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Date:         Fri, 21 May 1999 18:24:40 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Asterisks everywhere!!! (Vanagon rebuilt engines)
Comments: To: KENWILFY@AOL.COM
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The V.I.N.s on cars often have asterisks to finish off the numbers, so no more
numbers can be added. VWs rebuilt engines (air cooled at least) had a R between
two arrows in a circle to indicate that the engine is rebuilt, together with a
new number. What VW of Canada uses, I have no idea.


'74 PerL
'88 Syncro 112i


KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:


> I have heard before that when a good rebuilder does an engine he puts an
> asterisk (looks like a star) on the engine case after the engine code.  Well
> I have two vans here right now.  One is a Canadian rebuild I know that for
> sure and it has an asterisk after the engine code.  The other van is a '85
> and only has 90k miles on the clock.  Yet this engine has an asterisk too.
> So what is the verdict, does an asterisk mean a VW rebuilt engine.  Is there
> a plaque on the canadian rebuilt engines somewhere?  (I haven't looked that
> close at the latest engine but the '85 engine I have been all over cleaning
> it and didn't find anything).
> Thanks for any help you can give.
> Ken Wilford
> Van-Again
> John 3:16
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