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| posted on May 10th, 2010 at 06:22 PM |
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Build Date and Model Year
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?
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| posted on May 10th, 2010 at 10:02 PM |
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The Samba says that chassis number is for a 46-47 model.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/bugchassisdating.php
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| posted on May 10th, 2010 at 10:14 PM |
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thanks for the link.
I worked it out as a sept/oct 54 46/47 would be nice!
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| posted on May 10th, 2010 at 10:35 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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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Yeah, Splitsville!!
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| posted on May 11th, 2010 at 12:29 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by wolfgang54
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?
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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
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| posted on May 11th, 2010 at 07:03 AM |
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its late month 54
not 53
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on May 12th, 2010 at 07:32 PM |
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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
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| posted on May 18th, 2010 at 08:14 PM |
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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
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zooey deschanel
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| posted on May 19th, 2010 at 03:01 PM |
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posted by IN2VWS
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
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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
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