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Re: [T3] Date Plate


> Where exactly is this 'date plate' s'posed to be
> located?...

It's a 3" x 3/4" plate painted over at the left end of the front cross panel as
viewed from in front of the car (ie not from inside the trunk!).  It is embossed
with digits eg 12-3-4567, where 12 is the calendar week of the year (given by
the third digit of the VIN) and 3 is the day of the week (eg Wednesday).  We're
still working on the 4567, but the first of those digits seems to relate to a
batch of production lines - most of ours are a '3', sometimes a '4'.
Week 1 is the week containing Jan 1st - eg Sat 1st Jan is week 1 in the 1972
calendar.

So get the calendar and start counting!   I use the Word calendar wizard; it's
on New document > 'other documents' tab.

If there's a code stamped across the left end, that's the factory colour code -
the codes are on the paint page of my website.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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