[ael911]

Jeff, your car is beautiful. I have a Silver Anniversary coupe #164 and I purchased it from another Pelican about 3 years ago. My car was fully documented back to the original owner so I know mine was a true Silver Anniversary from the factory. I am the fourth owner of the car and I have all of the original parts including the seats which had the same upholstery as your picture shows. I suppose someone could have converted your car at some point but like you said, the upholstery is indeed very rare unless the conversion was done a long time ago.

Some things to look for are the bluish vinyl on the bolsters of the seats which are impossible to find nowadays. One thing I noticed between your car and my car is my dash plaque is located at the bottom right corner of the dash door and it seems like yours is on the left side under the knob. I don't know where the factory placed the plaque, but I am assuming they should all be in the same place.

I understand porsche built 1063 units in all and half came to the US. Half of the production units were coupes and the rest were targas. Mine still looks original but it has had some mods to improve it's performance.

As other's said, I wouldn't rely too much on the COA as there have been quite a bit of controversy with accuracy lately. I really don't know how else to identify these cars as they had the same vin numbers as the standard 75 911S.

PM me if you want to compare paint code numbers. I still have the original paint code plaque on the A pilar. I believe the diamond metallic silver was specific to these cars.

Andy