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Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:49 pm

Where is the M-code plate in a squareback?

Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:44 pm

There isn't one.

There is just the VIN plate and the paint code tag

Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:52 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/mcodest3.php

Than what is that for?

Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:12 pm

That's a list of M codes for Type 3 options.

You need the original invoice, for those options on your car. I believe.

The only other way that I know to get the M code options on a car is to get a "birth certificate" from VW in Germany.

Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:33 pm

Options show up on the birth certificate. Some of mine said unknown though.

Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:43 am

EverettB wrote: There isn't one.

There is just the VIN plate and the paint code tag

Found the VIN plate on my 69 sqbk, but not paint code tag. Is it on the VIN plate or was it a sticker that may have come off.

I am trying to find out the original paint color as the body was sprayed a different color than the interior and under the hood. It looks white, but with a green hue.

Here is a pic of the plates I can find.

Thanks!

Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:29 pm

Could be in a couple of different spots depending on the year. Of course it could also have been easily removed by a PO.

This is on a '69 Squareback:

This is from an earlier ('61 - '65ish):

Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:45 pm

Thanks Hoss!..............damn, I've wanted to say that since the 60's when Bonanza was on.... :D

I think it is the toga white. I have looked high and low for that sticker and it is missing. I have the car at the shop, and we removed everything from the trunk. Someone pulled it off...........darn it!

Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:39 pm

Notched wrote:

The only other way that I know to get the M code options on a car is to get a "birth certificate" from VW in Germany.

Birth certificate? How does one get this epic document?

Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:23 pm

sundog kid wrote: Notched wrote:

The only other way that I know to get the M code options on a car is to get a "birth certificate" from VW in Germany.

Birth certificate? How does one get this epic document?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/faq.php

Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:02 pm

weetness,thanx a bunchly