pan id

[robinson]

 vin -1-0443984 i was told it was a 53 by last owner beam serial 1021287 cant find tranny number its a split case any info would be appreciated

[Mirko]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/bugchassisdating.php

[robinson]

i looked there and nothing matches unless you take out the 0 then it comes up as a jan 53 some off the splits have the 0 added to make 8 numbers

[silas]

vin 443984

from thesamba.com link above i'm thinking early feb 1953 pan.

[Bruce]

vin -1-0443984

Last week of Feb, 53.

Your front beam is Oct 55.

[silas]

vin -1-0443984

Last week of Feb, 53.

hey bruce..what's the trick to pinpointing the vin to the exact week made?

considering that the vins in feb '53 go from 440293 to 451312 (in thesamba.com list) i was just guessing that it was earlier in the month.

[Mirko]

vin -1-0443984

Last week of Feb, 53.

hey bruce..what's the trick to pinpointing the vin to the exact week made?

considering that the vins in feb '53 go from 440293 to 451312 (in thesamba.com list) i was just guessing that it was earlier in the month.

451312 - 440293 = 11019 divided by 4 = 2754(week of production) + 440293 = 443047  Bruce is wrong it was made on Tuesday @ 11:32 am on the second week of Feb. 
so how do you like them apples Will?

Mirko

[silas]

vin -1-0443984

Last week of Feb, 53.

hey bruce..what's the trick to pinpointing the vin to the exact week made?

considering that the vins in feb '53 go from 440293 to 451312 (in thesamba.com list) i was just guessing that it was earlier in the month.

451312 - 440293 = 11019 divided by 4 = 2754(week of production) + 440293 = 443047  Bruce is wrong it was made on Tuesday @ 11:32 am on the second week of Feb. 
so how do you like them apples Will?

Mirko

i like those apples...and that's the calculation i was using too.

but how do you pinpoint it to the exact day and time...unless you can read the factory crayon scribblings that dieter left on the pan...knowing that he worked on tuesdays and noticing that the way that he crossed his "t" was a little off and he must be sobering up from his liquid breakfast and that he would be getting excited knowing that it's getting close to "lunch"? 

[Mirko]

vin -1-0443984

Last week of Feb, 53.

hey bruce..what's the trick to pinpointing the vin to the exact week made?

considering that the vins in feb '53 go from 440293 to 451312 (in thesamba.com list) i was just guessing that it was earlier in the month.

451312 - 440293 = 11019 divided by 4 = 2754(week of production) + 440293 = 443047  Bruce is wrong it was made on Tuesday @ 11:32 am on the second week of Feb. 
so how do you like them apples Will?

Mirko

i like those apples...and that's the calculation i was using too.

but how do you pinpoint it to the exact day and time...unless you can read the factory crayon scribblings that dieter left on the pan...knowing that he worked on tuesdays and noticing that the way that he crossed his "t" was a little off and he must be sobering up from his liquid breakfast and that he would be getting excited knowing that it's getting close to "lunch"? 

17.6 units per hour... Henry Ford was the influence, so for sure they had 3, 8 hour shifts a day. Monday would have started at 12 midnight.
I was guessing at 11:32 am. 
Anyone willing to do the math and get it to the exact hour?

[Trevor P]

vin -1-0443984

Last week of Feb, 53.

hey bruce..what's the trick to pinpointing the vin to the exact week made?

considering that the vins in feb '53 go from 440293 to 451312 (in thesamba.com list) i was just guessing that it was earlier in the month.

Birth cert. would be the only way to know.