| [ Total Views: 572 | Total Replies: 5 | Thread Id: 76897 ] |
|
|
 oldskl60
Officially Full-On Dubber
Posts: 251
Threads: 28
Registered: March 9th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Brisbane
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
|
| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 08:55 AM |
|
|
Beetle Year Check
Hey All
Just wondering if someone can help clarify a year for my beetle. The chassis number is 1780690. My records taken from "the 1949-1959 VW Beetle -
Authencity Series" by Bob Wilson show it as a January 1958 however another book showed it as a 1959.
Which should I trust?
Regards
Tom
|
|
|
Joel
Scirocco Rare
Now containing 100% E-Wang
Posts: 9368
Threads: 211
Registered: February 14th, 2006
Member Is Offline
Location: Northern Rivers NSW
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Purple
Mood: Tact Level 0.00
|
| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 09:18 AM |
|
|
decemeber 57 so it would of been called a 58 
|
|
|
polak
A.k.a.: Adam Pawlowski
Fahrvergnugen
Everything is alright with enough Vodka :P
Posts: 913
Threads: 49
Registered: May 28th, 2009
Member Is Offline
Location: Campbelltown, NSW
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: definitely
|
| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 06:45 PM |
|
|
AS PER MY RECORD I AGREE WITH JOEL... ITS A 58
VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years |
|
|
68AutoBug
A.k.a.: Lee Noonan
Aircooled Master
Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138% - YIKES --
Posts: 11654
Threads: 449
Registered: August 31st, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: SCONE in UPPER HUNTER VALLEY NSW
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Yellow
Mood: Really Mentally Ill - all of the time -
|
| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 07:30 PM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by oldskl60
Hey All
Just wondering if someone can help clarify a year for my beetle. The chassis number is 1780690. My records taken from "the 1949-1959 VW Beetle -
Authencity Series" by Bob Wilson show it as a January 1958 however another book showed it as a 1959.
Which should I trust?
Regards
Tom
|
Hi Tom
chassis numbers between 1st Jan and 31st dec 1958 are
1600440 to 2020302 or 1774681 to 2226206
depending what books You look at at??
its getting very confusing now as authors of books on VWs
list the chassis numbers per calendar year etc....
in 1955 Volkswagenwerk decided to make a model rather than a calendar year for its vehicles. so after the summer holidays from 1st August the year
changes to the next year. So a beetle made in August 1958 is a 1959 model...
some of the major changes were:
Brake drums and shoes widened.
Rear window & windscreen enlarged
Radio grille moved to in front of the driver
rear deck lid redisigned
flat accelerator pedal replaces the ball type..
cheers
LEE
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
|
|
|
oldskl60
Officially Full-On Dubber
Posts: 251
Threads: 28
Registered: March 9th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Brisbane
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
|
| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 09:00 PM |
|
|
Thanks for helping to clarify guys, much appreciated.
Cheers
|
|
|
Phil74Camper
Son of Jim - Creator of Good
Head in the Clouds
Posts: 2703
Threads: 193
Registered: August 28th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Sydney
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
|
| posted on June 1st, 2009 at 06:02 PM |
|
|
Great to have you back John!
Lee another complication is that the change from Jan-Dec to Aug-July for model years in 1955 was only for export models (particularly the US). VW did
not change to a universal Aug/July model year for ALL of their German production until 1959.
Australian model years, during the production years of 1959-68, usually began in February but this was not universal.
|
|
|
