Years ago I had a guy sideswipe me here in Florida.
The insurance company totaled '82 camper, even though
it was just an awful gouge in the side. Since I
decided to keep the vanagon, I had to "rebuild" it and
have it inspected by the state to prove that it was
safe and driveable. It was a bit of a joke - i just
drove it to the inspection station with the scrape on
the side, during which they determined that it was,
indeed, safe. Florida then issued a new vin number for
the dash which I had to have installed next to the old
one. The reasoning was that others could then see that
it was a "rebuilt salvage" vehicle. I don't know if
they do that in other states or in other countries,
but that was my experience in Florida in the late
'90s.

coulter

--- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> a good local friend of mine just bought a vanagon
> Doublecab and had it
> brought in from canada...  nice truck..
> Now heres some wierd stuff -  there are two VIN's on
> the dash!!!????   i have
> never seen that in my life....two VINS???
> the one VIN is in the proper place, just like every
> other vanagon VIN i have
> ever seen, poprivited on as they all are, from the
> factory.  But....that VIN
> has a "ZZZ" in it... indicating it is a European
> VIN....
> But........ there is another VIN, (different VIN#,
> with no "ZZZ" in it)
> directly behind it on the dash - SCREWED ON with
> square drive sheetmetal screws
> (which i have never seen done, ever)  and the
> screwed on VIN is the one that
> matches the driver's doorjamb VIN/ID sticker, which
> confirms is meets all
> canadian/federal applications for the model year and
> such, weight info, bla, bla, just
> like the US model sticker there.
> the Canadian registration he got with the truck and
> paperwork all refers to
> the screwed on VIN..
>
> so.......what is the deal???   can anyone figure
> this one out?
>
> was this Doka originally built for the European
> market, and then converted at
> the factory for Canadian import??     why would
> there be TWO VIN's??  why
> would VW leave the european VIN on the dash, and
> then screw a second Canadian VIN
> on there?????   i've never ever seen a VIN that was
> "screwed on" with
> screws...all the factory VINS are poprivited on....
> can anyone make sense of this???
>
> lets hear your thoughts...
>
>
> chris
>

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