hi guyz
my dad bought a 1985 or 86 dont remember slant nose. now we alwayz figured it was a fake 1 but when we look at the stuff its got done to it we dont no anymore its got a 5 speed ruf tranny,ruf intercooler,and twin plugs per cylinder. we talk to porsche where we live and they said its from outta counrty and we gotta contact posche for a build sheet. i was wondering if anyone may have infos or contacts that may help us figure out if its a real slant nose, the vin for the car is wp022293zfs000374.
thx guyz

 

...and here I was thinking that they spoke english in Canada.

 

gee my neighbor has a real one i think you can check the vin but i don't know the correct code he is at the historics in monterey as we type will check when he returns

 

I was thinking the same thing

 

that would be great if u could thx steve

 

Does the car have the options sticker on the underside of the hood near the latch? Post a pic and we might be able to tell you if it's a factory slant. The VIN by itself will not tell you if it's a factory slant or not.

You need to pay for and obtain a Certificate of Authenticity, sometimes referred to as a Kardex. Here's the link:

http://www.porsche.com/usa/accessori...fauthenticity/

This will have all the pertinent information from VIN #, to date of manufacture, to options the car was built with, etc.

 

Certificate of Authenticity does not always work either. In 85-86 I don't think it was on the build sheet. My 85 930 (therefore a Euro Car) is an original Slant but my Certificate has nothing. But I've had enough experts confirm that it was real. In those early days you could get a Slant with the boxed rockers and brake vents in the rear, or just a Slant without boxed rockers or even the brake vents. Whatever you wanted from Special Werkes. A few ways to be able to tell is the headlight motor (fakes often used Mazda motor), the fiberglass covers of the motor and other parts (fakes often did not bother) and the rods that actually lifted the lights actually had different threats on opposing sides for adjustments. Most fakes did not bother with this either.
In regards to the Ruf Parts, a phone call to Ruf should be able to clarify. My 85 was also a BTR conversion when new by a prior owner, and has the Ruf 5 speed and Ruf Intercooler, although I don't think they did twin plug on the BTR conversions then. I also have a Ruf Tach with the 7K rpm at the top. But just like with Special Werkes, no Ruf car was the same either.

Anybody want to buy my 930S :-)

 

Still upgrading to the 10 GT3RS?

 

^^^^^ I wish. Staying with plain old RS1