RE: [T3] ID #'s

[Scott Walters <SWalters@BigImageGraphics.com>]

Your correct! It was actually bought in Germany by a G.I. who could not
afford the taxes to bring it to the states so he sold it to another G.I. who
did bring it back. He was the second owner and now I am the third.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:13 AM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: RE: [T3] ID #'s


On 8 Jun 2007 at 10:01, Scott Walters wrote:

> Thanks so much! That explains the title saying it was a 63 and all of you
> saying it was a 64 because of the push button dash!

It's actually a '64 model year, which appeared in the dealer showrooms in
Sept 
of '63. In order to do this, the first ones had to be made in August of '63.
We 
don't have monthly records of production numbers, but your VIN was a pretty 
early '64.

Finding errors in the titles of old cars is pretty common, especially in
cars 
that were imported by individuals, as this must have been. The first year
that 
VW actually sold type 3s in the US was the '66 model year, so yours was 
probably brought in either from Canada or from Europe by a returning GI.

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

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