Birth certificate

55VOLKY · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:03 am Post subject: Birth certificate

I have a certificate for my 55 beetle and it does not mention the color of the car, upholstery and which dealer was sent to except that it shows country of destination ( USA ) I have seen other ones with more complete information, does anybody knows why is that?

Derosse · Samba Member Joined: February 15, 2008 Posts: 404

that's weird! mine did came with the color but the color they stated was wrong. maybe their databases are not that accurate and they leave this information behind these days?

my59 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:51 pm Post subject:

From what I understand the records are not 100% complete- and they do not give engine numbers out any more, but will confirm one if you give it to them.
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EverettB · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:55 pm Post subject:

It seems to be random and may depend on what information they have or what is actually readable.
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55VOLKY · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:48 pm Post subject:

I guess the info I got is enough then, at least I know more now than before Very Happy

J A Red · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:03 am Post subject:

Shaunpmr · Samba Member Joined: February 09, 2014 Posts: 35

How long did it take everyone to get the certificate? I think I read that it can take up to 6 weeks? I'm going on Week 7 and havnt recieved anything yet.

J A Red · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 10:44 am Post subject:

it was close to 10 weeks when I heard back from them.

Jrb572 · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:40 am Post subject:

Ordered online think it took around 4 weeks when mine showed. I think it was December when I ordered it.

55VOLKY · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:58 am Post subject:

I ordered on line, forgot how many days took to get here, it just showed up at the mailbox.

volksartist · Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 9:41 am Post subject:

Going on five months. I have e-mailed twice to inquire if it is in process
and no reply. Who do I contact? They have my money! If I ever get it
and it's all un-specified I will be pissed! Mad

Bruce MacDonald · Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 6:15 pm Post subject:

[email protected]

I ordered a birth certificate years ago, not realizing they could confirm the engine # if I provided it. When I finally got around to sending the info to the above email address two weeks ago I heard back the very next day with a request for my credit card info so they could charge me another 20 Euros.
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volksartist · Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 6:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks Bruce, I will see what they can tell me.

ZENVWDRIVER · Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 8:41 pm Post subject: .

Back in the 70s and 80s birth certificate info was free and then in the early 90s they began charging, I think it was $35. I have not requested any info since they began charging for it, but I remember, they could not provide all expected info due to being unreadable or never noted,.
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volksartist · Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 6:15 am Post subject:

They said it is not lost and should be a few more weeks. I thinks they might
be trying to contact the worker who painted the car to see if he can recall what colour it was Smile

Dont order one if you need any info. Dont expect 8 weeks. Likely the only usefull info will be the destination it was supplied to and the date it left...

Jrb572 · Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 7:08 pm Post subject:

What year is your car? Mine came back with a lot of info. My car is an April 57.

volksartist · Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 3:09 pm Post subject:

June 54, maybe Iceland green with a sprinkling of Strato silver and a bunch
of missing parts! Confused

I'll be patient, the suspense!

twoday · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:01 am Post subject:

I ordered mine on April first and have been checking the mail diligently every day...

Shaunpmr · Samba Member Joined: February 09, 2014 Posts: 35

I ordered mine on march 6. Still nothing in the mail, so last week I sent a email checking on the status. I still haven't gotten a response.

Bulliwinkle · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:18 am Post subject:

Ordered mine in February. I sent an inquiry yesterday, and received an email this morning stating: Sorry but I can’t say how long it takes.
I ordered it knowing this, but I guess I needed confirmation. Lol.
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