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Stanagon Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2003 Posts: 4186 Location: Boston, MA
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Stanagon Samba Member
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BLAU GEIST Samba Member
Joined: June 17, 2015 Posts: 100
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:17 am Post subject: Re: '64 vert, Java Green |
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Car looks awesome Stan! Hope to check it out at the shop sometime |
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Stanagon Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: '64 vert, Java Green |
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So, I finally got this car registered and titled correctly as a 1964.
Some time after I bought it the car I realized the VIN on the tunnel was very hard to read, and somewhere along the way the first digit was recorded wrong, and the car was registered and titled as a '62. There were a few obvious signs of it being a '64 too (see page 1 of this thread).
So I started with a call to my insurance company, then a trip to my local registry of motor vehicles. They gave me the correct forms to apply for a title change and to get a visual VIN verification. For this, I drove to my local Police station and had an officer verify the VIN visually. I sent my forms in and requested a VIN change and model year change.
Unfortunately the state title department sent it all back to me and requested a letter from the vehicle manufacturer to confirm that the VIN corresponded to a 1964 VW. I would have thought they would have that information themselves, but oh well.
So I surf over to vw.com and they have live chat. I asked about getting a letter to confirm the model year of my bug. Eventually they pointed me to the museum in Germany to get a birth certificate for the car. Before applying for a birth certificate, I checked out this thead on the Samba:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=398
I was glad I read the most recent pages on the above thread. Seems like it could take 8-12 months to get a birth certificate from Germany. "Forget that", I said to myself. My RMV form from my insurance company was only good for 30 days.
I quickly pulled some VW books off my bookshelf and found four good sources that verified my model year and VIN. I made some copies, contacted the title department, explained what I had for verifying documents and they said that was OK. Another trip to the local registry and $75 later I finally had the correct model year and VIN on my reg. and title.
Here are the books I used to document my VIN and model year:
- Volkswagen History to Hobby by Bob Cropsey
- VW Idiot's guide by John Muir
- Volkswagen Illustrated Buyer's guide by Peter Vack (motorbooks)
- Wolfsburg West catalog _________________ Stan's Classic Service, specializing in air-cooled VWs:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=614073
www.stanagon.com
My '61 Mango bus thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=110367
My '64 vert thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=386344
My '71 squareback thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=637709 |
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weasel_ugs Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2012 Posts: 721 Location: Prescott Valley,Az.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: '64 vert, Java Green |
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Stanagon wrote: |
Figuring out the lower rear tack strip trim.
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Did that tack strip trim come with your top?
My current top has that type of strip but the new top didnt come with a strip. I really dont want to spend $300 on chrome trim since I dont want the chrome anyways. |
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Stanagon Samba Member
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Stanagon Samba Member
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weasel_ugs Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2012 Posts: 721 Location: Prescott Valley,Az.
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:23 pm Post subject: Re: '64 vert, Java Green |
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Stanagon wrote: |
weasel_ugs wrote: |
Stanagon wrote: |
Figuring out the lower rear tack strip trim.
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Did that tack strip trim come with your top?
My current top has that type of strip but the new top didnt come with a strip. I really dont want to spend $300 on chrome trim since I dont want the chrome anyways. |
The top came with the vinyl tack strip. The metal tips were sourced from my upholstery guy. |
Well the company my top is from seems to be dragging their feet on the strips, where did you get your top or what brand is it? |
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Stanagon Samba Member
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