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Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:32 am

jereandjess wrote: Clara wrote:
02 xxx xxx It's a '70 bus, VIN

119 Eberspacher BN4 gas heater
121 Fresh air fan - 'Ambulance fan'
191 Sub floor - belly pan
506 - Brake servo and dual-circuit brake control lamp

523917 - paint and interior- ? lotus white L282
The interior for the westfalia was fitted with standard seat and door panels until 1973. This means dark beige for 69-73.
C01 - ? group of codes?
Yep, group, here they are:
020 speedometer and odometer in miles
089 laminated windscreen glass
102 rear window heating
181 chrome hubcaps
206 Inner rear-view mirror, anti-dazzle
507 ventilation windows in cabin doors
511 padded dashboard and dashboard lid (not for RHD)
517 Factory prepared campmobile interior
524 USA and Canada specificatioins
525 seatbelts for USA and Canada

094 Lockable engine lid
095 Radio - Wolfsburg model
100 Without front VW emblem

42 3 - Wednesday of the 42nd week Yep, 10-15-69
75 25 - unknown (?)
001 - picked up in Europe? The owners manual has it hand written in that it was picked up at the factory
001 indicates that it was produced for the VW wholesale dealer ASCHAFFENBURG.
2310 - kombi
21 - ?
231 - Kombi, LHD, Sliding door RT
0 - Standard version
2 - 1600cc, 47 horsepower engine w/mcode 157 exhaust emmission control system, with carbon canister
1 - manual transmission

any help at filling in the blanks?

Show off :P

I need that book....

Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:49 am

daves_ale wrote:

Show off :P

I need that book....

Hey, you did really well for NOT having the book!

It is fun having it though! ;-)

Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:01 am

jereandjess wrote: daves_ale wrote:

Show off :P

I need that book....

Hey, you did really well for NOT having the book!

It is fun having it though! ;-)

I've learned the type2 site well. If I'm correct that site was done by the same guy who came out with the book.

Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:35 am

daves_ale wrote:

A 70 Westy, nice plus you got all those other goodies? Sweet.
The eberspacher itself is missing, but all the ducting and cables are there.
I don't know about the fresh air fans, I'll have to check.
The radio is now a Pioneer unit.
It does have this wierd flying saucer thing near the brake MC... is that the servo? Is that normal for a '70? What does it do?
It's a dormy top westy with full width bed... pretty nice camper. :P
Thanks to all for help with the mystery codes.... they seem to be spot on with the bus.

Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:43 am

Clara wrote: daves_ale wrote:

A 70 Westy, nice plus you got all those other goodies? Sweet.
The eberspacher itself is missing, but all the ducting and cables are there.
I don't know about the fresh air fans, I'll have to check.
The radio is now a Pioneer unit.
It does have this wierd flying saucer thing near the brake MC... is that the servo? Is that normal for a '70? What does it do?
It's a dormy top westy with full width bed... pretty nice camper. :P
Thanks to all for help with the mystery codes.... they seem to be spot on with the bus.

Yeah, I think that the servo went in around '70 and front disk brakes in '71. The servo serves (haha) to make braking easier so you don't have to have such a heavy foot. The fans will have a switch on the dash. That dash must be loaded with knobs! Holy Enterprise Batman! How did you come about a Bay? I thought that you stuck to splits? Anyways, Welcome!

Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:13 am

daves_ale wrote: Clara wrote: daves_ale wrote:

A 70 Westy, nice plus you got all those other goodies? Sweet.
The eberspacher itself is missing, but all the ducting and cables are there.
I don't know about the fresh air fans, I'll have to check.
The radio is now a Pioneer unit.
It does have this wierd flying saucer thing near the brake MC... is that the servo? Is that normal for a '70? What does it do?
It's a dormy top westy with full width bed... pretty nice camper. :P
Thanks to all for help with the mystery codes.... they seem to be spot on with the bus.

Yeah, I think that the servo went in around '70 and front disk brakes in '71. The servo serves (haha) to make braking easier so you don't have to have such a heavy foot. The fans will have a switch on the dash. That dash must be loaded with knobs! Holy Enterprise Batman! How did you come about a Bay? I thought that you stuck to splits? Anyways, Welcome!
I think there are 6 knobs across the dash.
I guess that's ... (in no particular order) headlights, eberspacher, camper lights, rear window defog, wipers, fans... am I missing any?
It's actually my friend Dave's bus... he doesn't do computers...and he's selling it (see my ads... shameless plug). I like the splitties better, but my first car was a '73 westy with a '77 FI 2l motor.
Dead Tour '87: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/230098.jpg

Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:08 am

Clara wrote: daves_ale wrote: Clara wrote: daves_ale wrote:

A 70 Westy, nice plus you got all those other goodies? Sweet.
The eberspacher itself is missing, but all the ducting and cables are there.
I don't know about the fresh air fans, I'll have to check.
The radio is now a Pioneer unit.
It does have this wierd flying saucer thing near the brake MC... is that the servo? Is that normal for a '70? What does it do?
It's a dormy top westy with full width bed... pretty nice camper. :P
Thanks to all for help with the mystery codes.... they seem to be spot on with the bus.

Yeah, I think that the servo went in around '70 and front disk brakes in '71. The servo serves (haha) to make braking easier so you don't have to have such a heavy foot. The fans will have a switch on the dash. That dash must be loaded with knobs! Holy Enterprise Batman! How did you come about a Bay? I thought that you stuck to splits? Anyways, Welcome!
I think there are 6 knobs across the dash.
I guess that's ... (in no particular order) headlights, eberspacher, camper lights, rear window defog, wipers, fans... am I missing any?
It's actually my friend Dave's bus... he doesn't do computers...and he's selling it (see my ads... shameless plug). I like the splitties better, but my first car was a '73 westy with a '77 FI 2l motor.
Dead Tour '87: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/230098.jpg

My guess would be that you didn't mention the hazard switch. Which one are you in the pic.? Love the sign ya'll are under!

I hope that you time here in the baywindow forum was a good one. 'Till next time (I'll be back in the splittie forum when I get my deluxes back from another town), cheers.
Dave

Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:13 pm

Hmmm, I can't seem to find 'D26' anywhere, all I find is '???'

anybody got any clues?

Here's what I have so far:

02 101 743
517 518
523806 D26 026 097 181
51 5 7530 041 2310 21

02101743 - chassis
517 - campmobile
518 - pop-top
523806 - savannenbeige
D26 - ???
026 - charcoal thingy
097 - "emden" radio
181 - chrome instead of painted parts
51 5 - Friday of 51st week
7530 - ????
041 - West Germany
2310 21 - Kombi, sliding door right, LHD, 47HP, manual trans

This M-Code stuff is fun! Please feel free to add or correct anything.

Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:42 pm

D26 for 1970 includes:

020 Speedo and Odom in miles
089 laminated windscreen glass
102 Rear-window heating
206 Inner rear view mirror - anti-dazzle
511 Padded dashboard and dashboard lid (not for RHD)
524 USA and Canada specifications
525 Seatbelts for USA and Canada

Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:49 pm

thank you :)

Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:52 pm

OOPs - forgot the 7530 - its just a serial number, or as the book says

"number for production planning (temporary serial number)"

Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:58 pm

Hi everyone. I'm a new samba member who's been lurking for a while (I admit, it's become a bit of an obsession). I found this thread fascinating (especially as my husband and I are getting ready to make our "Jeebus" beautiful again). Could you help me understand a few of the codes I'm stumbling over?
62144600
922641 D53 073
22 2 7367 038 2319 61

Here's what I have deciphered so far.
1976 + serial number.
922641 brilliant orange paint upper/lower, then the interior it said westfailia green/red (my interior is orange plaid + green vinyl?)
D53-something about US standards? I assume this is like safety standards, etc?
073-poptop
22 2-22nd week Tuesday
7367-this is a production number mentioned in earlier posts, yes?
038-the type2 thing said "west germany" was the destination?? could this also have been one of the tourists pick ups too?
2319 61--so, this is a code for a kombi cargo door right, LHD and means we have m-codes 157/251 (engine 2.0, FI??) and 609 (campmobile deluxe? we only have a sink, no stove).

So, can anyone check my work and help out with the 038? I'd really love to more about the old guy. Thanks in advance for the help, and I really appreciate this great resource.
-Lari

Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:36 am

jeebus wrote:
62144600
922641 D53 073
22 2 7367 038 2319 61

Here's what I have deciphered so far.
1976 + serial number.
922641 brilliant orange paint upper/lower, then the interior it said westfailia green/red (my interior is orange plaid + green vinyl?)
D53-something about US standards? I assume this is like safety standards, etc?
073-poptop
22 2-22nd week Tuesday
7367-this is a production number mentioned in earlier posts, yes?
038-the type2 thing said "west germany" was the destination?? could this also have been one of the tourists pick ups too?
2319 61--so, this is a code for a kombi cargo door right, LHD and means we have m-codes 157/251 (engine 2.0, FI??) and 609 (campmobile deluxe? we only have a sink, no stove).

So, can anyone check my work and help out with the 038? I'd really love to more about the old guy. Thanks in advance for the help, and I really appreciate this great resource.
-Lari

038 - destination code for Mannheim - a tourist destination pickup would have a TE or TX destination code.

D53 for 1976 includes: 005, 012, 067, 102
005 -heater outlet in seat box of rear bench seat
012 - exhasut emmission control installation and speedometer in mph instead of km (with M524 only) (M524 means USA and Canada specifications)
067 - 12V 54A battery instead of standard 12V 45A battery
102 - rear window heating

You are correct for 7367.
2319 is correct. The 61 means 2.0L engine (6), and the 1 a manual trans.
The book says M609 is a Westfalia campmobile, without mentioning deluxe

Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:23 am

Thanks so much for the help! I wasn't sure if our back hatch was original or not, but it looks like it must be (with original paint). It has a dealer's sticker from the Car Corner in Heidelberg. I just thought it might have been swapped for the original, but it looks like (given the defrost & destination) that it's original. It being a non-deluxe makes way more sense too. Now I'm totally curious if the defroster works!!
M-codes rock!
-Lari

Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:16 pm

So far I've worked put it was made late January (perhap early Feb) of 1973. Clue, it's RHD, and was made for the UK market.

Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:50 pm

I'm a little confused about mine. Sorry no picture, I just got it home tonight...

11 1
11 008 013 043
SH 2310 474735
8079175

I'm pretty sure it's a kombi (231) standard (0) but other than the 8079175 being part of the VIN I'm a little lost (haven't been able to find answers to what the m-codes mean). Help a baywindow noob out :D . I was told it's a '68 Euro. It doesn't have back-up lights for some reason.

Shane

Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:57 am

Greetings all, just bought my first bus on Sunday from an ad placed here at Samba. I've been lurking on this site for a little while to get a feel for the place and make sure I don't start my time here by asking the same "stupid" question that's been asked to death. Feel like now is a good time to drop in and say hello. This game looks like fun, what's mine tell you?

Thanks, and I look forward to being an active member on this site.

Jonathan

[img]http://homepage.mac.com/jonthrush/.Pictures/Lucy/plates&codes/m-code.jpg[/img]

p.s. a helpful tip on posting images would also be helpful, every forum is a little different. Cheers.

Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:12 pm

simonlord wrote:

So far I've worked put it was made late January (perhap early Feb) of 1973. Clue, it's RHD, and was made for the UK market.

Here's the rest (taken from VW and Transporter Specification Guide 1967-1979 by Vincent Molnaar and Alexander Prinz).

32 - year 1973, type 2
124048 - serial number
9593 - special paint code for 72-79 - Blue - L53P
51 - interior - dark beige leatherette (69-76)

A41 - group code includes
020 - speedo and odo in miles
061 - type labelling of seat mounting and ID plate for England and Ireland
085 - Filled in factory with double the amount of petrol (used for driving on and off the train, for example)
187 - Headlamps for countries with left hand drive traffic

191 - With outer and center under floor plates

05 3 - week 05, day 3, corresponds to 31 Jan 1973
7524 - number for production planning

EN - destination code - United Kingdom - Ramsgate
2340 - 23 - Kombi, 4 - RHD, sliding door left, 0 - Standard version

11 - engine/trans code - 1 - type 1 engine, 1 - 4 spd manual trans

Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:28 pm

karmann57 wrote: I'm a little confused about mine. Sorry no picture, I just got it home tonight...

11 1
11 008 013 043
SH 2310 474735
8079175

I'm pretty sure it's a kombi (231) standard (0) but other than the 8079175 being part of the VIN I'm a little lost (haven't been able to find answers to what the m-codes mean). Help a baywindow noob out :D . I was told it's a '68 Euro. It doesn't have back-up lights for some reason.

Shane

Here's the rest (taken from VW and Transporter Specification Guide 1967-1979 by Vincent Molnaar and Alexander Prinz).

11 1 - date code - 11 Jan (and you said it was a 1968)
11 - eng/trans code - type 1 engine, 4 speed manual trans
008 - without battery
013 - Middle three person bench seat, rear three person bench seat, and interior trim in passenger compt.
043 - no m-code listed

SH - destination code - Switzerland, Birfeld

2310 - Kombi, LHD, sliding door right, Standard version
4747 - exterior paint code - Neptune Blue
35 - interior code - dark blue, leatherette
8079175 is the chassis number

Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:43 pm

I just bought a 72 camper tonight, it is a SO72/6 very cool and unusual. I deciphered everything on the m-plate except A19. Anyone know what that one is?
for those that like looking at all the mplate stuff here it is:
22072161
518
918451 A19 027 097 172
48 4 7519 066 2319 41
Cheers
Bill