curious...do you have any notes on what was in thaat section with the "zng" ? evidently not produced to export, but why the letter "g" in that position? jimt > On 10/16/05, jimt <camper@tactical-bus.info> wrote: >> >> I ran across that a few years ago. That vin means it was created in a >> country not listed in the UN standards charts and probably was never >> intended for export from its orgin country. (note these charts are just >> a >> nonbinding agreement between most countries involved in the export of >> vehicles to multiple nations). The ZZZ means it is just filler code >> letters. The z in the zng part basically means the same thing. I suspect >> a >> 1992 south afrikan. South afrika is listed as a nonexporting vehicle >> producing nation. >> >> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/autos/vw/general-faq >> >> Is a good reading for the obscure. >> jimt > > Jim, > All my German T3's (Vanagons) which were not officially imported by VW > came > with the ZZZ in their VIN. > BenT > |
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