Baywindow vin Plate deciphering please

[bugspray]

Hi guys.

Please can somebody tell me what my vin plate reveals about my Baywindow.

Plate is behind drivers seat And looks to be in the original position.

[fig]

I can't see your pics at work.

Attaching images to you post means they aren't blocked by servers that block image sites.

I'll tell you what I can if you either attach the image or transcribe the numbers into a post.

[sean]

I'm not that clued up on VIN numbers besides telling you its a 1970 Westfalia, but the interesting part is its not a locally assembled one. Here is another example of a German import, 1970 model Westfalia.

[64 Notchback]

I asked the same question awhile ago when I had the westy in fig came back that it was an Oct - Nov 1969

[64 Notchback]

Post by fig » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:53 pm




MELLO YELLOW wrote:
Hi fig and pine
I have been trying to establish the year of my Westy maybe you can shed so light oh it
O the plate behind the drivers seat is the following
typ23-517
fahrgest- nr 2302003181

on the plate behind passenger seat
02 003 181
500 504 517 518
523 564
C04 B67 010 156
33 2 7588 SF 234011

all writing is in German, plate at the bottom of bed is German and speedo is in MPHI replied to your post earlier, saying your VIN 2302003181 is from a 1970 Kombi:
2 = Type 2
3 = Model: Kombi
0 = Model Year 1970
2 = T2 (ie, baywindow)
003181 = sequential production number (the 3,181st bus built in the 70 model year, which began in August 69)

Your M-codes translate:
02 003 181 = VIN minus first two digits 23 for Type 2 Kombi
500 = Bulkhead model (non-walkthru)
504 = With double front passenger seat
517 = Campmobile (Westfalia)
518 = Pop-up roof
523 = South African specification???
564 = Unknown
C04 = Unknown
B67 = Westfalia Campmobile 67B (SO67 interior), equiped like Westfalia Campmobile 67A (M-code A67) but with the following additional equipment: 1. Pop-up-top 2. Bed 3. Roof luggage rack built in
010 = Additional dust sealing for engine compartment
156 = Heavy duty oil bath air cleaner
33 2 = Built in week 33 day 2 (Tuesday) 1969
7588 = Unknown
SF = Export code: South Africa, Port Elizabeth
234 = Model: Type 2, Kombi, RHD, sliding door left,
011 = 37kW/50hp 1600 engine, 4-speed manual

You have an early 1970 model year bus built in 1969. The first few bay westies in SA were full imports like yours. Half way through 1970 they started bringing them in CKD and assembling them at Uitenhage. They continued assembling westies in SA until 1973, all bulkhead models with the SO67 interior.

[bugspray]

Post by fig » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:53 pm




MELLO YELLOW wrote:
Hi fig and pine
I have been trying to establish the year of my Westy maybe you can shed so light oh it
O the plate behind the drivers seat is the following
typ23-517
fahrgest- nr 2302003181

on the plate behind passenger seat
02 003 181
500 504 517 518
523 564
C04 B67 010 156
33 2 7588 SF 234011

all writing is in German, plate at the bottom of bed is German and speedo is in MPHI replied to your post earlier, saying your VIN 2302003181 is from a 1970 Kombi:
2 = Type 2
3 = Model: Kombi
0 = Model Year 1970
2 = T2 (ie, baywindow)
003181 = sequential production number (the 3,181st bus built in the 70 model year, which began in August 69)

Your M-codes translate:
02 003 181 = VIN minus first two digits 23 for Type 2 Kombi
500 = Bulkhead model (non-walkthru)
504 = With double front passenger seat
517 = Campmobile (Westfalia)
518 = Pop-up roof
523 = South African specification???
564 = Unknown
C04 = Unknown
B67 = Westfalia Campmobile 67B (SO67 interior), equiped like Westfalia Campmobile 67A (M-code A67) but with the following additional equipment: 1. Pop-up-top 2. Bed 3. Roof luggage rack built in
010 = Additional dust sealing for engine compartment
156 = Heavy duty oil bath air cleaner
33 2 = Built in week 33 day 2 (Tuesday) 1969
7588 = Unknown
SF = Export code: South Africa, Port Elizabeth
234 = Model: Type 2, Kombi, RHD, sliding door left,
011 = 37kW/50hp 1600 engine, 4-speed manual

You have an early 1970 model year bus built in 1969. The first few bay westies in SA were full imports like yours. Half way through 1970 they started bringing them in CKD and assembling them at Uitenhage. They continued assembling westies in SA until 1973, all bulkhead models with the SO67 interior.

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[64 Notchback]

No sir not me.
Thanks to fig, I just remembered that I had requested the info before but could not find it as I was still MELLO YELLOW at the time

[WolfgangT2b]

Hi,
just a few additions on your decoding.
As far as I see it in my list, the double seat is included in No. 500. And No. 504 is an additional fresh air vent in the back. But I only have newer M-code-lists, so maybe the numbering was different in 1970.
The 7588 is a temporary internal production code. Don’t know what it means exactly and whether it is decodable.

Wolfgang