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Subject:Re: Westy type/serial plate
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:33:37 -0700

Year code, that makes sense. Does this suggest that this unit is the
4009th P27 in 1984?
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

Mark Drillock typed:
> The letter "E" is the year code.
>   A - 1980
>   B - 1981
>   C - 1982
>   D - 1983
>   E - 1984....................
>
> Mark
>
> Michael Elliott wrote:
>> What does the serial number plate on the front panel of the bench seat
>> tell us? Mine says "Type P27", and "E.04009". IIRC, "E" is shorthand for
>> "serial number" in German.
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>
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