914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/22/16 8:01 a.m.
Flight Service
Flight Service MegaDork
12/22/16 8:10 a.m.

They're in their 60's, have been divorced for 10 years and she violated a court order.

Yeah, that one is pretty cut and dry.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve MegaDork
12/22/16 8:16 a.m.

Can anyone confirm that you have to disassemble a 914 completely to see the VIN number? Sounds like BS to me.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/22/16 8:59 a.m.

Unless it's been scraped off, the VIN is on the registration sticker on the windshield. Also on a tin tag on the dash, stamped into the firewall and I believe the door jamb.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill UltimaDork
12/22/16 9:02 a.m.

In SC I can show up at the DMV and get a new title for anything I own. And previously had a title.

NOHOME
NOHOME PowerDork
12/22/16 9:15 a.m.

Not like those are Porsche's...Was the 914 not sold as a VW in the real world? Kind of like the "Ferrari" Dino

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
12/22/16 9:23 a.m.
spitfirebill wrote: In SC I can show up at the DMV and get a new title for anything I own. And previously had a title.

I was thinking similar.
Here is Ohio, I can show up at a Title Office and show photo ID to prove who I am. From there they can tell me every vehicle I own in my name and for $16 each they will print me a Duplicate Title on the spot.

Joe Gearin
Joe Gearin Associate Publisher
12/22/16 9:24 a.m.
NOHOME wrote: Not like those are Porsche's...Was the 914 not sold as a VW in the real world? Kind of like the "Ferrari" Dino

Yeah---- those Dinos will never be worth much......Dino prices

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/22/16 9:25 a.m.

My paperwork says Porsche, not VW.

iceracer
iceracer PowerDork
12/22/16 9:33 a.m.

I was acquainted with Tom in his early days.

Nice guy

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
12/22/16 10:11 a.m.

The hidden VIN thing does not make much sense

If the shell was re-imported from the US, there should be a metal tag near the lower-left corner of the windshield frame that has the VIN. All 914s should have an engraved VIN number on the top of the right-front wheel house, inside the trunk. All should also have a riveted-in plate in the front trunk on the right-side headlight bucket.
Chassis/VIN Plate 911 VIN plate is on the offside drivers door frame in a sticker format. Earlier models have the plate inside the front boot on the offside inner wing or near to the front.
codrus
codrus SuperDork
12/22/16 11:02 a.m.

Perhaps the stolen docs weren't NY state docs but from whatever state they used to live in, and so he had to get a physical VIN inspection done?

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
12/22/16 11:57 a.m.

I be most concerned with the return of my racing photos with Newman.

RealMiniParker
RealMiniParker UberDork
12/22/16 1:42 p.m.

In reply to Appleseed:

No E36 M3. Documentation can be replaced, but photos?

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