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PORSCHE
356 SERIAL NUMBER REFERENCE
Are you wondering if your 356 has its original engine? Are you unsure what year it was made? You can find out more about your 356 by obtaining a Certificate of Authenticity (Kardex) from Porsche -- or you can get some of the information right here, right now. Simply enter your VIN (Vehicle Identification Number -- also called chassis number), or your engine serial number into one of the search boxes below.
VIN (Chassis Number)
Enter VIN into the box below and you will be provided with:
- year of production
- model year
- model type
- body style
- coachbuilder
- possible engine types and serial number ranges
Engine Number
Enter engine number into the box below and you will be provided with:
- year of production
- Porsche internal designation
- common name
- first and last numbers in range
- dates engine type were manufactured
- matching body models and years
Note: Some T6 engines had 7 digit serial numbers that began with a "0". In order to make these database queries work, you must add a "5" in front of those numbers only, and ignore the "5" in the results. THIS ONLY APPLIES TO 7 DIGIT NUMBERS BEGINNING WITH "0" (ZERO).
Attribution
Data provided by Eric Cherneff (author of 356a.com, which is where this data resides, and 356.ca/tools, a site dedicated to 356 tool kits), based on his compilation of information provided by Dr. Brett Johnson, Marco Marinello and Olaf Lang, who have done extensive research on Porsche 356 production figures. The information in the database uses production figures published in 356 Registry Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 6, March 2000.
