VW VIN# format

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)]

Good data man. Thats giggle stuff :)

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>From: Foxx (in a box) [mailto:foxxinabox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 12:13 PM
>To: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx, kkrup62@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: VW VIN# format
>
> The VIN format didn't come into play until 1980. Before that, at 
>least with watercooled VW's, the first two digits of the VIN are the 
>model and the third digit is the year it was made. The rest is the 
>sequence number, IIRC, the car was built. For 1979, the build date and 
>the VIN range is listed below.
>
>08-01-78 - 539 2000001
>08-31-78 - 539 2002871
>09-30-78 - 539 2011311
>10-31-78 - 539 2018914
>11-30-78 - 539 2028115
>12-31-78 - 539 2034532
>01-31-79 - 539 2043144
>02-28-79 - 539 2050857
>03-31-79 - 539 2059483
>04-30-79 - 539 2066474
>05-31-79 - 539 2074031
>06-30-79 - 539 2081732
>07-31-79 - 539 2200000
>
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