Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi guys,
Im working on a Beatle based Porsche type kit car and is looking for a floor pan. I dont want to batle geting the car through road worthy so I need some advice on chassis numbers. There are pans available with and without nubers. Are the numbers for all models on the same location?
What can you tell me/ warn me against buying a pan from a stranger with regard togetting it through roadworty hssle free.
Thanks Baron (use to be the red one --now grey )

Do a Search Baron. It's here somewhere...

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Buy a pan with papers!

Unless it's something special, the hassle involved in licensing a car without papers is not really worth it.

N.

Hi Baron
This is a good ref. for vin nr. it gives you the year of manufacture: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/inf ... dating.php
Early beetles had the Vin stamped on the chassis tunnel under the rear seat. If I understand it corectly, later beetles only had a plate behind the spare wheel. Not sure what year it changed. Will you need to shorten the pan for your car?
I think a good source of information would be someone like Beamish Buggies in Cape Town as they manufacture their own buggies and goes through a similar process. http://www.beachbuggy.co.za/
How far are you with the project?

Tanks guys.

Ja Didi I have just started, still stripping paint off. (5 layer all colours )
After that Iwill first make some moulds for spares in case a taxi hit me on the roadBARON.

P.s. Im planning to tell you all about it when I got my ducks in line.