Date:         Mon, 20 Apr 1998 21:34:52 EDT
Reply-To:     Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Van DMV registration cost
Comments: To: Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <3.0.1.16.19980420183210.3aa7b140@azaccess.com>; from "Old Volks
              Home" at Apr 20, 98 6:39 pm

>
> The fourth character (or digit) of the VIN explains the Vehicles Series.
> The character is supposed to be Z for all Factory Campers (Westfalia) sold
> by VW.  Most other Vanagons we see are designated X (Kombi) or Y (Bus)
>
> If you would like a copy of the VIN explanation to carry to the DMV, I'll
> be happy to forward a copy to you, because trying to find it in the
> archives the way they're configured now is a chore (I downloaded a copy as
> a text file last time I looked at it about a year ago)(I spent 20 minutes
> today tring to find it in the archives and gave up - I miss that one page
> we use to have on the old Lenti server that showed How-To's, Bosch
> Ignition, VINS, Adventures, etc., it made finding things so much easier -
> Ron are we ever going to see that again?).
>
Alternatively you can go to http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm
and find the VIN info article
then cut and paste the VIN decoding chart and print it out.

--
Sean Bartnik
Fredericksburg, Virginia
1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia
1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm
http://www.mwc.edu/~sbart7kb/vwbooks.htm