Westfalia-Werke Aluminum Serial Placards

[LBierens]

Hey Y’all!

Don’t post here often but figured this was a justified topic.

After searching for more than two years (and coming up dry) for a Westfalia-Werke serial placard reproduction, I finally sought to have one manufactured. I reverse engineered every character of this placard and worked with a supplier to produce these screen printed plates on .010” thick aerospace grade aluminum.

The original placards had the fields populated via dot-peen part marking. I have not yet located a dot-peen source but had the supplier provide two blank plates to experiment with and one that simply has the unique ID numbers screen-printed as well.

Throwing this out there to see if there are any other interested Vanagon owners. I can put another order together if so. Would the consensus be that printed numbers are good enough, or would you rather have actual dot-peen identification? Simply throw a post with your opinion and expressed interest below. Let me know what you think would be a fair cost as well. Keep in mind these are produced by an aerospace supplier, on aerospace grade materials, after I spent the time reverseve engineering them to factory spec… and that they are not available anywhere else, I have been able to find.

Cheers!!

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1990 Vanagon GL Westfalia Camper | 1989 Cabriolet | 2013 Golf R

[dhaavers]

Nice work!

IIRC, someone repro’d these a while ago, but did it by printing dots to mimic the original “peened” font. Don’t recall if it was on actual aluminum sheet, though.

Ahwhanee, maybe?

<shrug>

- Dave

PS: Found it: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=691489

Another: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8093317&highlight=#8093317
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86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
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[?Waldo?]

Print the dots onto the aluminum and make it real using a punch.

[Ahwahnee]

My version. Low tech, printed on photo paper and has to be replaced every few years. The dots are printed in body color to stimulate the punches.

[ronL]

Wow, nice reproduction. I'd be interested if you are putting together an order, just let me know if you get enough interest.
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1991 Vanagon Westfalia

[MarkWard]

When did those start being used? Our original paint 82 doesn’t have one.