Re: [T3] vin problem

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 29 Apr 2002, at 15:16, Greg Merritt wrote:

> 
> > 1970  volk  2d  1402100349
> 
>  My money's on 1970 Type I Karmann Ghia (140).

>  Oh -- and isn't that one digit too many for a VW of that era?
> Isn't the VIN nine digits?

We all got a 10th digit starting in 70. Think of it like this:

140 2 100349

Where the 140 means type 1, version 4, year ending in zero.

Second decade of this numbering system (I know, not really correct, but 
that's how I think of it. Think of the 60s as the first decade and then the 70s 
are the second decade.)

100349th car off the line in that model year.

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Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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