Hugh, I was thinking the same thing. But, who would be the right person? I'll start by examining the barely visible original VIN# to see if paint and options match what I have.

I think you interpreting the 013... where 1 as Targa and 3 as 1973 makes sense. If the car was in a bad accident, it was still valuable enough in 1973 to justify a re-shelling. In 1983 no insurance company would have taken that cost, so the car would have been scrapped.

And, it is not galvanised, it had rust in all the usual early spots before the PO repaired it. It is not G model shell, it has the two battery boxes and all the other caracteristics. The front lock panel was changed to a G model, that's all.

Still, there has to be a bunch of other cars that underwent the same thing, at least 0130001 and 0130002. Their stories would make a huge difference for me. If someone has info you don't want to disclose on an open forum, please please feel free to send me an email instead, johan at autopower dot se.

Could someone pleae share some information about the procedures around re-shelling at the Porsche factory?


Thanks,

Johan