'89 GT with GTS Body ?

johntom · 08-09-2010, 10:18 AM

Hi
I have recently purchased a 1989 LHD GT manual, unusually the car has a GTS body, ie larger wheel arches front and rear and the reflector strip between the rear lights (doesn't have GTS on it).
Has anyone come across a similar car before as I believe the GTS didn't come out until 1991?
A letter from a previous owner claims the car was owned originally by the racing driver Gerhard Berger ?

Landseer · 08-09-2010, 11:38 AM

Post the car's identification number or VIN and somebody here can search its original option list using PET 7.

johntom · 08-09-2010, 02:19 PM

Hi
the vin from the log book is WPOZZZ922L3841083 or WPOZZZ92ZLS841083 ?

bwmac · bwmac's Garage

Wow, looks like yours came from (over there) the same as mine did.

here is my Vin. # WPOZZZ92ZKS842476

Danglerb · 08-09-2010, 07:36 PM

PET7 corrects vin to WP0ZZZ92ZLS841083 its an 89 GT ROW model, maybe from Japan, which has a funky fender requirement.

Pictures would help.

I'm too lazy to retype the option list, no cut and paste from that part of PET7, but only "special" item I noticed was draped leather on the seats.

johntom · 08-09-2010, 11:57 PM

I will post pics later in the week. The car was first registered in Germany and wears a 'LOTEC' badge which i think is a German tuning company, so maybe they altered the body ?

Xlot · 08-10-2010, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danglerb

PET7 corrects vin to WP0ZZZ92ZLS841083 its an 89 GT ROW model, maybe from Japan, which has a funky fender requirement.

It was produced for Germany market - country code is C00 (looked up using VIN).

PET7 doesn't show country code, however the server it talks to does return it in the data for a lookup.

Also VIN letter L is 1990 model year, which is why it doesn't have the option code for GT (all manuals in 90-91 were GT's).

Option codes on it are:

139 Seat Heating - Left
340 Seat heating - Right
418 Protective side mouldings
474 Sport shock absorbers (Bilsteins)
567 Windshield green graduated tint
650 Sunroof
980 Seat cover - Raff - leather

bwmac · bwmac's Garage

Not to steel the thread but would someone be able to run the pet for me please.
1989 Japan Vin. # WPOZZZ92ZKS842476

I have no idea what my option codes are

Danglerb · 08-10-2010, 01:35 PM

WP0ZZZ92ZKS842476
I567 which I'm told is same as M567, but pet doesn't decode.
M462 Securiflex windscreen
M650 Sunroof

riber.bentsen · riber.bentsen's Garage

Could you do mine as well?

WPOZZZ92ZGS841193

Thanks

johntom · 08-10-2010, 03:42 PM

I think LOTEC were a supplier of performance upgrades and also produced the LOTEC 928 (google search) and performance cars in their own right. Not sure what happened with my 1989 car having the GTS bodywork though?

Xlot · 08-10-2010, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danglerb

WP0ZZZ92ZKS842476
I567 which I'm told is same as M567, but pet doesn't decode.
M462 Securiflex windscreen
M650 Sunroof

567 Windshield green graduated tint

(has a tinted bar along the top built into the glass)

Xlot · 08-10-2010, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riber.bentsen

Could you do mine as well?

WPOZZZ92ZGS841193

Thanks

Country code: C12 (Denmark)

490 Hi-Fi sound system
528 Passenger side mirror convex

No sunroof is good

JE928sx4 · 08-10-2010, 09:08 PM

I knew of a GT in Germany that had the GTS fender flares from the factory. Dumb bastard wrecked it though so it can't be yours.

Xlot · 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johntom

Hi
I have recently purchased a 1989 LHD GT manual, unusually the car has a GTS body, ie larger wheel arches front and rear and the reflector strip between the rear lights (doesn't have GTS on it).
Has anyone come across a similar car before as I believe the GTS didn't come out until 1991?
A letter from a previous owner claims the car was owned originally by the racing driver Gerhard Berger ?

Can you post photos of the car, in particular the front and rear arches?

There were Exclusive options for flared front and rear arches to be wider than stock - would be great to see if you car had them.

One of the rear-arch options was round rear wheel arches - rather than the squared stock arch.

This RL thread is about the rear arch extension - option code XC1, but also appears on some cars without the option code.
http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/928-forum/86372-orig-porsche-verbreiterung-193cm.html

Are those the same as your car?

johntom · 08-13-2010, 02:45 PM

Hi
i will post pics over the weekend but i think the body is GTS. The wings (front and rear) appear to be just like the GTS and appear original. The mirors are the normal flags not cups, the rear is GTS with the reflector between the lights. Surely the cost of having a bodyshell change would prevent anyone having changed it?