914/6 engine serial numbers Options

[laflaur]

Hi all,
A post on the bird board got me thinking about compiling a list of "out of car"
factory engines and that we might be able to help some of these engines find their way back to the original chassis.
So,here is the place to post those 640/641 engine serial numbers out floating around. I think serial number and last whereabout should be good.If you have an engine for sale,post in the f/s section and I will copy it to the list or you can add it.
Thanks,
John

P.s.Thanks to Pat G. for the sticky

640
0030 - Finland
4140 - Massachusetts
4153 - Orlando,Fla
4278 - Massachusetts
4280 - Ventura,Ca
4302 - Bakersfield Ca.
4324 - South Carolina
4412 - Boulder,Co.
4470 - Maumelle,Ar
4476 - Laguna Beach,Ca
4495 - Santa Maria,Ca.
4496 - Seattle,Wa, reunited with correct chassis after 20 years!
4869 - Boston Mass.
4895 - Laredo,Tx.
5002 - Fallbrook,Ca
5100 - New Hampshire
5156 - Fallbrook,Ca.
5175 - Mooresville,In.
5274 - Boulder,Co.
5289 - Boulder,Co.
5367 - Dead at the hands of Niello Porsche in Sacramento
5525 - Fallbrook,Ca.
5749 - Mosier,Ore. for sale,2500.00 S spec,3.14.13

641
0169 - Sacramento,Ca.
4103 - San Ramon,Ca.
4122 - Seattle, Wa


Now, all the above except the 641 engine are for sale, but this is not the F/S section,so pm me or check the usual spots, to get more info

[gandalf_025]

I was wondering if anyone has compiled a list of known VIN / Engine Numbers that are correct. One that you can really read,
meaning the numbers don't run over each other.
Might help someone looking to buy a 6 to know if the engine in the car is at least in the range of what it should be..
Not exact by any means, but might help rule out numbers that are way out of sequence ?
You can't always wait for a COA to confirm before buying, so this might
be of some help ??

[dug]

I was wondering if anyone has compiled a list of known VIN / Engine Numbers that are correct.
Might help someone looking to buy a 6 to know if the engine in the car is at least in the range of what it should be..
Not exact by any means, but might help rule out numbers that are way out of sequence ?
You can't always wait for a COA to confirm before buying, so this might
be of some help ??

Um... see my post on Aug 5th above:)
This is exactly what I've done.
Unfortunately, it does not really help verify that an engine is matching numbers. There are COA confirmed matching numbers that vary by more than 100 numbers from the projected line based on the data. So all you can really tell is that you MIGHT have the correct engine.

There are chassis with much "earlier" engines, which would imply that some engines were reworked after getting a serial number.

There are also chassis with much "later" engines which would imply that some chassis had problems and had to be reworked before being assigned and engine.

My own car is a great example:
VIN 9140431902
Engine 6405287
Trans 7501904

The line would project that I should have an engine number around 5200, with chassis both before and after mine with confirmed data points landing right on the projected line. Then the car only two after mine 1904 has an even higher engine number by 50 more. So that's a deviation of 130+.

So, all the chart can do is give you a rough idea of where your engine should land. If you have an engine that is over 500 away from the line, it's probably wrong, but you can't be sure until you get the COA.

cheers,
dug