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bcblase · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 574 Location: Winchester, VA

Uhhh...

My old white 924s had a totally different VIN number sequence and was listed as a USA/Canada/Japan car.

For my current car, I just typed in my VIN number into the 924.org "VIN Decoder" and it said that my car is a European/ROW model...

It sure looks like a normal US car.

This car is full of surprises... VIN on the option tag is different than the metal tag in the engine compartment - it decodes as a US car.

Tag on the underside of the windshield shows a US car also...never mind...crap! Thought I had a ROW car.

158 Radio
261 Passenger side mirror - electric - plain
398 Left outside mirror - electric - plain
573 Air conditioner
651 Electric windows
657 Power steering
C02 Equipped with catalytic converter
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924RACR · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject:

The ZZZ on the strut tower is just with the body, not really the complete VIN - it's those country-specific digits that are filled-in when the car is assembled and assigned a VIN. Since the bare shell is the same US, EU, ROW, etc, it's generic...
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joecitizennn · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 2096 Location: no mans land

Coming soon, a post about vin#s for the lemans series cars. At least what info I could dig off the internet and squeeze out of porsche themselves.