[T3] Dash Pad

[Dave Hall]

Quote: "The "0" that appears between 9 and the 2 is not on the first page of
the Owner's Manual or on the VIN Tag.  Hmmmm?"

The 6-digit serial number is the 0253 923 bit (shows it was made late
June/July 69).  It's like giving your age as 066 - it just allows that extra
digit space should it be needed!  (well, no harm in hoping!).

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Forsmo
Sent: 13 January 2013 01:47
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Dash Pad

Don't y'all find it a little bit amusing ... we own our cars for years,
drive them, fix 'em, wash and wax 'em and we (sometimes) don't look at the
details like VIN number even though it may appear in 3 or
4 places.

Since I bought my '69 Square new, I have all of the
1)  original documentation,
2)  Owner's Manual (which has the VIN number written in on the first page),
3)  the plastic dealer imprint card with my name, address, phone number,
(what I assume is) the dealer numbers [402/622]
4)  and a number that designates Type:  3611, followed by 09.9 (whatever
that means), followed by the Chassis Number: 3690253093.

The "0" that appears between 9 and the 2 is not on the first page of the
Owner's Manual or on the VIN Tag.  Hmmmm?

One other thing ..
I have my original Owner's Manual which has on the inside, back cover the
numbers
158.258.23 and Printed in Germany 11.68.
In printing "jargon" the 11.68 usually means the date when the "book"
was printed.

I also have, like new, original, Owner's Manual which the cover(s) looks
IDENTICAL to my Original.
Except, on the inside back cover the numbers are 158.244.23, Printed in
Germany 8.68.

I haven't compared ALL of the pages of the two books, word-for-word, but
there seems to be a difference in some of the copy, pictures, position of
paragraphs and images, etc.  Some is substantial, some is not

Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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