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It probably all ties in - you can get a 'Birth Certificate' from themuseum, in fact I think VW at Milton kewynes can tell you the info - may have to be the registered keeper though. Bear in mind that the production plate is fitted to the body when made - sometimes cars had to go back to have poor paint or damage repaired etc, and may actually only be given the VIN number later. I've had 3 RHD Variants from the same batch which had out-of-order VINs compared with the production plate date. The middle one based on the production plate had the latest VIN number, and it also appeared to have been supplied with a green door repainted in Marina blue. Colour seemed to be identical with the rest of the car, and weathered identically, so I reckon it was factory applied. That would explain the delay in giving it the chassis number. I hadn't thought before, but the printed slip on Toby's car has been separately ink-stamped with the chassis number - that would have to be stamped in on final assembly and the plate fitted to the front, I guess. The one under the carpet on my Fastback was similarly printed. It's still under review, but we're gradually getting closer to what all the details are. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Jones" <m@vw1600e.org.uk> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 1:36 PM Subject: [T3] Model code & birthday. > Hi all, > > I have a question, but its at the end ... bear with me. > > I've just been decoding our FB's VIN plates using Dave Hall's information : > http://www.hallvw.clara.net/dating.htm . Very useful. > VIN is 3132095614, and the production plate says 18-5-3237. This means it was > build in the 18th week of the 1973, on a Friday. That works out as Friday 4th > May, 1973. May the 4th! International Star Wars day! How cool is that? The > force is obviously strong in my car. It will be drawn to the dark side. It is > its destiny. > > Anyway ... we also have the original service record book which the car was sold > with. This has "type / model: 312331". I now know that 312 is RHD FB. What do > the last 3 digits signify ? > > Thanks, > > -- > Matt. UK. > '73 1600e Fbk. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >