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crofty
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| My March 1 1965 bus is SO-42 number 0423. |
Crazy! my bus with 967 from 4-65
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BarryL 
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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| My loose tag '65 is 0282. |
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Miskeroo
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Location: Langley
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My June of '66 SO-42 is 6022:
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One Is June of 66 also... #6075  |
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BulliBill
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Joined: July 09, 2004
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Location: St Charles, MO
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:26 am Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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| srfndoc wrote: |
This thread probably has the most information about this stuff:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=579032&highlight=westy+production
Would be tough to pin down the month based on the Fabrik-Nr. as I've seen them throw older kits in newer buses (probably because they built them ahead of time). Xavi had an SO42 registry up for a while but its not really updated.
That 12770 tag is pretty late, probably close to the end of production. Post a pic of that tag as that's one of the latest I've seen.
From the thread mentioned above:
Based on those you could probably say SO-42 production was roughly (figures edited based on additional detail from Clara):
1965: Fabrik Nr. 1-2200 (about 2200 produced)
1966: Fabrik Nr. 2200-6900 (about 4700 produced)
1967: Fabrik Nr. 6900-12700 (about 5800 produced)
SO-42 total production of around 12,700. |
Man, took me long enough to post a photo of this very late 1967 Westfalia production fabrik brass tag currently hanging above my basement workbench!
I just posted up a "want to buy or trade" ad in the classifieds to try to locate a 9000-ish ID plate for my Jan 1967 Campmobile. I've got four Westy fabrik plates to trade with...
Bill Bowman
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BarryL
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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Raise you 2 blues and 2 whites and call.
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BulliBill
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Location: St Charles, MO
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:42 am Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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Okay BarryL, I fold... ya beat me by 22!
You have the newest SO-42 I.D. plate known, I'm #2.
Bill
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Bigjacksauto
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Clara
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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65 tags used this font:
later tags used this font:
Here is a late 67 So-42: the font for the fabrik # is larger:
On early bay westys, I think they continued the number used on SO-42s:
Here is a tag from a 68 westy buildt in 1967:
another:
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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Satan's Westfalia?
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edgood1
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Location: Plymouth, MA
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earlywesty
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| Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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early Jan 65' SO42
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whoa my '65 is super close. is that bus still alive?
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Oh its alive and well and in velvetgreen's good hands. I believe it is the oldest known SO42. And a walkthru to boot! |
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edgood1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:31 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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| buseric wrote: |
Oh its alive and well and in velvetgreen's good hands. I believe it is the oldest known SO42. And a walkthru to boot! |
Awesome, does that make my '65 the second oldest SO42?
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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| ^^ would like to see some pictures of your early SO42. Do you feel comfortable posting any of the Mcode info? Mine rolled off the line on January 19, 1965 and has a UH port code of Houston |
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:56 am Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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My April 1967 tag. I believe it reads 10789. I'll have to double check in the near future. Sorry it's not a closeup.
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:03 am Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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Would be interesting to see if it has the same early features:
-Jump seat with slanted front
-Metal push buttons on handles
-Early/different curtain pattern (my favorite)
Did I miss anything?
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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Only thing I can think of that you missed is the oddball early clamshell lights. Unfortunately my early curtains were gone by the time I got the bus ( I believe these cutains were featured on first 665 SO42's that rolled off the line. I believe there is a very original and early SO42 (out of Michigan if mem serves) that has the original curtains. Would be great to get get a repro of that fabric made.
Here is an example of the early clamshell on the left with the oddball cutout to reach the light switch behind the lens
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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I found a pic of impossible to find early SO42 curtains
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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Yep, those are them. Seen here in that SO42 you mentioned (Fabrik 655):
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edgood1
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags |
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I'll put together a new thread on my newly aquired Jan '65 so42 later this week. I'll include all the details and the story how I got it. It's very original and very complete.
It does have the oddball early clam shell lights
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