Date:         Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:16:09 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      here is a stumper....two VIN's on the dash???  anyone ever heard
              of that?
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a good local friend of mine just bought a vanagon Doublecab and had it
brought in from canada...  nice truck..
Now heres some wierd stuff -  there are two VIN's on the dash!!!????   i have
never seen that in my life....two VINS???
the one VIN is in the proper place, just like every other vanagon VIN i have
ever seen, poprivited on as they all are, from the factory.  But....that VIN
has a "ZZZ" in it... indicating it is a European VIN....
But........ there is another VIN, (different VIN#, with no "ZZZ" in it)
directly behind it on the dash - SCREWED ON with square drive sheetmetal screws
(which i have never seen done, ever)  and the screwed on VIN is the one that
matches the driver's doorjamb VIN/ID sticker, which confirms is meets all
canadian/federal applications for the model year and such, weight info, bla, bla, just
like the US model sticker there.
the Canadian registration he got with the truck and paperwork all refers to
the screwed on VIN..

so.......what is the deal???   can anyone figure this one out?

was this Doka originally built for the European market, and then converted at
the factory for Canadian import??     why would there be TWO VIN's??  why
would VW leave the european VIN on the dash, and then screw a second Canadian VIN
on there?????   i've never ever seen a VIN that was "screwed on" with
screws...all the factory VINS are poprivited on....  can anyone make sense of this???

lets hear your thoughts...


chris