Somewhere is reading about Porsche 904GTS cars on the net I came across what I consider to be a slightly inflammatory statement:
The 904-108 was the last factory chassis for 4-cylinder cars. Later some cars were built by privateers from spare parts and from self-made parts. The following made-up chassis numbers are known to exist: 904-109, -113, -115, -119, -126. Another fact worth to mention is that some of the cars around the globe have same chassis numbers. For example if after a crash a new chassis was ordered from the factory and the chassls number plate was transferred, the old chassis was shed aside with no further plans. But then came the times when 904 prices skyrocketed and the old crashed chassis were also woken alive and new number plates were fabricated with the same numbers. Because of the risen value of 904s even the totally crashed and burned-down cars have been restored.
Yet recently Lord Laidlaw's 904GTS (906-012) (never mind the 906 number, it would take too long to explain their numbering system but that SN is correct) sold for either a million pounds or close to it. So I think the paragraph quoted above is over-exaggerating the problem caused by old crashed chassis fished out of the dumpster and rebuilt into 904GTS cars. In my humble opinion, cars with a continuous chain of owners, good provenance, will continue to appreciate. Ironically one of the cars was even crashed by Porsche who wanted to see how it took to a crash under controlled circumstances because this was before automakers around the world had to crash test cars before they were allowed to be sold in the U.S.
Any opinions appreciated...