904GTS comment about duplicate SN
 

On FerrariChat.com in the Porsche section a website was mentioned called Stuttcars.com
Carrera GTS - Stuttcars.com

and it has a nice article with many pictures of the 904GTS but I was shocked when I came to this paragraph:

"The 904-108 was the last factory chassis for 4-cylinder cars. Later some cars were built by privateers from spare parts and from self-made parts. The following made-up chassis numbers are known to exist: 904-109, -113, -115, -119, -126. Another fact worth to mention is that some of the cars around the globe have same chassis numbers. For example if after a crash a new chassis was ordered from the factory and the chassls number plate was transferred, the old chassis was shed aside with no further plans. But then came the times when 904 prices skyrocketed and the old crashed chassis were also woken alive and new number plates were fabricated with the same numbers. Because of the risen value of 904s even the totally crashed and burned-down cars have been restored. "

I was already scandalized by how many Lola T70s have been re-tubbed (same as re-chassied) so say it ain't so, Joe, on many 904's having new chassis and even same SN as another car on the other side of the globe!

I wouldn't really care about the numbers. Long as it was a 904. Just enjoy the driving. Many 356's and 911's have become proverbial ships of Theseus.

This has long been a problem with production racecars and continues to be. I know of several Cup Cars that were built on wrecked tubs that had their vin plates cut out.

I think the important thing in these situations is honesty. If someone is selling a wrecked car that was put back together, say so. The problem is the temptation to lie and make up a story is high with these old cars becoming so valuable. Look up the story of Pesto over in the 911 forum. One hell of a story of a retubbed Carrera RS that some of Europe's best claimed was a "real" RS.