Brazilian and Nigerian VW chassis numbers listing

[bnam]

Is there any place we can check the chassis number for Brazilian and NIgerian models to confirm the year?
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1971 1302LS Convertible (RHD) owned since '74
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1965 Karmann Ghia Coupe - under restoration
1966 Fiat 1500 Cabrio (with 1600 Twin cam)
1952 Citroen TA 11BL

[BMFBMF]

For what its worth, I know the actual manufacture date of my south african made beetles engine and chassis and that seems to follow very closely the numbers shown on this page.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/bugchassisdating.php

it would appear to me (from this one example 😜) that VW somehow coordonated the numbers in different countries.
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-----Slava Ukraini-----
1971 Stock South African Beetle 1300 : My mom's european "Thin Chick" spec. Completely stock with torsion bar front, swingaxle rear, smooth hubs, single MC, 40 mm shoes, 31PICT3 carb and 5 bolt drums all round, currently Running a 1976 SF:AS engine with the original SF:AD engine overhauled in a box, waiting to go back in one day.

[sjbartnik]

That would be a relatively easy feat if the Brazilian and Nigerian cars were actually assembled from CKD (complete knocked-down) kits rather than from scratch.

A lot of countries had high import tariffs on complete fully assembled cars and trucks but manufacturers could get around that by shipping in a CKD kit that included everything needed to assemble the car and have it assembled locally.

I don't know however if that was the situation with Brazil and Nigeria. Brazil may have started that way but eventually VW was doing full assembly from scratch there. Nigeria I would think would be much more likely to be assembling CKD kits.

If that were the case, then the floorpans and engines would have been manufactured in Germany and so one would expect the numbering system to conform with the German numbering system.
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1965 Volkswagen 1500 Variant S
2000 Kawasaki W650

[BMFBMF]

I would suspect the opposite, the chassis and engine numbers would have been applied at the factory and then would 100% be the same as the numbers ranges versus dates that we see form the factory. But I'm just guessing.
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-----Slava Ukraini-----
1971 Stock South African Beetle 1300 : My mom's european "Thin Chick" spec. Completely stock with torsion bar front, swingaxle rear, smooth hubs, single MC, 40 mm shoes, 31PICT3 carb and 5 bolt drums all round, currently Running a 1976 SF:AS engine with the original SF:AD engine overhauled in a box, waiting to go back in one day.

[bnam]

Nigerian car chassis number is NS535962. Engine is BH931674.
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1971 1302LS Convertible (RHD) owned since '74
Click to view image
1965 Karmann Ghia Coupe - under restoration
1966 Fiat 1500 Cabrio (with 1600 Twin cam)
1952 Citroen TA 11BL

[BMFBMF]

Interestign, not even a 111 in front of the chassis number?
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-----Slava Ukraini-----
1971 Stock South African Beetle 1300 : My mom's european "Thin Chick" spec. Completely stock with torsion bar front, swingaxle rear, smooth hubs, single MC, 40 mm shoes, 31PICT3 carb and 5 bolt drums all round, currently Running a 1976 SF:AS engine with the original SF:AD engine overhauled in a box, waiting to go back in one day.

[bnam]

[Maddel]

Etzold Vol IV...
Some info here but unfortunately no chassis numbers.
All German too, may be someone can jump in for a translation.

[bnam]