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RE: [T3] VIN

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

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