decoding a V.I.N?

[1970bayboy]

???Does any one know how to decode a V.I.N ? Or where i can go to decode it?

my V.I.N. # 2302144167

[davejohansen]

You can try here

www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/id.php

Hope it helps

Dave

[1970bayboy]

that one did not tell me too much , i don't really know why but the numbers did not seem to match up ........

but thx for trying

Joby

[karmann57]

Here's how the Vin works out...

2302 1441 67

23******** - Kombi

***2****** - Seat arrangement 2-3-3

Unfortunately the rest doesn't match up with anything. The 1441 should be the paint code, the 67 should be the interior but neither are listed in the Specification Guide.

Could you get a picture of the M-plate? It should be behind the front passenegr seat.


Shane

[1970bayboy]

yes i have figured out how to post pic's so here it is
It is the one form mission , any store's?

[1970bayboy]

any idea where it is from??

and what is special about a kombi?? trim or extras?

[karmann57]

That's the VIN plate, the M-Plate looks like this...



The M-plate will have the info as to what options your bus came with, where it was delivered to and the build date.

Kombi's where sort of the base model, usually camper conversions started with a Kombi. They only have one hot air outlet in the cargo/passenger compartment, were always walkthroughs, and the headliner is only in the front cabin. From 1968-71 they should also have vent windows in the sliding door and opposite rear window. Only Deluxe buses came with the chrome (?) trim on the outside.


Shane

[1970bayboy]

My "m" plate was hiding behind the driver's seat but here it is

[karmann57]

Ok, here goes...

02 144 167 - Chassis Number (should match the number stamped in the engine bay near the air filter stand and battery)

4242 - Lotus White paint

51 - Dark Beige Leatherette interior

M-code C88 is a group code for all of the following...
020 - Speedometer and odometer in miles
089 - laminated windscreen glass
102 - rear window heating
206 - Inner rear view mirror, anti dazzle
507 - Vent windows on cabin doors
511 - Padded dashboard and dashboard lid
521 - With chrome trim and sunvisor with mirror
524 - USA and Canada spec (side markers, lighted rear markers, sealed beam headlights, buzzer for keys in the ignition, etc.)
525 - Seatbelts for USA and Canada

M-code 072 - Battery under custom seal

M-code 119 - Eberspacher BN4 gas heater with outlet in load/passenger compartment

08 6 - Production date, week 08 / day 6. This should mean February 21, 1970 (My birthday! too bad I was six years later...)

7187 - code used for production planning

KA - Destination code, Alberta Canada

2310 - Model code, Kombi, standard version

21 - Engine/Trans. 2 = 1600cc / 47bhp, BH engine code, 1 = 4 speed manual transmission


Shane

[Shayna Jaymie]

Here are the pics:

[1970bayboy]

i can see my pic's before you fixed -em can every one else??

You mean to say i have an actual Alberta born and raised bus -

nice i thought everybody out here was from the east coast
( I'm from Halifax migrated 6 years ago )

[kintail]

Ok.... not trying to be a pain here.....

But can anybody source the document that KA is delivery to Alberta? I have seen it on the Samba.... but what I am talking about is the OG VW Canada document to prove it.

Volkswagen had a Prairie Region distribution centre based in Winnipeg which would include MB, SK, and AB.

Manitoba also has a rare M-code delivery point thru the port of Churchill, and Saskatchewan nothing as far as I know of. Most of the M-code delivery points come thru Canadian ports as do the US M-codes.

I wonder if VW would be coding cars from the factory on a provincial basis given the extremely small market that each represented relative to everything else. It would also take out any flexibility in allocating cars as most likely they would end up somewhere else in any event.

Likewise I do not see any individual US state M coded designations..

Just curious!!

Scott

[karmann57]

That destination code is actually not listed in the Spec Guide, I took it from something that Chris had posted on The Samba, so hopefully he knows .


Shane

[spice]

hey shane
would you be able to help me out!! I have tryed to figure it out
but I think something I'm doing is wrong
one thing I think I do have right is my bus was a 9 seater??


thanks
SPICE

[karmann57]

Looks like this...

62 101 576 - chassis #

J4R1 - Reef Blue (L57H) body colour with Pastel White (L90D) roof

52 - Dark Beige leatherette interior

051 - m-code, with pedestal and double pulley for the later installation of a second generator
027 - m-code, plate with emissions value and engine that complies to the Callifornia exhaust emission standard
227 - m-code, detachable headrests for all seats in cabin

09 4 - scheduled production date, looks to be Feb 26, 1976 (what's with all the Feb buses? I was born 5 days before your bus was!)

7220 - code used for production planning

2218 - model, Microbus and Microbus L, left hand drive/sliding door right, seven seater (arrangement 2-2-3)

61 - engine 2000cc/70bhp, 4-speed manual


Shane