| Callook59 |
Mon May 18, 2009 6:51 pm |
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| My December of 56 Euro Karmann Ghia, was shipped to Dortmond Germany and has a "Made in Western Germany" tag on the body. I know it's not a bug, but I'm noting the year and port destination |
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| OvalTeenAZ |
Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:10 pm |
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| my july of 53 is made in germany... |
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| EverettB |
Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:40 pm |
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What year is this tag from and how does it mount? |
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| kdf38 |
Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:38 pm |
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Was it cut out of a VIN tag or something?
EverettB wrote:
What year is this tag from and how does it mount? |
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| EverettB |
Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:04 pm |
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| If it was it looks pretty clean, all the corners are the same. |
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| Undis |
Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:22 pm |
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| I was going to say the same, looks like a cropped VIN tag from a later model VW |
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| EverettB |
Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:32 pm |
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| Thanks. |
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| janerick3 |
Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:06 am |
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| I've never seen a later tag with "GMBH." If they were used, it was only for a very short period at the 1960/61 model year changeover. |
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| D&B57ovalrag |
Thu May 06, 2010 2:54 pm |
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| My 57 ragtop has " Made in Western Germany" on its tag. |
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| Furyous69 |
Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:32 pm |
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| I bought a 1957 Type 1 here in Chile about 4 months ago. Have not purchased the birth certificate, but it says "MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY" on the tag. |
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| Schwing |
Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:49 am |
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| My 57 (exported to New York) has the Made in Western Germany Tag. |
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| igtoth |
Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:43 pm |
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M.I.B wrote: M.I.B wrote:
So the list so far is:
US
Canada
Portugal
Australia
Add Austria thanks to Druid.
Any Kiwi or South African CKD oval owners out there?
My car went to Portugal, plate was replaced by other one made by the local dealer at that "Guerin" (Rua Restauradores, Lisboa). Almost same size... |
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| jake1961 |
Sun Nov 26, 2017 8:41 am |
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My 61 here in California has the western Germany but it’s all on one plate. Is it a good thing to have the western Germany one or something?
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| my56samba |
Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:46 pm |
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| This thread shows Bob Wilson's authenticity book says that bugs built between 1955 and 1959 have the Madde in West Germany plate there is a January 14th 1955 car with the Made in west Germany plate and the latest car with a Made in Germany plate is listed as an Oct 54 can anyone with a later built 1954 confirm if their car has the Made in Germany plate also |
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| janerick3 |
Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:40 pm |
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| Early Nov 1954 1-0746XXX, Made in Germany tag. |
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| David |
Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:50 am |
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my56samba wrote: This thread shows Bob Wilson's authenticity book says that bugs built between 1955 and 1959 have the Madde in West Germany plate there is a January 14th 1955 car with the Made in west Germany plate and the latest car with a Made in Germany plate is listed as an Oct 54 can anyone with a later built 1954 confirm if their car has the Made in Germany plate also
Yeah, it seems that there's a switch to the 'Made in Western Germany' between Oct '54 and Jan '55. It would be cool to finally figure this mystery out after so many years of the start of this thread. |
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| Ted2 |
Sun Oct 17, 2021 5:14 pm |
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My March 1955 Sedan has "Made in Western Germany" and was delivered to the West Coast.
My November 1955 Sedan ('56 MY) does not have the badge. It was delivered to Washington State. |
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| a57oval |
Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:59 am |
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| My April 8 1957 Bug does not have the tag on it and has no holes that would suggest it ever did. Car was originally delivered in Germany. |
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