Westfalia bed/seat Fabrik- Nr. tags

[Clara]

I was looking at the little tag on the base on the rear bed/seat of an early 67 SO-42 westy today, then compared it to the tag I pulled off the squashed green late '67 SO-42 westy. There was a little over 3,000 difference between the two Fabrik-Nrs. Pretty neat.

here's a tag on my '65:

here's a tag on a piece in the classifieds:

Someone may already have more info than me, but I am guessing that the SO-42 Fabrik-Numbers are just for SO-42s (not SO-44s etc) and they started at the beginning of SO-42 production.

Then I looked at a tag I have pulled off a dead SO-67 (early Bay) Westy bed, and it was ~13,800....about 2,000 higher than the late 67 tag... so are those sequential with the SO-42s, or did they just make SO MANY early bay westys? I dunno, just thought the whole thing was interesting.
Does anyone have an SO-42 registry?

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[kintail]

I think the SO42 numbers run up thru the production year and then restart with the next year...... Doesn't Michael Steinke have a registry?
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[///Mink]

My June of '66 SO-42 is 6022:

[Fred Udog]

It's a french bus now (the 31 may 1967)

Fred

[Type2meister]

[Clara]

These are the two tags that got me thinking:

^^^ 3rd January 1967 buildt SO-42 VIN 237 079 xxx

^^^ 26th May bus VIN 237 130 679

which means 3061 SO-42s buildt between the beginning of january and end of May (~5 months)

3061 SO-42s /50,000 buses = 6% of buses were SO-42s! ???!!!
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[roberto]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/342225.jpg


My so is #5045. built at vw 18.4.66
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[65so42]

Hi all,

My 65 SO42 is #1129, and built in may for France.

Photo coming soon if you want...But my question is, of what month would be the first one so42??

Geoff .
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[SWSmith]

If it helps, my SO-42 has production date 06 April 1967 and the Westfalia Fabrik Nr is 10,100.

I can't post up pictures at the moment, but will e-mail to someone to post up if you like!!


Stuart

[BulliBill]

Wow! No posts since 2007.

Is there a better source out there nowadays than this thread for Westfalia SO-42 fabrik number tags and the month/year they were produced? You'd think there might be a "registry".

I have four Westfalia SO-42 fabrik tags minus their interiors here (#4958, #10031, #10147 and #12770) and I'm kinda curious to nail down the month/year that the tag and it's interior was produced. I have a Jan 20, 1967 Bus (originally a Sundial Camper conversion when new), and I guess that if it would have been a Westy SO-42 Campmobile that it should have like a #9000-ish fabrik number plate.

Perhaps more of you out there might comment here with your known vehicle production date and SO-42 fabrik number to add to the data. We love photos too!

Bill
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[srfndoc]

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.
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[crofty]

My 4/65 SO42 is fabric number 967
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[turkis-deluxe]

I have these loose tags 0894 - 1965, 12534 - 1967, and the 67 Westy in my garage is # 118091.

[BulliBill]

[turkis-deluxe]

[srfndoc]

[velvetgreen]

early Jan 65' SO42

[velvetgreen]

and another

[hitest]

My March 1 1965 bus is SO-42 number 0423.
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