VIN

[brockGT2]

Hello to all,

Riddle me this... I went out to look at a 1986 Carrera coupe today, looks like a nice car guards red over black, straight coupe no sunroof approximately 100,000 km or 60,000 miles, nice clean interior etc.

I look under the luggage compartment for the ID code and no code, so I take a photo of the VIN tag from inside the luggage compartment on the left side just ahead of the spare tire looking at it from the front.

Then I take a few more photos of the plate from the drivers side door jamb.

I take the car for a ride and tell the seller that I will be in touch, oh I forgot to mention that there was no owners manual in the glove box and the seller indicates he will check if his son knows where it is, (I heard that sometimes the ID code is placed in the manual).

I just got on the site and using Scouser's VIN decoder noticed while I'm inputting the VIN that the photos I took show 2 different VIN's?

The other interesting thing is that the last 8 characters of both VIN's are the same.

Has anyone ever heard of this... any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks,

Brock

Edited January 27, 2009 by brockGT2

[magcuda]

the VIN in the luggage compartment started with a WPOZZ

the VIN on the door jam and the plate on the windshield probably had WPOAA

when the car was being built it was given a WPOZZ VIN, if it stayed in Europe the WPOZZ stayed with the car. going to North America it was then given the WPOAA.

Edited January 30, 2009 by magcuda

[brockGT2]

the VIN in the luggage compartment started with a WPOZZ

the VIN on the door jam and the plate on the windshield probably had WPOAA

when the car was being built it was given a WPOZZ VIN, if it stayed in Europe the WPOAA stayed with the car. going to North America it was then given the WPOAA.

Thank you for your reply, I believe you are correct.

I had never heard of this before, however, the fact that the last 8 digits were the same on both VIN's lessened my concern.

Loren was able to provide me with good information as well.

Regards,

Brock