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spesockg
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:06 am Post subject: 21 window runner driver find! Vin decoding help. PICS INSIDE |
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Hey guys I just purchased a 66' 21 window it's a running driving bus. I was looking up the vin and having kind of a hard time decoding it. This is my first VW purchase in along time so I am trying to re educate myself. The vin reads 256140035 on the tag on the inside upper roof console and back in the engine bay it reads the same. Here are some pix from the drive home!
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sub-hatchtim
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:23 am Post subject: |
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whats the how you found it story
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spesockg
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| Right on thanks! I'll get on checking the m-code plate when i get home. Is there any special code I should look for the bus is a walk through barn door 21 window. |
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spesockg
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:30 am Post subject: |
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"whats the how you found it story"
I replied to a craigslist add for a supper rusty single cab and when I got there the guy had this in his garage. Some-how I ended up with this one! |
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| spesockg wrote: |
| Right on thanks! I'll get on checking the m-code plate when i get home. Is there any special code I should look for the bus is a walk through barn door 21 window. |
Just a small correction, this is not a barndoor. This is a late model split. Barndoors are early. You're probably referring to the side doors - standard passenger cargo doors. |
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| How did the single cab look? |
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| spesockg wrote: |
"whats the how you found it story"
I replied to a craigslist add for a supper rusty single cab and when I got there the guy had this in his garage. Some-how I ended up with this one! |
that's taking "bait and switch" to a whole other level
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Was that the one in Stanwood? |
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spesockg
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| How did the single cab look? |
extreamly rusty! i mean really really really rusty! |
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Very nice score! 
Just from your VIN, the "5" in the 256 indicates it's a deluxe bus with short middle seat.
Deluxes came with the sunroof and roof windows as you have unless it was ordered deleted (code 130), so there is no code on the m-plate for those two features.
Split seats is code 081 on the m-plate.
If you've followed threads on Samba, you know the m-code plate is sometimes gone and there are often problems with VIN matching. The fact your air box plate number matches the only permanent number, in the engine compartment, is a major source of relief. Enjoy your new "bait and switch" purchse! |
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: 21 window runner driver find! Vin decoding help. PICS IN |
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What in the world happened to the corner? Looks like someone went crazy with a canopener!
Nice find, however. It is nice when you can drive them home.
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spesockg
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| olliehank47 wrote: |
Very nice score!
Just from your VIN, the "5" in the 256 indicates it's a deluxe bus with short middle seat.
Deluxes came with the sunroof and roof windows as you have unless it was ordered deleted (code 130), so there is no code on the m-plate for those two features.
Split seats is code 081 on the m-plate.
If you've followed threads on Samba, you know the m-code plate is sometimes gone and there are often problems with VIN matching. The fact your air box plate number matches the only permanent number, in the engine compartment, is a major source of relief. Enjoy your new "bait and switch" purchse! |
Thank you so much for confirming the research I have done! My bus does have the m-code plate  so thats good and it seem all the numbers match all the way around, woot woot! I cant wait to return this thing to it former glory.
the M-plate has the code for the North American import stuff and the spit seat code and the 6 tilt out side window code.
The crazy thing is I just bought and sold 2 day earlier a 66' 13 window deluxe bus to a friend for a steal deal. When it rains it pours! |
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olliehank47
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"The crazy thing is I just bought and sold 2 day earlier a 66' 13 window deluxe bus to a friend for a steal deal. When it rains it pours!"
Don't know what you paid but maybe it's Karma from the great deal you gave to your friend.  |
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| does anyone know the best place to start ordering sheet metal for this thing |
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Nice find, that bad boy is straight out of a early 90's VW Trends with that color blue and the color matched 5 spokes !
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spesockg
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:31 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for that! I'll try and get a couple pix of the interior. Hopefully I can turn this post into a build thread! |
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Sano!
Nice score BTW. |
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Sano!
Nice score BTW. |
This photo actually looks like a HVW or VWT cover shot from about '92! |
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