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| posted on May 10th, 2007 at 10:06 PM |
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id plates on (oval )beetles?!
hi there
i ve got a photo of this 56oval id plate
it says 1/11 according to my beetle book that would make it standard lhd
however this oval is a rhd and it doesnt seem to have been converted
also my 54 rhd beetle has also got1/11 stamped in its plate anyone know whats happening there
also what does mka and then the number stand for
cheers for any help
steffen
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| posted on May 11th, 2007 at 06:20 PM |
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found that my 59 australian made beetle has the 1/14 stamped on the id plate....?????
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| posted on May 11th, 2007 at 08:24 PM |
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my 56 has 1/11
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| posted on May 11th, 2007 at 09:16 PM |
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and yours is a right hand drive i take it?
deluxe?
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| posted on May 20th, 2007 at 04:27 PM |
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does noone know
or is it a stupid question..??
anyone..help
stef
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 10:08 AM |
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grave digging bump...
anyone know what that 'MKA' number relates to as well?
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 01:39 PM |
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MKA = something about being made in melbourne as I was told when I was trying to find out where my 55 came from.
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 01:56 PM |
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MKA Martin & King Bodyworks in Clayton, CKD car
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 02:12 PM |
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So the number after that was just the number of cars they had assembled?
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 02:41 PM |
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yeah, but I dont know whether it is the number of beetles they assembled, or what number the sequence actually started at, funnily enough mine does
not have an MKA number
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 02:53 PM |
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maybe yours is a 'true german'?
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 03:10 PM |
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I suppose so, it seems to have come from Brisbane as it has a brass VW Motors plate, lots of strange things happen in Brisbane, Martin & King built
heaps of the Victorian rail carriages as well as motor bodies, I am pretty sure VW bought them out, so that was the start of the Volkswagen factory at
Clayton
ohh, my plate reads 1/11 as well
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 07:38 PM |
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Kim being a 54 i imagine peach would be fully imported
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 07:55 PM |
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it is about march 55 , 8 hundred thousand & something, dunno what the original engine number was, I dont know exact date CKD got underway , there was
only a relatively small amount of 1954 models sold in 1954 in Aust, most 54 models here were 1955 build
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| posted on August 4th, 2007 at 10:53 PM |
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My very early Jan 54 is stamped MKA1051,
T54
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| posted on August 5th, 2007 at 09:24 AM |
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its interesting i noticed mark holyoaks 51 split has 10/11 in the baumuster section on the id plate
the other half speaks german and said it stands loosely for design
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| posted on August 5th, 2007 at 12:51 PM |
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I've got MKA 4781 under mu plate...
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| posted on August 5th, 2007 at 05:28 PM |
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I went and pulled it out.
It is stamped
typ VW1/11
fahrgestell-nr. -1- 0595---
baujahr 1954
And the little badge is - made in Germany
This is above the MKA1051
On my other one is
typ VW1/11
fahrgestell-nr. -1- 0921----
baujahr (no stamping)
And the little badge is - made in West Germany
This is above the MKA3942
Would love to find out more about the early on if anyone finds out when the MKA numbers started.
The body number would be in the first week of Jan. Dan if you read this can you post what yours is as I know they will be close.
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| posted on August 6th, 2007 at 09:41 AM |
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Thanks,
I might asking but it will be a bit of a chase as I dont know much about it apart from who I bought it from 13 years ago.
I will ask AOMC and see if they come up with anything.
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| posted on August 6th, 2007 at 10:18 AM |
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without looking stuff up, I think that only somewhere between 800 & 900 cars were sold in 1954, it was early 55 when things really took off
I am really peed of with my dad (who died in 1969) for not taking a photo of his ID plate & keeping sales documentation, all I know is his was first
regoed July 54 as far as I can figure
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| posted on August 6th, 2007 at 11:35 AM |
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AOMC? got their phone number? I'd be interested in Belle's exact birth date too...
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| posted on August 6th, 2007 at 02:37 PM |
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thanks!
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| posted on August 8th, 2007 at 06:52 PM |
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Your right IN2VWS about 1/11 through to 1/18 being introduced 1954, its interesting about the CKD cars, this topic has come up before about MKA, got
to be Australian assembled. In October 1954 I.D. plate was made smaller. Not included on the new plate was the year of construction. By 1955, the
small plate below the I.D.plate was changed to read Made in Western Germany. In July 1956, the I.D. plate was made shorter ( not as long top to
bottom). This new plate contained less info than old style plate. Discontinued on the new plate were chassis type and engine numbers, from August 1958
body number no longer stamped into the body below the I.D plate. All info from " The 1949-1959 VW Beetle " by Bob Wilson..really good book for model
identification
54 Beetle..parts
56 Judson Beetle
56 Beetle
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