[T2] Followup -- [Q] Bus Year

[T2] Followup -- [Q] Bus Year

david raistrick keen at icantclick.org
Sat Jul 1 15:16:35 PDT 2017


> Got around to checking the VIN on my bus, and the first three digits are
> 229, apparently indicating model 22 manufactured in 1969. The curiosity
> remains, however, with the fact that the Westfalia sticker indicates a 1971
> model. Mechanical features are consistent with a '71 (e.g. power-assist
> brakes); even the fact that there is a vent for the cabin sink suggests
> (and agrees with) my bus being a '71.


So someone did a body swap on a crusty '71 into a less crusty '69.
not uncommon.


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