993 Porsche factory re-conditioned car?

[porschesix]

I am looking at a 1997 993 that was purchased in Germany by its current owner. It was built as a US spec and the VIN numbers confirm it to be. It is purported to be a former Porsche exec car, driven, and then 're-conditioned' at the factory. The miles were 'zeroed' out, and Porsche issued him a Manufacturer's Certificate of Origin in 2000 - the car never having been titled. It was successfully brought to the US and with the MCO, titled for the first time here. Anyone every heard of such a thing. A local Porsche dealer has gone over it head to toe and finds it to be an exceptional example, but can't locate any 'history' on it in their computer. I have NO reason to suspect any funny business with the owner - he has been very upfront about its origin, etc. ANy thoughts would be appreciated.

[Por_sha911]

Call Atlanta and find out if such a program exists.

[bigrubberjeep]

I concur with Por_sha

[k9handler]

or Contact Larry Miller at Cars International in Stuttgart...he sells cars and I believe many of them are factory re-conditioned. www.cars-intl.com

EDIT: Found this statement on Larry Miller's site.

PORSCHES AVAILABLE THROUGH CARS INTERNATIONAL
Unless noted by a *, all cars are directly from the Porsche factory and have been used by PORSCHE for photo cars, executive cars, and show cars. These Porsches get a one year Porsche factory used car guarantee. All cars are completely checked and reconditioned by the Porsche factory before coming to Cars International. All cars are US specs unless otherwise noted.

Does not say anything about a reset odometer though.

[porschesix]

Thanks very much to everyone who responded so promptly - with the information from Larry Miller's site, it certainly appears to confirm what I have been told by the owner so far. I'll also give PCNA a call tomorrow. Thanks again!

[Adam]

Porsche used to do this quite often.

A local car collector here in Melbourne, bought an ex-development 959, which the factory restored/reconditioned and then zeroed the odo before shipping it to him. There was a big write up in a local car magazine.

[porschesix]

Hi all - have another question. I am consulting the Porsche 911 'red book' which covers model years 1965 - 1999 to confirm serial and engine numbers on this 97 car. Frankly, neither the serial or engine number, or build date coincide with what the book says they should be???

ENGINE NUMBER64V00203 (book says it should be a 64T number and in no 993 series can I find a 64V.

SERIAL NUMBER WPOAA2996VS320062 - the 'V' confirming it as a 1997 modeal year, but the book says that the letter 'C' should precede the 'V', not a number (in this case '6')

BUILD DATE - MAY 96 build date on door jam (owner has paperwork that refers to a MARCH 96 build date of some sort also), but according to the RED BOOK, that is the time period that reflects the car should be a 1996??!!!

Any and all help would be appreciated! Thanks