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matt cose
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 Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:59 pm Post subject: Chassis number |
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Trying to figure out the paint code on my supposed 1958 original sliding roof only have a chassis number and body number. The body and chassis lists on this site don't seem to make sense to me.
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Body#41977 |
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mukluk
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:23 pm Post subject: Re: Chassis number |
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The only thing that we can determine from the VIN of your car is the month and year it was made, in this case September of 1957, making it an early 1958 model year car. You can try sending off to VW for a birth certificate which may tell you the original colours and market it was made for, but there's also the possibility you might not get much of any info from it.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=398
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Sharp64
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 5:11 am Post subject: Re: Chassis number |
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I’ll add that the body and chassis number would have matched from the factory. Speaking as someone whose car has been repainted, places to look to determine the original color are areas such as up under the cowl, under rear seats, inside doors, behind engine tar boards.
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VOLKSWAGNUT
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Chassis number |
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The body tag VIN and chassis tunnel VIN stamp should match..
Body tags occasionally seem to have a way of being "lost".. 
The actual body number stamp was a body sequence number..
Beetle body tags would not state colors.
Also Body Number Stamps stopped for the 59 model year.... I believe?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=401420
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hitest
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Chassis number |
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Of the dozens of "what's my original color?" threads on here- I have yet to see one we can't figure out with good pictures.
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Sharp64
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:19 am Post subject: Re: Chassis number |
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| VOLKSWAGNUT wrote: |
The body tag VIN and chassis tunnel VIN stamp should match..
Body tags occasionally seem to have a way of being "lost"..
The actual body number stamp was a body sequence number..
Beetle body tags would not state colors.
Also Body Number Stamps stopped for the 59 model year.... I believe?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=401420
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I forgot about the older ones having stamps. Oops. Even then, the number given doesn’t make sense. Shouldn’t it be 6 digits?
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matt cose
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:20 am Post subject: Re: Chassis number |
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| All those places appear to be white except in Aug of 1957 they didn't paint cars white |
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Sharp64
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:36 am Post subject: Re: Chassis number |
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| matt cose wrote: |
| All those places appear to be white except in Aug of 1957 they didn't paint cars white |
Sounds like a very thorough repaint.
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