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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:37 am    Post subject: What is this number stamped on the seat support? Reply with quote

I searched - honest!

On my '57 deluxe the number '150' is stamped on top of the driver's bottom side seat support. I don't have my chassis number handy to compare.

What is this number?

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

maximum weight for the driver in kilograms
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mandraks wrote:
maximum weight for the driver in kilograms


Crap. I guess I'll need to get rid of this bus then...
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

VW engineer's were so clever all those years ago that they anticipated the gradual fattening of society 50 years onwards!

150 KG= 330 Pounds Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a number there on my 57 Deluxe as well. I recall mine is 105 however.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nlorntson wrote:
I have a number there on my 57 Deluxe as well. I recall mine is 105 however.


Yours must have been a Euro delivery.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thom wrote:
nlorntson wrote:
I have a number there on my 57 Deluxe as well. I recall mine is 105 however.


Yours must have been a Euro delivery.


Actually, it was delivered to Berlin. Smile

So this really is a number for weight?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

See if the number matches your sunroof header bow....both of your buses should be early enough to have a 3 piece header how.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The kilogram is a measure of mass (an inertial property, independent of gravity), not weight (a measure of susceptibility to gravitational force) Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

klcarrie wrote:
The kilogram is a measure of mass (an inertial property, independent of gravity), not weight (a measure of susceptibility to gravitational force) Wink


My bus floats.


Douglas Denlinger wrote:
See if the number matches your sunroof header bow....both of your buses should be early enough to have a 3 piece header how.


Where on the bow do I look?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought it was the last 3 digits of the VIN?

Go check that.

On another note, if you weigh 150kg and want to drop to a normal, healthy weight, this thread may help you:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=335650
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:
I thought it was the last 3 digits of the VIN?

Go check that.


Last three of my VIN are not 105
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about the body #? Smile
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