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On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 20:04, Jim Adney wrote: > On 12 May 2004 at 16:29, Greg Merritt wrote: > > > > 319254999 > > > > If I have this right... > > > > 3 = Type 3 > > 1 = notchback or fastback > > 9 = model year 196*9* > > 2 = ?? > > 54999 = the 54,999th chassis produced for that model year > > Parsing out an extra 2 only started in '70, so this was the 254,999th type 3 > built in the '69 model year. > > Starting in '70 the VIN picked up an extra digit, which for our cars was > allways a 2 in the 4th position. I don't know what VW meant by this, but I > interpret it to mean the second decade of production. Or Second generation. with the slightly different body style. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org