Two 61 Kombis with VINs 7 apart

[-BoB-]

My buddy and I both have 61 Kombi and our VINs are 7 apart. Mine is rough but a driver and his is pretty bad. He might be selling his but is there any market for two buses that are 7 apart in VINs, even if they are rough?

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61 Kombi
66 Single Cab
67 Double Cab
68 Beetle Baja
70 Beetle
71 Westfalia
71 Westfalia
71 Squareback
72 Beetle Baja
78 Westfalia
81 Caddy
82 Caddy

[BarryL]

[-BoB-]

One found in Missouri and the other found in Arkansas.
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61 Kombi
66 Single Cab
67 Double Cab
68 Beetle Baja
70 Beetle
71 Westfalia
71 Westfalia
71 Squareback
72 Beetle Baja
78 Westfalia
81 Caddy
82 Caddy

[Blue Baron]

[EverettB]

[Stocknazi]

Are there any buses known to exist with consecutive VIN numbers?
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58 Westfalia cabinet knobs (3 needed), roof rack, and (7) privy tent poles (silver painted).

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[ddutch]

If they were that close on the production line they might have some similairities in their specs like their colour, because VW seems to be building kind of batches of similair type of busses at that time.
Those busses could be kind of similair twins within the larger production of that period. I guess their is some uniqueness in that since it will be quite hard to find 2 busses 65 years later, very similair in specs, that were quite possibly made on the same day very close after one another, only 6 busses apart. I don't think there will be any value in that aspect moneywise.

[Malokin Martin]

[Abscate]

$1000 x2 in this economy…
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[edgood1]

Not vin numbers but 1965 westfalia so-42 serial numbers 0014, 0020, 0021 and 0022 are documented in this thread, which I still find amazing.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=778607
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1987 Syncro Westfalia powered by Subaru
1963 Panel to Deluxe Bus project :::: (photo album)
'65 Westfalia

[icekoffee]

I own the other bus in this thread, The M-code plates are pretty crazy, exactly the same options. -Bob- got his bus years ago in Arkansas and I found mine in the woods outside of St. Louis in February of 2024.

another shot of -bob-'s bus

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1953 Zwitter
1956 Dove Blue Kombi
1956 Oval Rag
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1959 23 Window
1961 Rag Beetle
1961 Kombi
1963 Doubleturd
1963 Standard Bus
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1965 Standard Walkthru
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1970 Beetle
1973 Beetle
1983 GTI

[-BoB-]

The PO found mine like this:

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61 Kombi
66 Single Cab
67 Double Cab
68 Beetle Baja
70 Beetle
71 Westfalia
71 Westfalia
71 Squareback
72 Beetle Baja
78 Westfalia
81 Caddy
82 Caddy