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Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:20 pm

Hi Surreysplit, have you send the right VIN number? becouse 038266 doesn't look to be your vin number.
Did you try using museum's site?
http://automuseum.volkswagen.de/kontakt.html

Regards
Marcos

Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:54 am

Buba wrote: Hi Surreysplit, have you send the right VIN number? becouse 038266 doesn't look to be your vin number.
Did you try using museum's site?
http://automuseum.volkswagen.de/kontakt.html

Regards
Marcos
Hi Marcos , yes i did , heres what it should read 237038266
i think they missed out the first few numbers , ive sent another email to Susanne so hopefully will be sorted as i dont want to pay 40 euros again :(

Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:58 am

'58 Binz Cert.

Not sure why it says M176, this one came with ribbed bumpers. They've been know to be wrong also.

Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:55 pm

Got mine today.. 3 weeks..

Cant believe she was white...

Whats a dual-circuit brake system? I think I only have one reservoir for my brakes.. Now after this 10 inches of snow melts I gotta go look at my MC..

Or is it electrical?

Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:14 pm

Weird that it says Sao Paulo...and the color is not registered

Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:36 am

Heres mine after a cock up on the 1st one :roll:

Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:31 am

Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:32 am

Here's the certificate for my 1959 Kombi-turned-Westy. The build date on the certificate is a couple days off from the M-Code, which was stamped 30 06 9, indicating June 30 rather than July 2.

The M-Code plate for comparison to the BC

The engine certification document confirms the original engine to the bus. They would only provide this document after I sent them a request that included the engine number I wanted to compare against their records.

Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:46 pm

Kent, i didn't realize our buses are that close! i am 486 801 obus wrote: Got mine today!!! My printer/scanner is down so i will have to post it at a later date...

my m code plate says july1 1959 but the certificate says july 3 1959. it left the factory on july 22 and was shipped to San Francisco. I guess that time in between was the time it waited to be shipped over????? no surprises between the 2. All mine says as far as mcodes:

m175 bumpers w/ guards
m184 walk through cab
m372 us package including
m020 mph speedometer
m024 rear flasher signal red
m090 laminated windscreen glass
m175 ram protection

engine info: 30din-ps 1.2 liter

since i don't have the original engine i could not supply them the engine number nor do they give it out.

Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:26 pm

obus wrote: Kent, i didn't realize our buses are that close! i am 486 801 obus wrote: Got mine today!!! My printer/scanner is down so i will have to post it at a later date...

my m code plate says july1 1959 but the certificate says july 3 1959. it left the factory on july 22 and was shipped to San Francisco. I guess that time in between was the time it waited to be shipped over????? no surprises between the 2. All mine says as far as mcodes:

m175 bumpers w/ guards
m184 walk through cab
m372 us package including
m020 mph speedometer
m024 rear flasher signal red
m090 laminated windscreen glass
m175 ram protection

engine info: 30din-ps 1.2 liter

since i don't have the original engine i could not supply them the engine number nor do they give it out.

Small world, ain't it :D ! Whether you look at the mcode date or the BC date, they are only a day apart. The original owner took delivery from Westfalia on August 20th, according to my documents. I kinda wish mine had ram protection bumpers like yours. Mine just has the single blades. It does have the little assist step by the passenger door, but I assume they all do. From what I understand, my BC is incorrect by defining the M-156 code as the larger oil bath air cleaner. Not sure what it's supposed to be though...

-Kent

Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:28 pm

Emeritusx wrote: Got mine today.. 3 weeks..

Cant believe she was white...

Whats a dual-circuit brake system? I think I only have one reservoir for my brakes.. Now after this 10 inches of snow melts I gotta go look at my MC..

Or is it electrical?

That's a very early 1966 bus!!
Regards
Marcos

Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:42 pm

Yeah, I love my VIN number, 373 easy to remember