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Originally Posted by masraum
I believe Ruf gets body in white and builds cars from them. I believe Ruf ALSO gets full cars and builds them, maybe that was back in the beginning. I also remember reading that if you had a 911, you could send it to Ruf and they would "upgrade" it. I don't know if they change the VIN in those situations, but that's also possible.
I suspect the VIN plate is added to the body early in the process, which would explain the crossed out Porsche VIN.
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That “body in white” claim started out in Road and Track article, if I recall correctly. It has since been repeated by countless others. I think it’s in the Paul Frere books as well.
If you send your car to RUF to get modified, or to one of their dealers back in the day, you didn’t get a different VIN. I went to their Chicago dealer back in the 1980s or early 90s, to look at a BTR. Didn’t end up buying it.
Like I said, I’ve never seen one without a Porsche VIN. I’ve looked at more than a few, I know people that own them.