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On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 06:21, Matthew Jones wrote: > The beam I took to bits came from a '72 but must have been > put on later, or had all the joints changed - all 4 have caps. > > Is there a way to date the fixed part of a front beam ? It has > a few painted numbers on one shock tower. > Here is the one on a '69 Squareback. http://classicvw.org/gallery/Frontend/DSCF0067 I have one here someplace from a '71 FB, but can't find the picture right now. They were a sequencial number system. The dealer was suppose to record the number during the pre delivery prep, and then cover it with undercoat. It was like the serial number on the engine, and the transaxle. Just another way to trace a car if stolen. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~