First LWB

[210bhp]

Mr ST Man

That is really great information. Do we know how many of these prototypes still survive other than yours?

Regards
Mike

[preS]

Just wondering, what is the difference between a protoype and testwagen or are they the same by another name?

Richard

[leedurrant73]

there must be some kind of trend why these type of plates were used on early cars, Davep mentioned to me not many cars have this type of plate attached to the left door frame,
both mine and Leons have the body numbers plus the paint code stamped, could this be for the first xxxx amount of cars or is it a plate used for a prototype car etc...... not saying
my car is prototype but is an early car with strange items which need to be investigated...maybe it is a prototype and will take further pics when i return to uk....

your thoughts...

[Bill Simmeth]

Davep mentioned to me not many cars have this type of plate attached to the left door frame

Lee, I think you may have misunderstood davep (or he you). The chassis nbr/paint code tags on the driver side A-pillar are common on the early cars. In fact, AFAIK, all chassis of your vintage left the factory with such a tag.

[ST Man]

Hi all
As far as I know there are no other 320 XXX cars running around any more. As many of them were used for testing they were scrapped after the testing. I would actually like to know more info about the four seater brown car running around in the USA is this cars body number 320-020?

Interesting looking at car posted earlier. My Number plate at the factory was SH-7200, 119300009 in post no 7 was SH-7685. SWere was 72XX?

To Raj I am not talking Chassis numbers I am talking body nubers that was assigned to car at Karmann or where ever body was made. I have no clue what the number is that you posted I have been doing research about my car but never really extended the search to other numbers. I have how ever had confirmation from Porsche Factory in writing that only 2 69S came with 320 XXX body numbers mine and 11930001 (320-010)

[Chuck Miller]

I would actually like to know more info about the four seater brown car running around in the USA

Leon,

As far as I can remember this car is a '67S...

Cheers

[peekaboo]

Leon

I thought these 5 or 6 digit chassis's were replacement chassis??? Any thoughts on chassis number like 15488??Thank you in advance


raj

v123 ,

As I stated previously , I had 15488 looked up...it is not in the factory database (I do not know what is up...but as that stamping is a bit sloppy ... maybe it is a differant number ?) .

And also , as i said before. I do not understand if there are any 14xxx or 15xxx. The representative who looked it up did not answer that question in a manner that I could understand (I will try sometime to find out more on this).

In the 13xxx number range, the last number on the current factory computerized list is 13574.

It was used to rebody a 1969 MY 911 , I viewed the Kardex myself (I cannot remember the exact chassis number , as I had to look quickly. I just know it was 119 car).

By the way , I also looked to see when the computerized list was made , unfortunately I cannot remember if it was 1981 or 1983....but it was one of those two years. The file/list was dated.

[210bhp]

Can you guys please explain the numbers you are discussing? Thanks

Regards
Mike

[davep]

Lee, I think you may have misunderstood davep (or he you). The chassis nbr/paint code tags on the driver side A-pillar are common on the early cars. In fact, AFAIK, all chassis of your vintage left the factory with such a tag.

Lee and Leon have posted photos of the two most unusual paint badges I know of. Remember, these are for 1969 cars. NO other 1969 cars have a VIN or other body number on them. The body number on Leon's car identifies it as a prototype chassis much like the first 911 prototypes of 1963. Leon's car also does NOT have a production number as such, just that number on the paint badge. Lee's car has what looks like a VIN or production number, but it matches neither the VIN nor the production number. So, Lee is correct, his badge and that of Leon's are nearly unique.
Lee's door panels look original, but they are different from most other 1969 panels. Then too, it has a 99xx series interior code, and while rare, there are several cars known with this code. Unfortunately the factory cannot tell us how it differs from the 98xx series.

[Bill Simmeth]

Lee and Leon have posted photos of the two most unusual paint badges I know of. Remember, these are for 1969 cars. NO other 1969 cars have a VIN or other body number on them.

Oops! Sorry, I have SWB on the brain -- missed that detail. My bad, carry on.