actually Konis.