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guanella74
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 Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:14 pm Post subject: Production Date and info for the last US Bay Window Bus? |
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I'm putting together a video, and would really like to find information for the very last Bay Window bus destined for the US. What date did it roll off the line, what color and package was it.
Ideally the narration in the video is something like "On October 17, 1978, the last Volkswagen Bay Window Bus destined for US soil rolled off the assembly line. It was green."
Thanks!!
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SGKent 
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you want to specify German made. There have been occasional late Brazilian buses that have found their way here.
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guanella74
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Yes - German made!
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Brian
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From the site:
1979
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Jul 31 219 2 153 964 End of 1979 model year
Aug 1 25…A…0000 001 Start of Vanagon production
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guanella74
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One step closer - nice! Thank you! And that would be July of '78 right, or 79? And there is no way to find further details without the m plate right?
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Brian
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July of '79. August of '79 would be the first model year '80 Vans
Someone somewhere will have a book of vin numbers that relate to dates
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