I have purchesed a split window sinple cab ute but dont know what year it is, how do I find out?
The only I.D plates I can find are in the engine bay, one plate is in germen with numbers beside germen words, none of which look like build dates. The other plate is in english and reads made in west germeny.
I am asuming mid 50's as it's indicators are litle stalks that come out of the pillers behind the doors.

here are some photos.

55-56 I recon.
Nice and dry looking too, good save.

It has a very good body, bugger all rust, a couple of scrapes and dints. And its all there, all its other parts are in the tray except the 2 back wheels.

The plate reads
VOLKSWAGENWERK GmbH
vw2/26....................Fargest Nr.191182
Zul. Gesamlgew. kg 1850 Baujahr
Zul. Achalastvorn kg 950 hinten kg 1000

2nd plate reads
MADE IN
WESTERN GERMANY

june 57 if the samba is anything to go by