Why is there difference in USA numbers and Italian car numbers?

[alfredhamstra]

Hi all, my 1981 Turbo has two numbers.
The italian number in the enginebay, together with the matching plate.
And the number in de doorside matching the number in the windowslip.
Both numbers are the same the last part, but the first part is different.
Importing in the Netherlands was no problem, but I try to sell it to denmark and the Danish import agency don't want to import.
Maybe the negative approach is because its a 1981 car, but first sold in 1984. So it was 3 years in the showroom.
Any thoughts?

Italian number: ZFA124CSO*08186953
USA number: ZFAAS00B3B8186953

greetings from Holland
alfred

[rridge]

Starting on Jan. 1 1980 all new cars sold in the U.S. were required to have a VIN that conformed to a common format and placed in a standard location. Non-U.S. makers were free to continue to use their own chassis number and place them in what ever location they or the home country they produce required. Most registration agencies should be familiar with the presence of two different numbers in cars that were reimported from the U.S.

[alfredhamstra]

Thanks for the reply and clear answer.
I guess the danish importofficer did not know it. I also told the buyer that all exported cs0 spiders have it.
But it turns out the buyer did not buy it in the end, the reason he gave was the "two numbers".
He looked for a way out apparently...

Greetings from the netherlands