Yeah, this one is 08223, so I guess yours is/was in the top three then??
DM&FS

At 09:14 AM 4/14/2008, Zeitgeist wrote:

>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).
> >