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?
The Samba says that chassis number is for a 46-47 model.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/bugchassisdating.php
Smiley 
thanks for the link.
I worked it out as a sept/oct 54 46/47 would be nice!
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posted by wolfgang54 thanks for the link. I worked it out as a sept/oct 54 46/47 would be nice! |
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its late month 54
not 53
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.
thanks everyone!
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