Vin # on opening panels?

[andyjboy]

I seem to remember reading somewhere in the past that 911s had part or all of their vin # stamped into the metal on the inside of the opening panels (seem to remember the hood & engine lid being mentioned - don't know if the doors were included). Can anyone confirm this? If it was done, anybody know if there was a consistent place that the number was stamped in each case?

Andy Boyle(UK)
'69 911E

[dtw]

I have never seen this phenomenon, nor ever heard of it. I have experience with quite a few cars across many different years.

Now and again I've seen the last few digits of a serial number in grease pencil on the inside of the door skins. But no stampings.

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Dave
'72 911T to '73 RSR Replica Project

[oldE]

Andy
I believe this was standard practice with some coachbuilders constructing 356s. Panels would be marked with a sheet metal pencil to indicate which car it was being prepared for. Even then it was not unusual for a car to end up with doors which bore the last few digits of the one before or after it. I suspect by the time our cars were built there was very little hand fitting going on.
Can anyone confirm this?
Les

[GT911]

My '81 SC has the vin etched in both side windows, and I also found it stamped in the sheet metal right in front of the "smugglers box" between where the hinges are mounted.

I haven't been over every inch, although it does seem like it, but I'm sure there are some more covert stampings.

[FAST FREDDIE]

MANY OF THE BODY PARTS HAVE A VIN NUMBER ON A PAPER OR PAPER-LIKE STICKER THAT SHOULD MATCH THE CARS VIN NO. THESE STICKERS CAN BE FOUND ON ALMOST ALL THE PANELS THAT I'VE SEEN AND IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOK FOR EVEN BEFORE A PPI.

[echocanyons]

Andy,
I have a 1957 356 and I have the last three digits of my vin stamped on he doors, hood and engine cover. They are also written with yellow chalk on the doors under the panels.
I beleive this practice was carried over to at least the early 911's

Kelly