[T3] dash pad talk

[Adriel Rowley]

Finally had a chance to go through my letters.

My Squareback had a replacement apron put on in the ate 1970's to early 1980's and none of the tags were put back. Was this wrong?

The accident was caused by a work truck in a neighbor's drive that rolled out, turned, and backed into the Squareback on the street! Sure seems freaky to me!

B.T.W., I might have a job as an activities assistant at a senior home (independent, rehabilitation, and dementia)! Just need to get my food handlers certificate, pass the T.B. test, and background check/finger printing. Go in tomorrow to file everything and if all goes well, start training. I might be able to get out of debt and get the Squareback out here!


Thank you!
Adriel




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1971 Sunroof Squareback with F.I.- Located in Coastal San Diego County
Student, A.S.U. Mesa, AZ


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> From: dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:50:28 +0000
> Subject: Re: [T3] dash pad talk
>
> I looked at one of the Type 3s displayed at a VW meeting last year, and the
> 'body' plate didn't match the VIN number. The VIN plate had pop-rivets with
> the spike of the mandrel left sticking up. The factory ones don't look like
> that. I didn't choose to look further - it may have had a different body
> put on - that's the only thing I can think would be legitimate. It has
> been known for the chassis VIN to be cut out and another welded in - that's
> definitely illegal!
>
> 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 Jim Adney
> Sent: 11 January 2013 05:01
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] dash pad talk
>
> On 10 Jan 2013 at 16:56, Gary Gamboa wrote:
>
> > so, let's say that in 1974, junior sliced up his parent's DP with a
> > box cutter. that owner takes it to the dealer for replacement. what
> > would the dealer do?
>
> The easy way would be to ignore the law, pretend you didn't know any better
> and transfer the old VIN tag to the new dash and install it in the car.
>
> The official way is to take the new dash to the authorities, they create a
> new VIN tag (with a new, unique number) and attach it to the new dash with
> their special pop rivets, which don't look like the OG ones. This leaves you
> with a car that's completely legal, but now has
> 2 different VINs.
>
> I know that makes no sense at all, but that's how a friend explained it to
> me, after a state trooper explained it to him. He had just bragged to the
> trooper about how he had restored his old truck by transferring a good cab
> onto it and moving the VIN plate to keep the numbers matching. The trooper
> let him off because he had admitted what he had done and was clearly not
> trying to pull any kind of "fast one."
>
> This is all in the name of preventing car theft, but it makes little sense
> since any vehicle inspection will always look for the number that's on the
> pan, and mis-matched numbers will always create questions, even if both
> numbers are legit.
>
>
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> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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