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Gabrys
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 Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject: 1966 VW bus Vin number |
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| Can somebody help me with decode vin # 1165141 , what year it is , I'm thinking it is 1966 |
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rustfree1967bug
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The vin should make it a '63
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JsOiNmAmToHnAsN
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| I finally got a split window bus, but I have no idea how to decode the vin number. I found the plate behind the passenger seat on the bulk head, but there are a few number on it. 425013025114 is the first one, UA2313131380 1291626 are te second numbers. Could someone help me out? The guy I got it from said it was a '66, but it was a barn find, and hasn't been out of the barn since 1972. |
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Dontburnit
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:49 am Post subject: M-code |
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http://www.vw-mplate.com/mcode.php
Welcome - the lilke above is your friend.
Check the techincal info section here too.
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Clara 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| JsOiNmAmToHnAsN wrote: |
| Ifinallygotasplitwindowbus,butIhavenoideahowtodecodethevin number. I foundtheplatebehindthepassengerseatonthe bulk head, butthereareafewnumberon it. 425013025114 is thefirst one, UA2313131380 1291626 aretesecond numbers. Could someonehelpmeout? TheguyIgotitfromsaiditwasa '66, butitwasabarnfind, andhasn'tbeenoutof thebarnsince 1972. |
Vehicle Identification
How to read your M-Code and Chassis plates:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/id.php
edit: it's easier to read if you leave the spaces in where they are on the plate
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olliehank47
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| JsOiNmAmToHnAsN wrote: |
| I finally got a split window bus, but I have no idea how to decode the vin number. I found the plate behind the passenger seat on the bulk head, but there are a few number on it. 425013025114 is the first one, UA2313131380 1291626 are te second numbers. Could someone help me out? The guy I got it from said it was a '66, but it was a barn find, and hasn't been out of the barn since 1972. |
The VIN, 1291626, decodes to a late March, 1964 build.
Pearl White
Grey interior
Delivered in Los Angeles
Middle and rear seats and side panels in cargo area
U.S. bumpers
6 pop-out side windows
North American delivery package (sealed beam head lights, laminated glass, bumper overriders, etc.)
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Snoop Bob
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Read up...it's cool stuff. That is not the VIN plate, that is the MCode plate. The VIN plate should be on the passenger side of the airbox on the roof. The VIN should also be stamped on the right side of the engine compartment on an angle.
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watabias1966
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:25 am Post subject: 1966 vw bus vin number |
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| Can somebody help me with decode vin # 256141273 , what year it is , I'm thinking it is 1966. Its missing the seat tag so I'm not sure how I'm going to find that. Is there a vin stamp on this bus somewhere? |
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EverettB
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Clara
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| Can somebody help me with decode vin # 256141273 , what year it is , I'm thinking it is 1966. |
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Yes, the 3rd digit is a 6 so it's a 1966.
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FWIW, this is correct when the VIN is a 9- digit number.
If it was a seven digit VIN, like 1165141, or a 6 digit VIN, like 226225, they had not yet put the type/model/ years into the VIN number.
In that case, the 3rd digit being 6 means nothing special.
It is sequential, 226225 is the 226225th VW bus made. The next bus, whatever model, is 226226.
The nine digit VIN started for the 1965 model year. Then the first three digits told you the type/model/model-year.
So you can tell that a VW with VIN 256 xxx xxx is a bus, deluxe, 1966 model year. 256141273 is the 141273rd bus made in the 1966 model year.
when they started the 1967 model year, it would be VIN 2X7 000 001. I put x as the second digit because I don't know the model. The second 67 bus would have the last 6 digits of the VIN 000 002, regardless of model.
In the production tables, all 1965 and later 9 digit VINs are listed as starting with 21, which can be confusing for people who are looking up a VIN for a non panel van.
If a VW bus has an eight digit VIN, it will be like 20-115123, the 20- is a prefix that means it is a type 2 - a bus. The 20- prefix was dropped at the beginning of the 1956 calendar year.
Evidently bugs had a 1- prefix on the VIN through the end of 1955 calendar year.
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koochie
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:41 am Post subject: different numbers |
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I want to buy a type 1 bus . It' a samba 23 window bus walkthrough.
The problem is it has no original vin plate but a plate from the county of Hawai department of finance treasury division with nr 246071184, but the chassis number is number 237130035. Do the numbers fit with that bus? |
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olliehank47
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: different numbers |
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I want to buy a type 1 bus . It' a samba 23 window bus walkthrough.
The problem is it has no original vin plate but a plate from the county of Hawai department of finance treasury division with nr 246071184, but the chassis number is number 237130035. Do the numbers fit with that bus? |
The only number that can't be easily forged on a bus is the stamped VIN inside the engine compartment. If I read your post correctly, the stamped VIN (chassis number) is 237130035, which make the bus a 67 Kombi. The plate from Hawaii is 246071184, which makes the bus a 66 deluxe which could possibly be a real 21 window, but without the m-code plate you'll never know without close inspection.
Now to answer your question, the stamped VIN does not match a 21 window, and if it is, in fact, stamped into the engine compartment, the bus has been hacked--either with just the VIN stamp or with the necessary parts to make a Kombi and 21 window. The Hawaii plate means nothing unless it matches the stamped VIN or it was added to reconcile a rear clip. If the bus just had a rear clip added, then the Hawaii plate could be the ID for a 21 window, but if that's the case, you can suspect the entire bus is likely a fake. |
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olliehank47
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: different numbers |
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| koochie wrote: |
I want to buy a type 1 bus . It' a samba 23 window bus walkthrough.
The problem is it has no original vin plate but a plate from the county of Hawai department of finance treasury division with nr 246071184, but the chassis number is number 237130035. Do the numbers fit with that bus? |
Are you sure its a 23 window and not a 21 window?
The only number that can't be easily forged on a bus is the stamped VIN inside the engine compartment. If I read your post correctly, the stamped VIN (chassis number) is 237130035, which make the bus a 67 Kombi. The plate from Hawaii is 246071184, which makes the bus a 66 deluxe which could possibly be a real 21 window, but without the m-code plate you'll never know without close inspection. Neither VIN would match a 23 window bus, however. If you did not make a typo and the bus does have rear corner windows, it is either a fake or the VINs are fraudulent .
Now to answer your question, the stamped VIN does not match a 21 window, and if it is, in fact, stamped into the engine compartment, the bus has been hacked--either with just the VIN stamp or with the necessary parts to make a Kombi and 21 window. The Hawaii plate means nothing unless it matches the stamped VIN or it was added to reconcile a rear clip. If the bus just had a rear clip added, then the Hawaii plate could be the ID for a 21 window, but if that's the case, you can suspect the entire bus is likely a fake. |
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