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Originally Posted by jhynesrockmtn
Porsche doesn't issue the same COA it used to. They changed the process a few years ago because folks were using them to fake engine numbers make cars matching numbers that weren't. Take a blank case and stamp the number you got with the COA for example. At least that was one of the reasons I heard. The PPS won't give you much and won't include the original engine or trans numbers for the car.
To get that you have to go to a certified Porsche classic center and pay for them to inspect the car. They call this a CTC, classic technical certificate process and it is expensive.
Or, get the Kardex or Kardex Lite (post 1970) document from one of the guys who has access to the records.
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loty
Yea, Porsche realized they could charge big bucks for the info, and they now make it expensive.
There really is no "build sheet" like American cars came with. I found a real build sheet under the seat of my 86 El Camino. It takes a of work to figure out the codes they used, but that info is out there. It lists every different thing, like what steering wheel, instrument package, seats, rear end ratio, and of course what engine and transmission and a lot more.
Porsche kept lousy records in the 70s and 80s. Several friends when to the cost of getting the COA, on a car they bought new. It had wrong info, and was really a waste of money.