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On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 06:34, Jens Vagelpohl wrote: > > Question, when does a model year end? If it was built in May 71 > > wouldn't > > this make it a 72? Or is it just based on the VIN #? > > > > The model year traditionally ended on July 31 and the new year started > a day after that. If I remember correctly VW employees actually had > their summer vacation in July so that it was easy to retool during that > quiet period. > Except for the maintenance people and the machinists. :( -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org