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Remarks about the tools numbering system, thanks to Joerg Lottermoser
Additional information and comments welcome

The "Classical" VW tools are named VW 100 to VW 820. The "VW" is part of the number. Tools with different prefixes are not VW tools. So 547 is not a tool in the VW list, it's V-547 (it's made by Matra, but this company also made tools for other manufacturers and for the free market). V-547 is used in VW workshops, but like screwdrivers and wrenches assumed to be a standard tool. Another example: 286c which is P286c and I think this is a Porsche tool (Porsche used VW tools as far as they could be used for their purpose, but made own tool for special applications). I haven't found a VW 286 tool, so maybe for the close relationship between Porsche and VW this number was not used in the VW tool list.

Early tools are sometimes mentioned with a capital T following the number so VW113 and VW113T or VW202a and VW202aT may be the same tool but VW202 and VW202t are different.

Tools numbered in the 2 numbers - 2 or 3 numbers scheme (for example 10-13 or 30-200) came from the Audi branch, they don't have any letter prefixes or suffixes. Volkswagen bought Audi in the mid sixties and the early watercooled models in the early seventies were based on Audi constructions. At this time they melted Audi and VW brand (in Europe). Tools are mainly for Audi models and early Passat / Dasher, Golf / Rabbit.

In late 70s they started a new numbering scheme, 4 numbers (starting with 2001) with optional letter suffixes. They count up to 3400+.

With Seat and Skoda brand came a new numbering scheme "T" plus 5 numbers, starting with T10001 (some Seat tools are numbered with "U" prefix).

In late 50s some tools got new numbers. There were some tools for local manufacturing numbered between VW 351 and VW 385 which got new numbers in the VW 600s and VW 700s range. I guess in the begin the local manufacturing range was VW 350 and above. When there were more and more tools VW decided to use VW 600 and above for local manufacturing tools. Some of the local manufacturing tools could also be ordered ready for use from the factory, VW 771 for example.

Up to now I have determined this listing:
Old -> New
(VW 351/1) VW 604
(VW 353) VW 661/1 u. VW 661/2
(VW 355/4) VW 603/1
(VW 358a) VW 650
(VW 363) VW 662
(VW 364) VW 663
(VW 366) VW 736
(VW 370) VW 636
(VW 372a) VW 633
(VW 373) VW 654
(VW 374) VW 670
(VW 375) VW 671
(VW 376) VW 672
(VW 377) VW 730
(VW 378) VW 730/1
(VW 380) VW 655
(VW 381) VW 656
(VW 384) VW 659
(VW 385) VW 660
The old numbers were reused for new tools


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