TheSamba.com :: View topic - 356/550/718 etc. Chassis and Motor Numbers

Thu May 17, 2012 3:55 pm

Guys,

As a newbie here I thought maybe I could start with an offer to help fellow Samba members as to their cars. Over the years, I have collected much material as to actual build dates, original motor numbers and more---especially 4-cam ones. I do not have everything by a long shot....but if I can tell you the car's actual birthday (not to be confused with dates on the kardex which are not birthdates) original motor number and more----if I have it.

Give me a shout on the Forum or not.

Steve Heinrichs
[email protected]

Thu May 17, 2012 4:07 pm

The Vin on my 59 Cab is 151662

Anything?

Thu May 17, 2012 5:27 pm

You are a lucky man, Brian--

Finished production 6 February 1959 (my 12th BDay)

motor 83333
trans 26127

no radio

came with hardtop.

note color stuff and options stuff not on prod records. since this is not a 4-cam, I do not have that stuff.

Steve

Thu May 17, 2012 5:40 pm

Steve Heinrichs wrote: You are a lucky man, Brian--

Finished production 6 February 1959 (my 12th BDay)

motor 83333
trans 26127

no radio

came with hardtop.

note color stuff and options stuff not on prod records. since this is not a 4-cam, I do not have that stuff.

Steve

That's interesting. The hardtop wasn't listed on my Certificate of Authenticity. What do you expect for $100

Thu May 17, 2012 5:47 pm

Thank you Steve for sharing your info.
Darrin Coe

Thu May 17, 2012 5:56 pm

Brian,

Yep I thought interesting re the hardtop.

If the damn book is ever finished, among other stuff, the reliance on the color code letters A, B, C will go out the window----now it is largely correct---but we found nearly 60 out of say 1,200 4-cams where themain int color was different than that which the kardex would note.

/steve

Thu May 17, 2012 6:05 pm

Hi Steve,
Do you have any info on my 58' Super Coupe 104365 ?

Thu May 17, 2012 6:26 pm

How about 100467??

Thu May 17, 2012 6:26 pm

btw - its AWESOME you are sharing!

Thu May 17, 2012 10:09 pm

Hi Steve,
Good to see you here. Any cool info on 218094?
Thank you!

Fri May 18, 2012 2:07 am

150808 Please.

Thanks.

Fri May 18, 2012 3:35 am

Definitley cool that Steve has offered to help when possible. I will be posting up my info once he gets caught up with the current requests. Looking forward to seeing what is found.

Fri May 18, 2012 4:24 am

Thanks for the offer Steve! If you have any info on 51576 that would be great. They couldn't determine a date for my COA.

Fri May 18, 2012 6:31 am

Steve

I think my Fast Frieda will be 50 in June. Her number is 121123. Do you have anything in your database on her?
Thanks.

Pat Daily

Fri May 18, 2012 8:29 am

Take THAT, Steve! :wink:
Jack Staggs

Fri May 18, 2012 10:31 am

Guys,

Stay with me. I am out most of today and tomorrow. By the way, I have noinfo on Karmann cars.

/steve

Fri May 18, 2012 8:36 pm

Quote: By the way, I have noinfo on Karmann cars.

/steve

Ahh Steve....boo. Just kidding. Ha ha. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Mon May 21, 2012 10:15 am

Here we go:

104365 motor 82318 trans 26902 finished prod 14 July1958 no radio

100467 motor 65422 trans 14377 finished prod 6 May 1957 no radio

218094 no info

51576 motor 32402 trans 2835, then 2843 finished prod 14 Dec 1953

121123 no info

Hope this helps. All for today. Back to the book.

Welcome to Barry and Brian and Glen!!

Steve Heinrichs

Mon May 21, 2012 10:49 am

Steve Heinrichs wrote: Here we go:
51576 motor 32402 trans 2835, then 2843 finished prod 14 Dec 1953

Steve Heinrichs

Outstanding, thanks sooo much. Great to have a production date!

I guess QC found a problem with the trans on the line and swapped it out....kinda cool :-)

Mon May 21, 2012 6:28 pm

Jack,

Yep, I think this kida stuff is very cool.

Steve Heinrichs