barndoor Q's

doubledoor64 · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject: barndoor Q's

sup fellas

a friend of mine owns a 54 single cab #20-099832 and i was looking at the barndoor registery (which its not on) and was seeing the precise type like 211 231 261 221 215 and so on. the bus above only has 2 #'s on the id plate and they are 26 am i missing something? or what do these #'s mean.

don

NorCalWeekender · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:44 am Post subject:

I believe, and I'll wait for everyone to get back from Havasu to confirm this, that buses before a certain year (and I want to say '56, but I could be wrong) used the 20-XXXXXX extension for chassis numbers. Later on VW decided to use the model number as the first two digits.

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krusher · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:45 am Post subject:

yep thats right Wink

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NorCalWeekender · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:54 am Post subject:

Really?! I was right about it being '56? How cool. Very Happy

Was it when they moved to the Hannover factory from Wolfsburg?

-Taylor
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doubledoor64 · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:35 am Post subject:

what about the other numbers. or should i wait for arizona to be over with

Stanagon · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:24 am Post subject:

I checked a couple books I have
-Transporter specification guide by David Eccles
-VW Type Two age finder by International Vintage VW magazine; 1950-1968 (a British publication I picked up years ago)

According to the Eccles book (which is an awesome book!) the "26" designation was used for pick-ups and double-cabs from 1950-53. From 1953-59 they got a "2/26" designation. From 1959-67 they had a variety of "26x" designations (i.e. 261, 263, 264, 265, 267, 268) depending on which side the rear doors and steering wheel were located.

Both books would put the production date of that VIN# (20 099 832) as sometime in October of 1954. September '54 production ended with #20 099 251 and October '54 ended with #20 102 992.

This might also make the truck a 1955 model since the factory generally switched over to the next model year production in August. However, I'm not sure when they started doing this "officially". I do know that they still do it now, starting the next model year's production run in August.

By the way, the David Eccles book is still available and well worth the $30 US price.

doubledoor64 · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:04 am Post subject:

nice....
good find i appreciate it

EverettB · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:02 am Post subject:

26 = Single Cab

The 3rd digit indicates other things like left hand drive (LHD) or right hand drive (RHD), or doors on the left or right. This 3rd digit was not used on the Barndoor id plate.

The August model year start did not begin until 1955, with 1955 being a short model year, January -> August. Note that August 1 was not a consistent start date, it changed almost every year.

20-099832 is October, 1954 production, making it a 1954 model, as was mentioned.
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