VW Birth Certificates

[58euro]

Here’s an example of one of my birth certificates that shows that it should have came with another page.

[obus]

yeah def not in there. Grrrr
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July 1959 Mango Standard Bus aka Obus L346 L347 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=256592&highlight=
June 1973 Pumpkin Orange Thing aka Othing L30H
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=711775&highlight=
1960 Paprika Red Karmann Ghia Convertible aka Schatze L452 built 5/20/60
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...highlight=
66 21 window bus built 8/31/65 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=777273

[obus]

So as bizarre as it may seem, i opened up the folder again(i have picked up these pages at least 3 times each and all of a sudden the mcode page breaks away from the page it was under!!!

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July 1959 Mango Standard Bus aka Obus L346 L347 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=256592&highlight=
June 1973 Pumpkin Orange Thing aka Othing L30H
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=711775&highlight=
1960 Paprika Red Karmann Ghia Convertible aka Schatze L452 built 5/20/60
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...highlight=
66 21 window bus built 8/31/65 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=777273

[Troytempest69]

Tried 3 times since buying my van to get a certificate - told each time fiche was missing from the archives. Tried again last month and it’s dropped through my letterbox the morning.

I’m absolutely over the moon…my van was missing its m code plate so this info is of great help. Great service here, couldn’t be happier.

[SISKOZ]

Hello everyone.
I have just received my birth certificate for my Sept 1965 (1966) kombi.
There's a few questions I have for the experts out there...

Note under special configurations it says CKD - completely knocked down production. We had a vw plant here in Nz so I'm assuming that means it was built here in Nz.

Finish - not deposited....as you'd expect as it was made from parts sent over?

Interior 83 / grid grey / leatherette .... I've searched and can't find anything specific for grid grey.....

Now the m codes....
M454 - cannot be identified
M313 - cannot be identified
CKD - completely knocked down production

I've searched far and wide and can't find those m codes anywhere....can anyone help?

If may not have anything to do with them but the busses first owner was stjohn ambulance and it was used as a people mover to get semi invalid patients from point a to point b.

Any help greatly appreciated!

Matt

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1966 Ambulance Kombi Turned Dormobile Camper
1954 'Farm Find' Barndoor Kombi Project

[swharris]

Post pics of what the bus looks like now. Still have the Ambu sign?

[SISKOZ]

[Bugone]

I've read with interest the many and various experiences folks have had with getting a birth certificate, about discrepancies on the certificates and possible reasons why.
I got the birth certificate for my '74 Super Beetle Sun Bug and it verified that it is indeed a Special Edition Sun Bug, and all the information was correct except for the date of manufacture.
The door decal says it was built on 05/74 which matches the information on TheSamba VIN lists, but the Birth Certificate states that it was manufactured on 04/06/1974.

Anyone have any ideas as to why this discrepancy?

Thanks, Bugone

[harrymarlin]

[Bugone]

Good question Harry. The date format on the Birth Certificate is 04.06.1974.
So if that is the European date format it would mean date of manufacture in June.
I thought maybe the date of manufacture on the door decal, 05/74, could be when it entered the U.S., but surely those are applied at the factory.
Additionally, the "Delivery Date" on the Birth Certificate is 12.06.1974.
I assume that means when it was delivered to the U.S. Dealer, but seems like a long time before it arrived in the U.S.

And unless the VIN lists are incorrect on The Samba Technical Page, that shows the VIN to have been manufactured in May of 1974. Of course it's not a huge issue, just interesting it would not match the door decal or the VIN listing.
The reason I was looking into it was that the paint code changed somewhere along about May. Prior to the change the Sun Bug paint code was L98C, then it was changed to L99B. Both can be referred to as Harvest Gold Metallic; L98C can be referred to as Hellas Metallic; sometimes it was referred to as Sun Gold. Just the information on the paint code can get very convoluted for the Sun Bugs!
Are we having fun yet? this is FUN!

Thanks for your reply.
Brian

[Bugone]

Harry, I think you are correct in saying they are using the European date format. I note that at the top of this page there is a picture of a certificate for a 1965 VW Kombi which is spelled out as Manufactured Date 9th September 1965, Delivery Date 10 September 1965.
Assuming VW used the European Date format for my '74 Sun Bug that would make sense: Manufactured on June 4th and Delivered on June 12th.

Still I wonder why the door decal says 05/74?

Brian

[KTPhil]

[Bugone]

Thanks KTPhil. Your explanation makes sense and is probably the the best we're going to get. If we did a survey we might find that most Birth Certificate "Date of Manufacture" would not match the door decal.
As you say, it's the VIN and the month built that matter.

Thanks to you both for your insight and help with this.
Brian

[58euro]

May must have been one of those odd months for VW, I’ve got a 56 bus that according to the Vin and the charts here on thesamba should be mid May but the Birth certificate lists it as first week of June.

[Bugone]

[Danny79]

Ok, submitting one for a October 1956 sunroof bug. Let's see, I am curious as to what color it was.

[58euro]

Ordered one October 8th and it arrived on October 28th, fastest I’ve ever received one after ordering.

[FritzCP]

Trying to order another BC but the USA is not listed in the dropdown to check out or advance the cart. anyone else having this issue? Only European countries are listed.
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