I Think I Have The Last 993 Off The Line Not Seinfeld.

[ocbp1981]

Originally Posted by storm6490

Thanks for your help. Although it contradicts what my friend tells me. He is a Mercedes master tech who seems to know a little about the stuff and tells me it doesn't get a vin number until just before it leaves the door and the work order is what they go off of before it gets it's vin. It would be really cool to find out the mfg and delivered dates of the one that sold.

Scouser from Renntech indicated that there are 8 more vins after ours but not sure if the cars were meant for europe or north america. he did know the last two 1348 and 1349 were targas. That goes along with the two of each story we were told about at the dealer.

I'm starting to think that Seinfeld got his last 911 and then they decided to do another production run at the last second. His was built december 17. All ours says is december. Delivered in March.

Thanks for your help! I will take it into consideration. It's about 50/ 50 on the vin allocation at this time.

Nick

MY vin last 4 is 1348 and it is a C2S not a targa. My vin is thus the highest I have ever seen and was told one of the last of the 911's made with Vin's going to 1353 only 5 vin's higher than mine.

[tazzieman]

You've read this I presume?

Atico

1st is in doubt , & the last was not the absolute last. Merely the last to go to the USA.

[Joost73]

We all know Jerry had both the last made for North America and the last one off the line RoW.
The last for north america is a black one and the last RoW a special made blue color..
The blue one het still owns is def the last one off the line.

[Joost73]

BTW, does anyone knows the vin number of the last 993 that Jerry owns? The blue one?

[Ultrafast993]

Great and Excellent info!!!

QUOTE=javadog;4152322]I haven't been to the factory in a number of years and so I can't offer any advice that is directed specifically at the 993 cars. I will pass on three things which may be relevant.

Back in the good old days, there were two numbers assigned to a 911. One was the production number, the other was the serial number/VIN. The production number was stamped on the dash sheet metal prior to the car being painted. It was then covered up when the interior trim was installed. This same number was written on other body parts after they were painted, using a grease pencil. A typical place to find them is on the inside of the doors. Many people (including me) assume a couple things about this number. First, the cars originally started down the line in the order of their production number. Notice I didn't say that they came off of the line in that order. Often they were held for a part that hadn't arrived, or for re-work to something that didn't pass inspection. Second, there is no real relationship between this number and the serial number.

At some point, each chassis is assigned a serial number or VIN. This was recorded on the car in various places, in several different manners, depending upon the year it was produced. It might have been stamped into the body sheet metal, it might have been stamped into a tag that was then riveted to the body and it might have been stamped or printed onto a sticker that was glued to the body. Deending upon the year it was produced, a car may have all three of these types of identification. In the case of those cars that had it stamped into the body sheetmetal, this was done prior to the body being painted, so it was done fairly early in the process. I'd wager that the serial number was assigned to a particular car fairly early in the production, even during the 993 days. 993s were built after Porsche had started using the just-in-time manufacturing techiques they learned from some Japanese consultants and that process dictates that they build things in a very particular order and know exactly what order the cars are coming down the production line. In any event, take a look and see if there is a number stamped into the body sheetmetal, under the paint, at some place. I'd suggest that you start your search under the trunk carpet. If you find one, you'll know that the VIN number was assigned quite early in the process.

Next, what Mercedes does may or may not be similar to what Porsche does. A Mercedes master tech may know exactly zip about a Porsche.

Lastly, having been a car dealer, let me mention a couple of reasons why he may have not responded to your calls. He is in business to sell cars. He is usually pretty busy, as there are always a million people needing his attention. He may consider this quest of yours to be a wild goose chase and it may have gotten buried quite low on his priority list. He may also have no real source of information for what you seek. When I was a dealer, there was nothing I had access to that would have given me that sort of information. If you are dealing with a salesman, instead of the dealer principal, he will have even less access to information. It is always better to make such inquiries in person, rather than via a phone call.

Tell your dad to enjoy the car,
JR[/QUOTE]

[911SauCy]

It's unfortunate that this car isn't being enjoyed but mulled over as a garage trophy in hopes of it becoming worth a lot of $

5k miles is a sin...kinda like never banging your wife...