VW VIN# format

[gforbess at attglobal.net (Gordon Forbess)]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:46:13 +0000, Karl Krupke <kkrup62@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>    I'm in the process of buying a '79 (online); about to send a down payment on it and asked the owner for the VIN# which he gave me as: 53920XXXXX [last 5 X's are numeric].
>    Hmm... doesn't seem right. IIRC, a VW VIN# should be longer, and begin with 3 or 4 letter characters.

The VINs from early cars (pre-80?)are fairly simple and don't tell you
much about the car.  The "53" is the model, "9" is for 1979, "2" is a
check digit (always a 2), and the rest is a sequential production
number.


Gordon
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