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Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:11 pm

hello, i was looking at the archives and i couldn't find my vin# anywhere.

i have a 65 deluxe vin # 245043603. am i just missing the # in the archives?

is this not really my #?

-Grant

Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:09 am

Where did you get that number from on the bus?

Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:45 pm

in the metal on the right side of the engine.

Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:47 pm

That has the right number of digits, and the 245 would indicate a deluxe...check the M code plate behind the passenger seat for the rest of the codes...

Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:56 pm

i ment that i was lookin for info on stuff like is my 65 considered a 66 in parts and such. that kind of info. maybe i really should get that birth cert.
Damn.

any donations???

-grant

Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:18 pm

Grant88 wrote: i ment that i was lookin for info on stuff like is my 65 considered a 66 in parts and such. that kind of info. maybe i really should get that birth cert.
Damn.

any donations???

-grant
that number looks like a VIN.. the 245 xxx xxx means
a type 2 (2)
deluxe (4)
65 model year (5)

which means it takes '65 ' parts. the idea that parts changes happened only at model year switches is just wrong. sometimes it did, but often it did not. Mostly at seemingly random times. I think the 'holdover from previous years' concept is just not so, they just made changes when they felt like it. Most parts from a 66 are the same as on a 65, however. But some are not. Some changes were made part way through the 66 model year. If you have a query about which parts fits, look it up in the on line parts list, URL in my sig. the parts list is a lovely book.

keep in mind that POs usually have made changes, and odds are that you do not have the original engine, nor transmission.

Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:35 am

Well looking at my book, you bus was bulit sometime in October 64.

As the last bus to roll off the production line in
October 64 was: *** 053 460

And the last bus to roll of the production line in
September 64 was : *** 036 650

you bus will be a 65 model but was really made in 64.

Hope this helps, To get a date you'll be better off getting a certificate from the factory. They are really cool!

Karl

Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:29 am

8) The M-code plate behind the passenger seat holds all the info you need.. Try and find that.

Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:01 pm

ok, i found it.

21 0

425 002 025 114 130

UF 2412 454483 504603

i;ve figured out most of it:

425- seats, belts, and mounting points
025- safety belts
114- 6 pop-out side windows
130- hardtop deluxe

Uf means deliverd to S.F.? right? it was sealingwax red and b/Gr with mesh grey interior and it had a nitro laqure finish. and it was made in oct. of '64

does anyone know what 002 is?
does nayone know if my bus came with a radio?
if so, what kind?
thanks