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wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#777795
Have a beetle with plate saying 1954, chassis # says 1954 etc

chassis 1-0725696

original owner under impression it is a 1953, is it possible it was bought in late 1953 but is in fact a 1954 as described on plate etc?
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
zooey deschanel

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#777868
thanks for the link.👍
I worked it out as a sept/oct 54 46/47 would be nice!
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
zooey deschanel

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·

#777877
wolfgang54 wrote:thanks for the link.👍
I worked it out as a sept/oct 54 46/47 would be nice!
Yeah, Splitsville!!



Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#777899
wolfgang54 wrote:Have a beetle with plate saying 1954, chassis # says 1954 etc

chassis 1-0725696

original owner under impression it is a 1953, is it possible it was bought in late 1953 but is in fact a 1954 as described on plate etc?
I believe back then a 1953 beetle was built in 1953 and sold in 1953 or 1954...
between January and december... in 1953..

LEE

-its still pretty rare model for Australia.. Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#778210
Up to the end of the 1955 model year, Beetle chassis numbers had that '1-' prefix. It meant Type 1. It was dropped for 1956-on, as total numbers had reached one million by then. Don't confuse it with the numerical sequence! You have one two many digits to be a '46 or '47 - sorry.

The 1953 model year (January to December) went from 1-428 157 to 1-575 415.
The 1954 model year (January to December) went from 1-575 416 to 1-781 884

So your chassis number - 1-725 696 - is late 1954, as Dave said.

I don't trust The Samba as some of their info is wrong - it's also very US-centric and much of it doesn't apply to Australia. This is a page from a VW Germany engine exchange catalogue from 1975.

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wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#779463
thanks everyone!
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
zooey deschanel

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#779615
IN2VWS wrote:October 1954, is when your CKD kit left Germany. It would have then arrived in Australia at the end of 1954 or early 1955, to be assembled and painted here.
What is the MKA number stamped into the body, under the ID plate in the spare wheel well?

John
John

MKA 2906 (6 could be an 8?)

thanks in advance
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
zooey deschanel