Porsche VIN decoder now online

[Scouser]

Just to let you know it's now up and running live here at renntech.org.

If you have any problems/questions please PM or email me.

Please don't bother Loren he has enough on his plate ;)

You can get to it by clicking "Scouser's VIN Decoder" at the top of the page.

Cheers,

[LVDell]

Pretty cool!

[Loren]

Just updated... now version 0.4

GT2 problems fixed ;)

Edited June 14, 2004 by Loren

[bagarospo]

nice!! :clapping:

are the four last numbers, the number of the car?

ex: my VIN last 4 are 0554... is my car the 554th GT3 produced?

thanks

[Scouser]

Yup. Sure is.

[Tool Pants]

It found my 1997 Boxter. Seems like it is missing the "s" in Boxster in 3 different places. ;)

Insurance companies must have something like this. When I bought my car the first thing they asked for was the VIN and they knew what it was.

On the Boxster Porsche did not start with 0000. Mine ends in 1404 but it is not the 1404th unit produced. They also used a different numbering system for different countries.

[Loren]

It found my 1997 Boxter.  Seems like it is missing the "s" in Boxster in 3 different places. ;)

Insurance companies must have something like this.  When I bought my car the first thing they asked for was the VIN and they knew what it was.

On the Boxster Porsche did not start with 0000.  Mine ends in 1404 but it is not the 1404th unit produced.  They also used a different numbering system for different countries.

Ok, I fixed a couple little typos for Scouser ;)

[Scouser]

Thanks Jeff for spotting it and Loren for the typo fix. I'll fix the source ;)

Jeff, your right about the numbering scheme. Actually most of the cars

have strange numbering schemes and they don't all start at 0. I have a good source of info for 964 and 993s in regards to their sequence numbers. I plan to update the VIN decoder

with additional info when I can source similar info on other cars.

Here's an interesting link. Be aware that it is not ENglish (Swahili or something.....actually Japanese I think). But there are two tables on it.

The second table 5th column show the sequence numbers for model type. The last column in the 1st table show the total number of cars manufactured for that model. Interesting stuff. Now if only I could find

a similar link for other cars ;)

http://www33.tok2.com/home/kero993/pro993f.htm

[Costa]

Scouser,

The VIN Decode tool is a handy utility - thanks

One minor error to report - my vehicle's body/engine code is a 0 and the decoder reports an error (996) - all other fields seem to be reported correctly for my vehicle.

My vehicle is an Australian delivered '04 C2 Coupe

[Scouser]

ZX7R,

Thanks for the feedback. I tried to contact you email/PM but no reply.

Is there any chance you could PM me your VIN# to test with?

Cheers,

[Costa]

Scouser - Check your PM..sent you my VIN a few days ago!

Cheers

[Loren]

Latest update (Sept 27, 2004) now includes 987 and 997.

Thanks Scouser! :thumbup:

[PRAP]

Thanks!

Best regards!

Edited October 31, 2009 by PRAP