Vin trouble

rclark97 · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:05 am Post subject: Vin trouble

im working on insurance today for my buggy and ive run into a few problems. my donor vehicle was parted out to me before i knew much about it and the vin i have is clean as far as vehicle history so insurance shouldnt care too much about that but id like to have the correct year when i tell them about the car. ive read through the vin and chassis charts but im having no luck with finding what year beetle this vin is from. the PO of the donor told me that it was most likely a 73 or a 74 beetle. i changed the last two digits for the forum for security but it is #1342484500 does anyone have an idea where this vin is from?

philthy · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:18 pm Post subject:

We cannot help you decode a VIN if you don't give us all the correct digits. It's not like a SSN man
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philthy · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:23 pm Post subject:

We cannot help you decode a VIN if you don't give us all the correct digits. It's not like a SSN man. Also, 1 is the code for manufactured in the USA, second should be a letter, not a number. This gives us the vehicle manufacturer. Should be V for Volkswagen. The 10th digit is the model year. It breaks down as such: 1-1971, 2-1972, 3-1973, 4-1974, 5-1975, 6-1976, 7-1977, 8-1978, 9-1979
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didget69 · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:27 pm Post subject:

philthy · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:13 pm Post subject:

I was using a standard VIN decoder. I stand corrected
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TDCTDI · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:16 pm Post subject:

Hey didget69, philthy must be thinking about the modern 17 digit VIN #s, for what it's worth, WVW prefix is a German built car, 1VW is a Pennsylvania built car, 3VW is a Mexico built car & 4VW is a Brazil built car. I'm sure there are others, I just haven't run into the Canada or South Carolina cars yet.
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Dale M. · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:12 pm Post subject:

Is it a real VW VIN or a "state" issued VIN for a kit car or special construction...

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didget69 · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:56 pm Post subject:

dustymojave · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:47 pm Post subject:

I'm in agreement with Didget here.

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

One thing to note about this chart..."Year" in the 1st column indicates CALENDAR year, not MODEL YEAR. The new model year manufacturing started August 1st. So a car built on 8/3/1966 with a VIN 117 000 374 would be a 1967 year model car.

Since the VIN posted by the OP does not follow VW's VIN scheme, it must be one applied to the donor car by a state motor vehicle department or other agency. Such as if the car had at some time been "totalled", for instance stolen and then recovered after it was written off by the insurance company, and then "salvaged". That being the case, there is absolutely no way to tell what year model the car was from the VIN.
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TDCTDI · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:09 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I wasn't trying to suggest that beetles were made in the U.S., I was just pointing out that the prefixes designated the country of origin in the modern VIN#s.
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GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

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DuaneL · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:29 pm Post subject:

the VIN posted by the OP does follow VW's VIN scheme, if it is 1974 super the second digit 3 would denote it being a super (you have to remember that staring in 73 all supers had a 3 as the second digit whereas the standard continued to use 1 as the second digit)
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didget69 · Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:07 am Post subject:

dustymojave · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:13 am Post subject:

Aha! Good of you to catch that. I was presuming a regular Beetle, not a Super.
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