This post got me to thinking of my old '80 Vanagon Westfalia.  IIRC, it had
a build date of something like 10/79 on the chassis sticker, so I assume
it's a pretty early T3.  For some reason I still have the title to the old
beast, and this is the VIN # :  25A0008082

Anyone know how to read that VIN to determine its actual build date?

TIA

btw:  Here's how it looked when last I set eyes upon rusty
http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/Grunt%20truck.jpg

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>
wrote:

>
> He claims it is the 4th oldest Vanagon westy in the United
> States(most likely the 4th rustiest one also, but we're not dissing
> the gift horse here).
>