Date:         Tue, 1 May 2007 09:31:48 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: vin info request ... last one
Comments: To: joel walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Joel

If you had every VIN of everyone's van  on this list - would that be of
any help in some way??

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Chelsea, AL

joel walker wrote:
> for what it's worth, the 1968-1979 bus vins just bounce all over the
> place, from year to year. like they were just sent over whenever
> someone felt they needed to send some.
>
> the eurovans are also kinda messed up like that ... no pattern at all.
>
> plus a LOT of the 1968-1979 sales ads don't bother to put the serial
> number/vin ... i'm lucky if i find three numbers out of ten ads.
> :(   the older splitties are even worse.
>
> i have slightly over a thousand breadloafs, and half that number for
> the splits.
> and about another thousand eurovans.
> the 86-91 buses are the most common, it seems ... i've got over 2200
> of them.
> only about 1300 of the 80-85 buses.
>
> the only patterns that seem to be emerging are the colors ... makes
> sense. paint a batch of buses the same color so you don't have to
> change the paint in the spray booths.
> and the campers ... it seems they sent batches of buses to the
> westfalia folks for conversion.
> just how big the color or westfalia batches are, i can't say yet. the
> longest sequence i have is four buses in a row. not quite enough for a
> conclusion at this point. ;)
>
> thanks again.
> unca joel
>
>