On 10/16/05, jimt <camper@tactical-bus.info> wrote:
>
> I ran across that a few years ago. That vin means it was created in a
> country not listed in the UN standards charts and probably was never
> intended for export from its orgin country. (note these charts are just a
> nonbinding agreement between most countries involved in the export of
> vehicles to multiple nations). The ZZZ means it is just filler code
> letters. The z in the zng part basically means the same thing. I suspect a
> 1992 south afrikan. South afrika is listed as a nonexporting vehicle
> producing nation.
>
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/autos/vw/general-faq
>
> Is a good reading for the obscure.
> jimt

 Jim,
 All my German T3's (Vanagons) which were not officially imported by VW came
with the ZZZ in their VIN.
 BenT